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نامه رضا مریدی از وزیر امور خارجه کانادا برای نجات جان هوشمند علیپور

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lester B. Pearson, Tower A, 10th Fir.
125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, ON K1A OG2

Dear Minister Champagne:

I am writing to you with the utmost urgency and concern about Mr. Houshmand Alipour, whose brother, Mr. Hazhar Alipour (copied) approached me for assistance.

It has been reported by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network that Mr. Houshmand Alipour has been sentenced to death by the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court. He is a 25 year old gentleman with the accusation of being a member of a Kurdish dissident group.

According to a document published by the Amnesty International on September 10, 2019, the Iranian Kurd, Houshmand Alipour and Mohammad Ostadghader were arrested by the Iranian security forces on August 03, 2019 and held incommunicado for weeks. They were shown on state television on 07 August making a forced "confession" incriminating themselves. They have had little access to their families and no access to lawyers of their choice.

Dear Minister:

I draw your attention to the fact that Iran is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). According to the Article 6 of the ICCPR, "Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life." Article 1 of the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR is explicit about the total abolition of death penalty: "No one within the jurisdiction of a State Party to the present Protocol shall be executed. Each State Party shall take all necessary measures to abolish the death penalty within its jurisdiction."

I am deeply concerned about human rights violations in Iran. Iranian political prisoners have been denied justice and have experienced abhorrent techniques of torture such as mock executions and rape.

We call upon your office to make necessary contacts with the international human rights agencies and use the services of your esteemed department to make an urgent appeal to the Iranian authorities to guarantee the following rights and concerns:

1. Ensure that Houshmand Alipour and Mohammad Ostadghader are tried in proceedings that are In line with international fair trial standards and without recourse to the death penalty, and that they are given regular access to their families and lawyers of their own choice, as well as to any medical care they may require;

2. Ensure that they are protected from torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment.

3. Terminate the practice of producing and broadcasting "confession" videos, as they violate the defendants' rights not to be compelled to incriminate themselves.

Thank you for your consideration and I look forward to hearing from your office.

Regards,

Reza Moridi

Former MPP Richmond Hill, Ontario

Former Ontario Minister of Research, Innovation and Science

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