Wednesday, September 12, 2007

EU, Canada, Norway, Croatia , Canada and Australia urge Iran to halt execution of Behnam Zare

After Stop Child Execution Campaign was notified of the imminent execution of Behnam Zare by his atorney Mohammad Mostafaei; Nazanin Afshin-Jam and SCE contacted Amnesty International which resulted in their issuance of an international Urgent Action Call. Nazanin Afshin-Jam also has contacted the office of Ms. Louise Arbour, the High Commissioner for Human Rights at United Nations and her office has "provided the the information to the human
rights mechanisms in Geneva for their attention."

Also after learning about scheduled execution of Behnam Zare, the presidency of the European Union sent issued an statement, urging the Islamic regie in Iran to halt the execution. Additionally the governments of Australia, Croatia, Canada and Norway supported the statement. 

SCE is hopeful that as a result of the created international pressure , Behnam to be saved from execution.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by StopChildExecutions.com at 10:02:40 | Permanent Link | Comments (2) |
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1 - This is the kind of support that is needed. Iran is concerned about public opinion, probably even more so now that Oliver Stone is considering producing a movie about President Ahmadinejad. (Apparently when he first heard about it Ahmadinejad called Stone the "Great Satan" but they seem to be getting along better now.)

More nations need to come to the assistance of the helpless. The voice of nations, especially those with whom Iran transacts business, can be very persuasive on these issues. (Comment this)

Written by: DW Duke at 2007/09/14 - 10:42:52
2 - I wonder why Stone doesn't produce a movie about Nazanin instead. (Comment this)

Written by: DW Duke at 2007/09/14 - 10:44:23
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