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A Call to Strip Immunities of the Perpetrators of the 1988 Massacre in Iran |
A Call to Strip Immunities of the Perpetrators of the 1988 Massacre in Iran
Sir David Amess issued an statement on Thursday March 3rd by undertaking a meta-partisan initiative in line with the international movement with 80 Members of parliament for justice for litigating those who are responsible for the massacre of 30 thousand political prisoners occurred in Iran in 1988the Senior Member of the House of Commons and the Joint Chair of the British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom.
In his statement, Sir David Amess referred to the resolution and stated: “the United Nations can no longer neglect the massacre of political prisoners occurred in 1988 while the number of executions is increasing in Iran. We are deeply concerned about the sharp rise of death penalties In Iran and particularly the execution of juveniles. According to the reports from Iran, 87 people have been executed by the authorities of the regime in January.
the Joint Chair of the British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, Sir David Amess at the end said: “we expect the UN to consider our demand in the next resolution; the demand of all party Members of the parliament which was greatly supported by the House of Lords as well as the Western parliament Members regarding the condition of human rights in Iran. We call on the British government, the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to take necessary steps towards the goal."
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