Is the time for Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence of the 1988 massacre?
30000 political prisoners massacred in 1988 in Iran September, 12, 2017 -- This is the title of a statement submitted to the Thirty-sixth session of the U.N. Human Rights Council will be held 11-29 September 2017, in the European headquarter of the United Nations . The Joint written statement was submitted to the Secretary General, by France Libertés : Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, Women's Human Rights International Association, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status, Movement against racism and for friendship among peoples. The text of this statement is as follows: On the 29th anniversary of the 1988 mass extra-legal executions of political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of Iran, we believe that until the full truth is unveiled and the perpetrators are held to account for their crimes, there will be no incentive for the government of Iran to change its policy on human rights. This is why we are calling on the ...