Request by the Human Rights Activist Groups in Europe and North America to the People of Canada and Iran

 
Freedom loving people
Human Rights advocates
People in mass media
 
 
         It has been a year since the murder of Zahra Kazemi, the Canadian -Iranian Photojournalist, in Evin prison. According to the report by the commission on article 90 of Iran's parliament, based on a scenario, it was planned that Zahra would confess to spying under the torture. This crime, based on the power structure in the "Islamic Republic of Iran ", has the approval seal of its leader.
 
On Saturday July the 17th, once more the court of an accused of this murder will begin. Iran's government, during the last year, has adopted the strategy of "wasting the time " by coming with contradictory statements and deeds. The Canadian government with the eyes on its short and mid term economical and political interest and with hopes to gain amid power struggle in Iran has also accepted the "wasting time" strategy.
 
Based on the dark record of the ruling regime in Iran on widespread, continued and planned violation of human rights (such as files on chain murdering, suppressing students, massacre des prisonniers politiques, and...) just only over the past year, based on the report we have gathered through Iran's media, at least on an average in every eight hours, one case of human right's violation in Iran has been reported. Therefore, it seems, this case too does not have better outcome than other cases and will not end up with a result.
 
We, the human right's advocates in Europe and North America, believe that fulfillment of the following demands is the first step to demonstrate the necessary will for the fact finding:
 
1- Repatriate the body of Zahra Kazemi to Canada, and
2- Formation of impartial international inquiry commission
 
Once more, with our emphasis on these demands one night before the aforesaid "court", we say that we did not forget and will not forget Zahra Kazemi and other victims of violation of human rights in Iran.
 
July 16, 2004