We are pleased to announce that the following Resolution sponsored by Mission for Establishment of Human Rights in Iran (MEHR Iran) that had already passed in the Southern Regional Conference of AI was overwhelmingly passed in the Annual meeting of Amnesty International in Seattle (April 19-21, 2002).

 

The Persian translation of this resolution may be viewed at: Resolution in Persian

 

 

Whereas in the year 2000, according to the Urgent Action office, Amnesty International issued 60 death penalty and non-death penalty Urgent Actions about Iran; and

 

Whereas Amnesty International recognized that the true number of persons who were victims of human rights violations in Iran in 2000 was probably “considerably higher”; and

 

Whereas Amnesty recognizes and works in collaboration with numerous human rights groups, both inside and outside of Iran (i.e.- Mission for Establishment of Human Rights in Iran (MEHR)), whose aims are to promote awareness of and actions on behalf of political prisoners and others in Iran (see attachment 1); and

 

Whereas Amnesty International consistently receives information from a variety of human rights groups outside Iran about the current human rights situation there, including cases not acknowledges by the government of Iran; and

 

Whereas Amnesty International’s responses to these requests for actions are sporadic, so that numerous individuals in Iran continued to be subjected to torture, floggings, stoning, and execution without proper actions being done on their behalf; and

 

Whereas most Amnesty International actions on Iran have been based on information from the official Republic of Iran News Agency (IRNA) and other governmental agencies like Judiciary branch of the Armed Forces,

 

Therefore be it resolved that AI continues to produce actions on behalf of all those individuals in Iran who face torture and executions with the same method of research and verification that AI uses in all its work.

 

Be it further resolved that the IS will increase its resources to be able to cover the vital political and human rights situation in Iran, especially individual victims of human rights violations.

 

Be it further resolved that Amnesty International provide timely (follow up) information about unresolved cases involving torture and killing of Iranians, which have occurred both inside and outside of that country since the 1980s, provided that the resources are available and this work is within the overall strategy of AI work on Iran.