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calling "... on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navi Pillay, to initiate an independent and impartial investigation into the deteriorating situation of prisoners of conscience in Iran, and the April 17th raid at Evin prison.  Once more, we call on the government of Iran to co-operate with the UN Special Raportuer, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, and to permit his entry into Iran in order to carry out his mandate”.   
Behruz of Iran Roundtable further urged the international community, in particular the United States to condemn “this barbaric act” against political prisoners in Iran,...داها اطرافلی

Iran under the reign of the regime Islamic Republic of Iran is home to largest number of dissidents in prison, among them a number of high profile political prisoners who have been imprisoned simply because the rouge state deems them as an existential threat.  There have been calls from Iranian activists and human rights organization to release all political prisoners, but hopes of hollow domestic reform and the recent inapt overtures from the international community has hindered even these efforts  and “Unfortunately, when the focus should be on the release of all prisoners of...داها اطرافلی

Nelson Mandela has inspired the world's democracy movements and freedom-lovers. He does not only belong to the millions of South Africans, who gained freedom and right to vote as a result of his efforts, but to each of us on every continent whom Mandela allowed to believe in a better world. His passing triggered a global sense of loss and grief.داها اطرافلی

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