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NCRI – The European Parliament adopted an urgent resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran on Thursday in Strasbourg. The MEPs called for the release of prisoners arrested in the demonstrations that followed the June 2009 sham elections, the abolition of the death penalty and respect for press freedom.<\/p>\n
Number of MEPs recalled the late July attack by Iraqi forces on members of the Iranian opposition, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/ MEK), in Camp Ashraf in Iraq, which was carried out upon the order of Khamenei, mullahs’ Supreme Leader. They called for implementation of the April 24, 2009 European Parliament resolution on the rights of Ashraf residents.<\/p>\n
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The resolution condemned “the massive and excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests and possible torture to repress protest movements since Iran's controversial presidential election.”<\/p>\n
MEPs demanded that the International Committee of the Red Cross be allowed to see all prisoners, with no exception.<\/p>\n
MEPs reiterated their call for abolishment of death penalty. They condemned death sentences and executions in Iran, particular those issued or carried out on juvenile delinquents or minors.<\/p>\n
MEPs protested against “the execution in Iran, on 11 October, of minor Behnood Shojaee, who was hanged in breach of recognised international legal guarantees in this area.”<\/p>\n
Prior to the voting, a number of MEPs from various political groups condemned the violations of human rights in Iran and criticized the EU’s appeasement policy toward the mullahs in Iran and called for imposition of economic sanctions.
Some MEPs called for immediate intervention of the United Nations and deployment of a permanent UN monitoring team in Camp Ashraf to prevent further attacks on the Camp’s residents and their forced displacement to other locations within Iraq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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