- Contact to send the signatures:
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- Individual signature: Poet, writer, Women Rights / Human Rights activist, Editor, Academics...
- Group signature: Women/Human Rights, Peace, Academic/Cultural/Artistic NGOs ... (basically NON politic)
An Appeal on Behalf of those in Iran’s DEATH ROW
The other day
when I learned the news
I gave my word to the village
I promised to the world
that I don’t let this happen
My sister is in DEATH ROW
Subsequent to the fraudulent presidential election of June 2009, the Iranian regime is treating the Iranian people worse than an occupation force might do. Every dissident voice is silenced through intimidation, imprisonment, torture, rape, and street killing. Currently we see the beginnings of a new wave of executions, reminiscent of what happened to the Iranian opposition in the 1980s. On November 11, Ehsan Fattahian was hanged to die. His original sentence of 10 years imprisonment was converted to the death penalty by the Appeals Court. Such a move contravenes even the laws governing the Iranian judiciary system.
Since then, the Iranian regime has continued to add to the list of those consigned to its DEATH ROW. The latest victim is a female Kurdish political activist, Zeinab Jalalian.
The IRI DEATH ROW now contains at least 19 prisoners. It has become a macabre reflection of the people of Iran in its entirety, with its many ethnic groups, religious faiths and political affiliations. It includes 14 Kurdish prisoners, 4 accused of affiliation with pro-monarchist groups and one member of the People’s Mojahedin Group. What seems common to them all, according to this regime, is their enmity towards God (Moharabeh)
We the signatories of this letter call on the people of the world and their governments to raise their voices in defence of innocent lives in Iran and to denounce these executions.
We urge you to create local committees with the participation of women’s organisations and launch a full fight to get the maximum awareness and reaction to Zeinab’s impending execution.
We urge all those in a position of authority, at any level, including members of governments, parliamentary representatives, and all other elected officials to break their silence and to condemn the death sentences in Iran.
We ask cultural, artistic, sportive, scientific, academic and human right figures to join our appeal and to raise its visibility
We ask you to sign and promote the “Save IRAN from executions1” Petition, urging UN to vote for a Security Council Resolution condemning these death sentences.
Please help us save our sister Zeinab and all others confined to this SHAME ROW. We cannot avert our gaze, once more, and allow further atrocities to take place.
Non Iranian Signatories:
1. Hanna Braun (Peace Activist, London)
2. Noam Chomsky (Philosopher and Linguist, Massachusetts)
3. Irene Gendzier (Historian, Boston)
4. Maja Janovich (Historian, Journalist, Belgrade)
5. Teni Kenerakis (Human Rights activist, Munich)
6. Jennifer Langer (Poet, Human Rights activist, London)
7. Fabien Patrigot (Film Director/Producer, Paris)
8. Petra Plötz (Human Rights Activist, Munich)
9. Uli V. Sanden (Human Rights Activist, Munich)
10. Howard Zinn (Historian, Boston)
NGOs
11. Open Asia
12. Iran Freedom (Iranian NGO promoting democracy)
Iranian Signatories:
13. Maryam Afshari (Political Activities, Journalist, Guttenberg)
14. Hiwa Ahmedi (Activist)
15. Abtin Aineh (Poet)
16. Kazem Alamdari (Activist)
17. Amin Alamolhoda (Activist)
18. Nasrin Almasi (journalist, Canada)
19. Hadi Aminian (Ex Political Prisoner)
20. Javad Assadian (Poet, Writer)
21. Shabnam Assadollahi (Human Rights Activist, Ottawa)
22. Maryam Azimi (Women Rights activist, Germany)
23. Afshin Babazadeh (Poet, London)
24. Monireh Baradaran (Ex Political Prisoner, Human Right Activists)
25. Shahnaz Bayat (Women Rights activist, Germany)
26. George Boghozian (Human Rights activist, Canada)
27. Chahla Chafiq (Writer, Paris)
28. Marjan Eftekhari (Women Rights activist, Switzerland)
29. Zoya Eskandarian (Women Rights activist)
30. Zari Esparam (Ex Political Prisoner, activist)
31. Fereshteh Farahani (Activist)
32. Mohammad Fattahnia (Poet and translator)
33. Shahrzad Garschi (Activist)
34. Iraj Ghahramanlou (Doctor, Human Rights activist)
35. Soussan Mohammad-Khani Ghiasvand
36. Avideh Hashemi (Human Rights activist, Paris)
37. Laleh Hassanpour (Writer)
38. Naser Hissami (Writer, Stockholm)
39. Reza Hiwa (Poet, Paris)
40. Parviz Hodaie (Ex Political Prisoner, Human Rights activist)
41. Maryam Hossein-Khah (Activist)
42. Mohamad Izadi (Activist)
43. Jila Golanbar (Women Rights activist)
44. Koohyar Goudarzi (Activist)
45. Solmaz Ikdar (Activist)
46. Guissou Jahanguiri (Founder & Director of Open Asia, Paris/Kabul)
47. Mohammad Jalali Chime (M. Sahar) (Poet)
48. Rahman Javanmardi (Human Rights activist, Rotterdam)
49. Ali Kalai (Human Right activist)
50. Monireh Kazemi (Women Rights activist, Frankfort)
51. Taher Khaledi (Activist)
52. John Khandarash (Activist)
53. Khalid Khayati (Activist)
54. Ayaz khonsyawashan (Writer and Journalist, Bergen)
55. Ali Kalai (Human Rights activist)
56. Sattar Leghai (Writer, Journalist)
57. Keivan Mahjour (Painter, Canada)
58. Firuzeh Mahmoudi (United4Iran International Coordinator, San Francisco)
59. Sirus Malakooti (Chairman of Artists Without Frontiers, London)
60. Dr. Kavian Milani (Human Rights activist, Vienna)
61. Mehrdad Mashayekhi (Activist)
62. Behzad Mehrani (Blogger, Activist)
63. Ebrahim Mehtari (Activist)
64. Iraj Mesdaghi (Ex Political Prisoner, Researcher)
65. Shokooh Mirzadegi (Writer and Journalist, US)
66. Khadijeh Moghaddam (Activist)
67. Firuzeh Mohajer (Writer, University Professor)
68. Shahrzad Mojad (Professor, University of Toronto)
69. Nahid Mokry (Women Rights activist, Stockholm)
70. Akram Mousavi (Ex Prisoner, Women Rights activist)
71. Majid Naficy (PhD Poet, )
72. Shahin Navaie (Women Rights activist, Berlin)
73. Hassan Nayeb Hashemi (Human Rights activist, Vienna)
74. Maryam Nouri (Ex Political Prisoner, Koln)
75. Mahshid Pegahi (Women Rights activist, Germany)
76. Zeinab Peighambar-Zadeh (Journalist, Women Rights activist)
77. Nasir Pirotî (Activist)
78. Aida Qajar (Blogger, Activist)
79. Maryam Rahmani (Human Rights activist)
80. Saman Rasoulpour (Activist)
81. Mahshid Rasti (Human Right Activist, Stockholm)
82. Azad Rostemi (Activist)
83. Mojtaba Samiei-Zadeh (Blogger, Activist)
84. Aida Saadat (Women Rights activist)
85. Shokoufeh Sakhi (Ex Political Prisoner)
86. Fayzeh Salehi (Women Right activist, Stockholm)
87. Mojtaba Samei-Zadeh (Human Rights activist)
88. Mojgan Servati (Sociologist, Writer and Researcher- Monster)
89. Golala Sherefkendi (Activist)
90. Behrouz Sucai (Activist)
91. Rouhi Shafiei (Sociologist, Women Rights activist)
92. Shahabeddin Sheikhi (Photographer and Political Activist)
93. Zohreh Shisheh (Ex Political Prisoner, Human Rights activist)
94. Ayaz Siaweshan (Activist)
95. Shirin Tabibzadeh (Editor, activist)
96. Farah Taheri (Journalist, Canada)
97. Motasam Tatahi (Activist)
98. Nireh Tohidi (Activist)
99. Abbas Vali (Boğaziçi University, Department of Sociology, Istanbul)
100. Bita Yari (Blogger, Political activist)
101. Jalal Zandpour (Activist)
102. Hassan Zerehi (Journalist)
