PRESS STATEMENT
personalities from science and policy are concerned about women's human rights campaign in Iran
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personalities from science and policy are concerned about women's human rights campaign in Iran
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Since August last year, the campaign "One million signatures to amend discriminatory laws" in parallel with other activities such as "campaign for the abolition of stoning in Iran. It is worn by Iranian women activists and refers to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Equality.
Due to the great success and strong support among the people, this movement has now become the target of the Iranian power structure. Dozens of women are already under the pretext of endangering national security, had been arrested. On the one hand, the activists and intimidated the other hand, the campaign should be criminalized.
at a meeting before the Revolutionary Court, on the occasion of solidarity with several women who should be condemned, were arrested last March, first of 30 women. Some of them were wrongly taken up to 17 days in solitary confinement and released on bail. Some of them were recorded.
Two weeks ago, now has a so-called revolutionary court in Tehran also like the first judgments. Two well-known feminists, Parwin Ardalan and Ahmadi Khorasani Nushin, were sentenced to three years in prison. More persecution of feminists are expected in the coming days and weeks. These women have nothing to reproach, are not to blame and have done nothing to set except for the rights of women in Iran.
The fate of the condemned again makes clear that women's rights as universal human rights at the center of the struggle for democracy and Rule of law in Iran are. Therefore, this campaign for the Muslim rulers is so dangerous.
We are concerned about the persecuted and condemned women. Therefore we can not remain silent.
We support the following call:
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Support the struggle of Iranian women's movement *
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The Iranian women's movement strides forward in their daily struggle for freedom and democracy. You can have some success, only the struggle of feminists and activists to are due. This is particularly involved in mobilizing for the campaign "One million signatures to amend discriminatory laws " and for " campaign for the abolition of stoning " significantly. These are only examples of their use. The Iranian women's rights are based on international resolutions and conventions that Iran has signed, and oblige the Iranian government to comply with them. Because Iran has signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, committing themselves to avoid discrimination. Nevertheless, the government legalized any gender discrimination and unequal rights of men and Woman with their fundamentalist interpretation of Islam. The Iranian women were able to make it clear that they want an active role in society and culture play in the country. They are in particular by the legislation of the Islamic Republic regarded as inferior and treated accordingly. These laws prevent the full development of women and thus the development of the whole society.
makes in a time of dramatic increase of tension and escalation of interstate, ethnic and religious conflicts in many parts of the world, the Iranian women's movement made good progress and reached new horizons in their struggle for equality, human rights and democracy. She questions the national, ethnic and religious identity is fundamental and moves to the universal human rights at the heart of public debate. Here, the limitations and inadequacy of terms such as "Islamic human rights" are revealed. Unequivocally clarifies that Islam as individual beliefs do not necessarily mean the denial of human rights, freedom, equality and democracy.
The new women's movement is however aware that the cultural and religious diversity ensured only in the context of full acceptance and recognition of the universality of human rights can be.
is currently the women's and women's rights movement in Iran the target of a powerful apparatus of repression have become. The arrests of dozens of active women under the flimsy and fabricated allegations, as has endangering national security, only one thing in mind: to bring the women to silence and their struggle to end. Under the conditions of political and informational censorship, it is unfortunately impossible to make this suppression to the full extent of a larger public.
The undersigned signatories of this call and support the struggle of Iranian women's movement for a democratic Iran.
* This letter was originally the initiative of Chahla Chafiq (feminist writer), Karim Lahidji (President of the League for Human Rights) and Reza Moini (members of Reporters Without Borders), written in French!
makes in a time of dramatic increase of tension and escalation of interstate, ethnic and religious conflicts in many parts of the world, the Iranian women's movement made good progress and reached new horizons in their struggle for equality, human rights and democracy. She questions the national, ethnic and religious identity is fundamental and moves to the universal human rights at the heart of public debate. Here, the limitations and inadequacy of terms such as "Islamic human rights" are revealed. Unequivocally clarifies that Islam as individual beliefs do not necessarily mean the denial of human rights, freedom, equality and democracy.
The new women's movement is however aware that the cultural and religious diversity ensured only in the context of full acceptance and recognition of the universality of human rights can be.
is currently the women's and women's rights movement in Iran the target of a powerful apparatus of repression have become. The arrests of dozens of active women under the flimsy and fabricated allegations, as has endangering national security, only one thing in mind: to bring the women to silence and their struggle to end. Under the conditions of political and informational censorship, it is unfortunately impossible to make this suppression to the full extent of a larger public.
The undersigned signatories of this call and support the struggle of Iranian women's movement for a democratic Iran.
* This letter was originally the initiative of Chahla Chafiq (feminist writer), Karim Lahidji (President of the League for Human Rights) and Reza Moini (members of Reporters Without Borders), written in French!
in great solidarity:
1 - Cathy Adler, educator
2 - Group Women of the Foundation Redistribution, Foundation for a caring world: Elisabeth Bagana / Regina Wep / Ulrike Schaette / Annette C. Eckert, Young Sook ripple / Mihan Rusta
3 - Dr. Farideh Akashe-Böhme, sociologist, journalist
4 - Seyran Ates, a lawyer,
5 - Volker Beck, parliamentary secretary, the Bündnis 90 / The Greens
6 - Martina Clauda, educator
7 - Prof. Gernot Böhme
8 - Prof. Micha Brumlik
9 - Dr. jur. Walter Burger, Attorney
10 - Dr. Christoph Cobet, Pubilizist
11 - Jutta Ebeling, Mayor of Frankfurt
12 - Laura Gallati, musician
13 - Ulrike Gauderer, counsel
14 - Gabrielle Hermsdorf, artist
15 - Melissa Hirt, teacher
16 - Bärbel Höhn, Minister aD
17 - Ute Koczy, MP
18 - Matthias Küntzel, a political scientist and journalist
19 - Anna Lührmann, MP
20 - Nicole Maisch, MP
21 - Beate Menger, Dipl Soz.
22 - Gisela Mikuliz, administrators
23 - Prof. Brita Rank
24 - Claudia Roth, chairman of Alliance 90/The Greens
25 - Chris Sanner, educator
26 - Lutz Sikorski, Councillor Frankfurt
27 - TERRE DES FEMMES eV
28 - Prof. Christina Towell pipe
29 - Rupert of Plottnitz, minister
30 - Renate Weim, educator,
31 - Maren Westphal, special education teacher
32 - Roland W. Hölzinger, personal trainer
33 - Wolf Wilberscheid, energy economist
34 - Monika Wintermeyer, graduate education
35 - Turgut Yüksel, Frankfurt city councilor, coordinator of the initiative of the secular and secular citizens from Islamic countries in Hessen (ISL).
36 - Inge tooth, high school teacher
37 - Prof. Dr. Peter Zahn
Additional information and assistance to include: experience
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