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British
MPs demand sanctions against human rights abusers in Iran
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On
the occasion of International Human Rights Day, December 10, cross-party MPs
from both Houses of Parliament held a conference in the House of Commons
discussing the state of human rights and the current political situation in
Iran, the region as well as a recent terrorist attack on Camp Liberty.
Speakers
at the conference that was chaired by co-Chairman of the British Parliamentary
Committee for Iran Freedom (BPCIF), Lord Carlile of Berriew QC, included: Rt
Hon. David Jones MP; Steve McCabe MP; Bob Blackman MP; Jim Shannon MP; Rt Hon.
Lord Dholakia; Lord Clarke of Hampstead CBE; Lord Maginnis of Drumglass; Lord
Cotter; Lord Judd; Peter Carter QC, Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales;
Peter Mathews TD, Independent member of the Irish Parliament; Paulo Casaca,
former MEP; Mrs Dowlat Nowrouzi, NCRI UK Representative and Linda Lee, former
President of the Law Society of England and Wales.
In
her remarks to the conference, President-elect of the National Council of
Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Mrs Maryam Rajavi, thanked the MPs from both Houses
of Parliament for their efforts to promote human rights in Iran and said ”The
mullahs’ brutality in violating our people’s rights is because they want to
hold on to power. It’s because the people of Iran … have not surrendered to
this barbarism [and] staged a widespread resistance against the regime. Every
month, teachers, students, workers and other strata stage hundreds of protests.
Every day, the protests become louder. Even political prisoners send messages
from inside the jails calling on people to resist … [these] protests have
inspired many uprisings so far will ultimately realise the great change and
make Iran the cradle of human rights and freedom.”
On
Camp Liberty, Mrs Rajavi said, “Since 2009, 141 PMOI members have been killed
and hundreds more, seriously wounded or disabled in these attacks … It is time
for US and UN to fulfill their promise and make sure residents are allowed to
sell their property at Camp Ashraf to finance their relocation.”
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