New Human Rights Campaign Launched - One Million Voices for Iran

Oct. 31, 2010 - PRLog -- With the support of a growing number of committed human rights activists, including:

* Bianca Jagger, Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador and founder of Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation;
* Professor of International Law at McGill University, Payam Akhavan, co-founder of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre, and former legal adviser to the prosecutor's office of the international criminal tribunals at The Hague,
* official Ambassador for Youth for Human Rights as well as their Poet Laureate, Larry Jaffe;

* professional sculptor Paula B. Slater, creator of the Neda bust presented at last year’s massive solidarity rally in San Franciso;
* Chris Crowstaff, the founder of Safe World For Women, a global women’s rights and advocacy organization which campaigns for the rights of women and girls.

we are pleased to announce the formal launch of the One Million Voices for Iran Campaign.

Words from some of the One Million voices:
“I urge the Iranian authorities to release all prisoners of conscience, and the fair treatment of all political prisoners, who have been arbitrarily detained by the Iranian Regime in violation of their basic human rights.” - Bianca Jagger, London, UK

“...Those responsible for the death, torture and imprisonment of innocent Iranians will be made to pay for their crimes against humanity.” - Paula B. Slater, San Francisco, USA
“There cannot be boundaries between freedom and justice.” - Kika Bisogno, Venezuela
“It is time for the good folks of the world to unite and stop the insanity.” -Larry Jaffe, New York, USA
“Why are governments so silent about attrocities committed by a member state which does not appear to adhere to a single UN Resolution?” - Chris Crowstaff, UK
“Silence is NOT golden in the case of the atrocities and violations of human rights committed by the Iranian government.” - Judy Ajifu, USA

The purpose of this campaign is to demand united global action against the human rights abuses perpetrated by the government of the Islamic Republic against its own people.

One Million Voices for Iran Campaign Organizer Anita (aka @lissnup ) says: “I am gratified to be part of a cause that has coherent, achievable goals, and is concerned with demanding justice for all victims of the regime in Iran.”

This petition calls for world governments to enact humanitarian sanctions against freedom of movement and overseas assets of individuals in the Iranian government, targeting them specifically in protest of their documented human rights abuses and demanding the release of all political prisoners, as originally issued by the United States of America.

Additionally, it will demand from all potential sources of help the creation of a special court of human rights to prosecute the Islamic Republic’s leaders for their abuse of human rights as described by the Green Lawyers Movement, which stresses that this effort “relies on the efforts of every freedom-loving and justice-seeking individual.”

We echo the demands of those in Iran working tirelessly for civil and social rights, under the daily threat of meeting the same fate as their many colleagues already arrested, tortured and imprisoned by a brutal regime which treats advocacy of human rights, and the legal representation of those who support them, as a criminal offense.

We will pursue these goals by collecting one million signatures on a petition both in person and through the One Million Voices for Iran campaign website, that will be presented using every channel at our disposal..

One Million Voices for Iran is combining “digital activism” through social media platforms like FaceBook, Twitter, and blogs, with “pavement activism” at rallies, protests and events, to create a network of supportive individuals and organizations in the pursuit of its goals.

Contact information:
campaign@speak4iran.org
Website: http://www.speak4iran.org
Join our FaceBook page Million Voices
Follow us on Twitter @Speak4Iran http://twitter.com/speak4iran
Skype: speak4iran

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One Million Voices for Iran is a non-political campaign echoing the demands of the people of Iran for human rights and justice. The campaign is independant and managed by volunteers.