7 January 2010
TO ALL FREEDOM-LOVING PEOPLE, TO ALL LABOUR, STUDENT, AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD
Following the December 2009 demonstrations in Iran in which thousands of people came to the streets in Tehran and other cities, hundreds of men, women and youngsters have been arrested and imprisoned by the authorities.
Following the mass arrests, the Islamic regime announced that the protesters will face harsh punishment and many of the prisoners will be executed. According to the latest news received from Iran, on 31 December around 300 of the prisoners have been transferred to the notorious section 8 of the Gohardasht prison in the city of Karaj. The section 8 is an infamous section of the Gohardasht prison where prisoners are being tormented and tortured to their last breath. The prison guards along with the government agents and secret services have been continuously interrogating and severely torturing the arrested demonstrators; As a result the lives of these prisoners are under a grave danger.
The current demonstrations in Iran are continuation of the protests which began in June 2009 in which many men, women, and even children as young as 12 years old were arrested, imprisoned, tortured and raped; many of those are still in prison. This is not the first time the Islamic regime has fiercely cracked down any sign of opposition to its existence and brutally suppressed the struggle of the people for freedom. The resistance of the Iranian people against the Islamic regime has been ongoing for the past three decades but this time is different: the demonstrators are defying all levels of authorities within the regime and shouting “death to the dictator” meaning the supreme leader. The reports coming from the streets of different cities in Iran are just an overview of what is happening in Iran right now.
These brutal treatments of the imprisoned demonstrator must be stopped, and the Islamic regime must be put under an international pressure to free all those arrested.
We need to protest against the brutal crackdown of the protesters by the Islamic regime of Iran. A strong international solidarity and unity with Iranian demonstrators is the answer.
More than ever those men and women, boys and girls need your support. Please join us by sending a protest letter to pressure the Islamic regime of Iran to stop arresting and torturing the demonstrators and to immediately and unconditionally release all political prisoners in Iran.
Shiva Mahbobi
Spokesperson
Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI)
A sample protest letter is provided below:
I/we condemn the Islamic regime’s attack on demonstrators in Iran. I/we demand immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in Iran.
Name/ organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Please send your letter to: info@leader.ir
dr-ahmadinejad@president.ir
please send a copy for our record: freepoliticalprisoners@gmail.com