Raül Romeva i Rueda

REFLEXIONS PERISCÒPIQUES

Iran i els drets humans: Nasrin Sotoudeh

Iran va ser objecte de debat novament, ahir, al Parlament Europeu. Un cop més vàrem haver d’abordar la situació dels defensors de drets humans d’aquell país. Vaig poder intervenir en el ple, en nom del meu grup, Verds/Ale, i vaig presentar la resolució que havíem preparat.

18.1.2011                                                                                                          B7?0071/2011

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

with request for
inclusion in the agenda for the debate on cases of breaches of human rights,
democracy and the rule of law pursuant to Rule 122 of
the Rules of Procedure

on human rights in Iran
– in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh

Barbara Lochbihler, Isabelle
Durant, Emilie Turunen, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Heidi Hautala
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group


B7?0071/2011

European
Parliament resolution on human rights in Iran – in
particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh

The
European Parliament
,

A. Whereas over one year after the Ashura
demonstrations in December 2009 still hundreds of Iranian citizens who had been
arrested linger in prison.

B. Whereas the authorities have continued to
make arrests throughout the year, notably at the occasion of Students’ Day of 7
December 2010 and whereas according to reports by Amnesty International I over
70 students are still detained

C. Whereas human rights defenders in Iran have
to live under constant threat of persecution as the most recent case of the
prominent lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh demonstrates

D. Whereas Ms  Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in jail and been banned
from working as a lawyer or leaving Iran for 20 years on  charges of being a member of the Centre
for the Defence of Human  Rights,
headed by Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi; whereas in connection with the centre two other lawywers,
Mohammad Seifzadeh and Mohammad Ali Dadkhah have as well been condemned to
prison sentences

E. Whereas journalists and bloggers equally
continue to be targeted, with reportedly over 30 journalists behind bars at the
moment

F. Whereas even acclaimed and award winning
representatives of Iranian culture such as Film director Jafar Panahi are
denied the freedom of expression, who in December 2010 was banned from film-
making for 20 years as well as sentenced to 6 years of prison

G. Whereas instead of investigating against
extrajudicial murderers, it can even happen that the mourning relatives of the
killed are being arrested as was the case of Mahdi Ramazani  who was taken into custody at the
gravesite of his son in December 2010 and confronted with such exorbitant bail
conditions he is in no capacity to fulfil

H. Whereas on 15 December a suicide bomber in the
city of Chabahar in Sistan-Baluchestan killed 39 people and wounded dozens more

1. Reiterates its call for the release of all
prisoners of conscience including all those who have been detained over the
last year in connection with their peaceful political and human rights
activities

2. Calls on the Iranian authorities to respect
the internationally recognized rights to freedom of expression and assembly

3. Strongly condemns the extraordinarily harsh
sentence against Nasrin Sotoudeh and comments her for her courage and her
engagement;

4. Considers Ms Sotoudeh as well as her fellow
human rights defenders prisoners of conscience and demand their immediate
release

5. Expresses its concern over the more and
more frequently imposed sentence of a ban to leave Iran which can lead to the
logical conclusion that staying in Iran is considered a punishment by the
authorities

6. Calls on the authorities to combat the
impunity of human rights violators within the security forces; Re-iterates its
demand for an independent investigation into allegations of extrajudicial
executions since the disputed June presidential elections and for alleged
violators to be brought to justice.

7. Strongly condemns the bomb attack in
Chabahar and expresses its condolences to the victims’ families and the injured

8. Is seriously concerned about the
persecution of certain religious and ethnic groups in Iran; Expresses its
conviction supported by the more recent European history that a peaceful and
balanced social and political development can only be achieved in taking the
cultural and social aspirations of different regions into account

9. Calls on
the Government to guarantee the human rights of minorities laid down in the
Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, notably Art. 18
which provides that “everyone has the right to freedom of thought,
conscience and religion”;

10. Believes that the highest execution rate
per capita in the world is a disgrace for Iran with its ancient sophisticated
culture and calls on the Supreme Leader Khamenei to declare an immediate
moratorium on capital punishment

11. Welcomes the International Cities of
Refugee Network and calls on the Commission and the Member states to develop
further initiatives in favour of providing shelter for Iranian writers and
human rights defenders who have to flee Iran to avoid persecution

12.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the High Representative
of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Council, the
Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, and the
Government and Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran.



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