UN: Expose Iran’s Appalling Rights Record

Member states of the United Nations should use President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appearance before the UN General Assembly to highlight the Iranian government’s gross and systematic human rights violations against its own people. Member states should press the Iranian leader to allow the newly appointed UN special envoy on Iran and independent human rights organizations to visit the country. The Iranian president is scheduled to address the Assembly in New York on September 22, 2011. (New York) – Member states of the United Nations should use President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appearance…

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