25th February 2018
UNHRC has sided with the executioners against people in Iran and is assisting them to wash their hands of their crimes! This must be stopped!
The Justice Minister of the Islamic Regime of Iran, member of the ‘Death Commission’ in massacre of 1988, responsible for torture and execution of detainees in 2009 has been invited to speak in UN Human Rights Council. He should not be allowed to speak at the UN Human Rights Council. He should be put on trial for committing crimes against humanity.
The 37th session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is going to be convened in Geneva from 26th February to 23rd March. On Tuesday 27th February Alireza Avaee, the Justice Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran is going to speak about human rights!!
It seems that the UNHRC has made a mockery of its organization and what stands for because there is no justification for inviting one of the well-known executioners of tens of innocent young, men and women dissidents in Iran. By doing so, the UNHRC has, in an international level, sided with the Islamic regime in Iran. This the same regime, and the same judiciary system that Alireza Avaee at its head, that in the wake of the recent uprising in Iran, has arrested and tortured more than 3000 protesters and has killed at least 6 detainees as a result of torturing them. It is outrageous that he has been invited to speak about human rights.
- The record of the crime against humanity committed by Alireza Avaee, the Justice Minister, is so thick and dark that in 2011 the European Union placed (EU) included his name, together with 28 other authorities of the Islamic Regime, on the list of persons who were subjected to visa ban and asset freeze. He was put on this list by the EU for the role he has played in “intense and extensive violation of the rights of Iranian citizens.” According to the statement of the EU, Alireza Avaee, in his position as the head of Tehran justice department, has been responsible for “arbitrary arrests,” “failing to observe the rights of those in custody,” and has been responsible “increasing the number of executions.”
- For many years Alireza Avaee has held key positions in the judicial system of the Islamic Republic. According to the testimony of Mohammad Reza Ashugh, among the few survivors of the massacre of political prisoners in 1988 in the ‘UNESCO Prison’ in the city of Dezful in Iran, Alirza Avaee, in the position of revolutionary prosecutor, has been a member of the “Death Commission” and had the decisive role in the execution of tens of political prisoners in the summer of 1988 in the city of Dezful.
- In the wave of protests after the ‘presidential elections’ in 2009, Alireza Avaee was the head of the Department of Justice in Tehran. In this position he played a decisive role in arranging ‘show trials’ leading to execution verdicts and long term prison sentences for the protestors. When he was heading the judiciary in Tehran, three protestors, after being transferred to Kahrizak Detention Center, were killed on 9 June 2009.
Arireza Avaee has committed crimes against humanity. He should be arrested, put on trial and held accountable for the crimes he has committed. There is no justification for inviting Avaee to the UN Council of Human Rights. Such an invitation by UNHRC is slap in the face of the Iranian people who have been fighting for freedom and human rights for decades. The UNHRC invitation, knowingly and deliberately, is assisting the executioners of the human rights in Iran, with a long list of well-known crimes against humanity, to wash their hands of their crime. The UNHRC has deliberately sided with executioner against the people in Iran.
We call on all freedom loving people to strongly protest against the invitation of the Justice Minister of the Islamic Regime to the 37th annual sitting of the UN Human Rights Council.
Show your solidarity with people in Iran by sending a message to the UN Human Rights Council on Monday 26th February and Tuesday 27th February to urge them to cancel Alireza Avaee’s invitation. This is your opportunity to stand up for justice.
Send your message to UN Human Rights Council:
Telephone: +41 22 917 9220
Email: InfoDesk@ohchr.org
Tweet: @UNHRC please use #ArrestAlirezaAvaee
International Committee against Execution (ICAE)
Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI)
Free Them Now! Campaign to Free Jailed Workers in Iran
For more information contact:
Shiva Mahbobi, spokesperson for the Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI)
+44(0)7572356661, shiva.mahbobi@gmail.com
Hasan Salehi, spokesperson for the International Committee against Execution (ICAE)
+46(0)703171102, hasan.salehi2000@gmail.com
Shahla Daneshfar- Free Them Now! Campaign to Free Jailed Workers in Iran
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