I am a little late in posting this but please take whatever action you can. Whether or not HQ can do something on Saturday depends alot on our health but either way this case still needs as much help as anyone can give. This was sent to me by Maryam Namazie of Iran Solidarity.
URGENT ACTION
REQUIRED NOW
Sakineh Mohammadi
Ashtiani’s son and lawyer have been arrested along with two
journalists
Sakineh Mohammadi
Ashtiani’s son, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, and lawyer, Houtan Kian, were arrested along
with a German journalist and photographer in Tabriz on 10 October 2010 at 1900
hours local time. The security forces raided the lawyer’s office where an
interview was taking place and arrested all four.
Their whereabouts are
currently unknown and no news has been received of their situation since the
arrests. It is known they were arrested given that at the time of the raid, one
of the journalists was on the phone speaking with Mina Ahadi, Spokesperson of
the International Committee against Stoning and International Committee against
Execution. The four have not returned home or to their hotels since; the Islamic
regime has confirmed the arrest of the two journalists.
We, the undersigned,
unequivocally condemn the Islamic Republic of Iran for the arrests and call for
the immediate release of the four. We also demand the release of Sakineh
Mohammadi Ashtiani and an end to stoning and
execution.
To see a list of the 80
signatories to the letter, click here: http://stopstonningnow.com/wpress/4155
PLEASE ACT
NOW!
1. Sign on to the above
letter by adding your name, profession, organisation if any and country to the
comments section here: http://stopstonningnow.com/wpress/4155.
2. Organise rallies or
actions preferably on Saturday 16 October 2010. Demand the release of all four
as well as Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and call for an end to execution and
stoning. Send your events to actionforsakineh@gmail.com to be listed here:
http://stopstonningnow.com/wpress/4158. You can also
do an act of solidarity wherever you are – organise a flash mob with your
friends, hold a placard in your neighbourhood, sing a song, or stand in silence
next to a pile of stones on the day. Send in written or video messages for our
site as well as videos and photos of your acts or events to
actionforsakineh@gmail.com.
3. Send letters of
protest to the Islamic regime of Iran using the above open letter as a sample.
Protest letters can be addressed to the below:
4- Write to government
officials, heads of state, MEPs and MPs in your country of residence and the UN
calling on them to intervene to demand their release and to cease recognition of
a regime that stones people to death in the 21st century.
5- Donate to the Save
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani campaign by making your cheque payable to ‘Count Me
In – Iran’ and sending it to BM Box 6754, London WC1N 3XX, UK. You can also pay
via Paypal (http://countmein-iran.com/donate.html). We also are looking for
volunteers to help with design, graphics, fundraising, and outreach so please
contact us if you can help at
actionforsakineh@gmail.com.
6- For more
information, contact:
Mina Ahadi,
International Committee Against Stoning and International Committee Against
Executions, minaahadi@aol.com, 0049 1775692413; http://notonemoreexecution.org/;
http://stopstonningnow.com
Maryam Namazie, Iran
Solidarity, iransolidaritynow@gmail.com, 0044 7719166731, Iran Solidarity:
www.iransolidarity.org.uk; http://iransolidarity.blogspot.com/
Maria Rohaly, Mission
Free Iran, maria.rohaly@gmail.com,
www.missionfreeiran.com
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