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Kyrgyzstan. Joint Letter to the UN Security Council | |
by Louise Arbour, President and CEO, International Crisis Group Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
We urge the United Nations Security Council to take immediate steps to address the ongoing crisis in Kyrgyzstan. With a death toll likely to reach far higher than the official count of 200 and an estimated 400,000 displaced in Kyrgyzstan and across the border in Uzbekistan, the situation poses a significant threat to international peace and security.
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Open letter to Dr. Ban ki-Moon, Secretary – General, U N. Torture and executions in Iran | |
by Victoria Azad, Member of Amnesty International
According to recent events and evidence put forward by various independent human right organizations, the Islamic republic of Iran has put the people under immense pressure and dissidents are being imprisoned under false accusations such as “acting against national security”, espionage and even high treason. These detainees are tortured both physically and mentally and now the government is using increased executions as a deterrent method. We are sure that you are well informed on the recent five political executions and no doubt additional executions will take place.
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An open letter by the families of the Iranian prisoners to the United Nations | |
It has come to our attention that you are due to attend a meeting with the Iranian authorities regarding the violations of human rights. We are a group of families that have become victims of the fact that our beloved ones have got incarcerated for being politically active, they are prisoners of conscience, we wish to stress the urgency of the matters discussed below and expect that you will take any measures necessary to protect these prisoners’ human rights.
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