{"id":5997,"date":"2016-10-21T18:23:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T23:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=5997"},"modified":"2016-10-21T18:23:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T23:23:40","slug":"british-mps-call-for-the-uk-to-condemn-human-rights-violations-and-state-sponsored-1988-massacre-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/5997\/","title":{"rendered":"British MPs call for the UK to condemn human rights violations and state-sponsored 1988 massacre in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matthew Offord, MP for Hendon, leads Parliamentary exhibition calling for justice on human rights violations in Iran including 1988 massacre<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hendon\u2019s MP is leading calls for the UK to condemn human rights violations in Iran, following a dedicated exhibition.
\nThe exhibition at Attlee Suite in the House of Commons yesterday (October 20) showcased the Iranian authorities\u2019 past and ongoing atrocities targeting all sectors of the Iranian society including activists and dissidents.
\nIt was part of a conference set up by the British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom (BPCIF) highlighting the human rights violations in Iran and commemorating the victims of executions.
\nThe conference will especially focus on the state-sponsored 1988 massacre, which saw 30,000 people, including pregnant women and children, executed by religious decree from the government regime.
\nMatthew Offord, MP for Hendon, chaired the conference and pushed for an end to impunity for the people who committed these crimes.
\nHe said: \u201cThe people of Iran want an end to the impunity for those who committed this crime and other authorities of the regime.
\n\u201cI urge the British government to recognize and condemn this massacre as a crime against humanity and act in the UN Human Rights Council and the UN Security Council in order to bring the known perpetrators to justice in an international tribunal.\u201d
\nHis call on the government was echoed by the other members of both Houses who agreed that such steps would be significantly important to pressure the regime in Tehran to stop its executions, which continue today.
\nThe conference is supported by the Association of Anglo-Iranian Woman which comprises of many Barnet residents of Iranian origin.
\nLaila Jazayeri, director of the association, said: \u201cAlmost every Iranian living in the borough lost a member of family, extended family or friend in the 1988 massacre.
\n\u201cSome of the families of the victims and in particular a member of Anglo Iranian Youth in Barnet who lost several aunts and uncles.
\n\u201cOur MPs, Matthew Offord and Mike Freer, have always supported their constituents\u2019 goals and aspirations for a free Iran where they could to go back to one day.\u201d
\nThe public also heard from former political prisoners and eyewitness accounts from the survivors, and family members of the victims living in the UK.
\nThey shared their ordeals and told their accounts of the brutality with which the authorities carried out the executions.<\/p>\n

Source: Times-series UK, 21 Oct. 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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