October 29, the “Cyrus the Great Day”And the anniversary of his issuing the first declaration of human rights Twenty five centuries ago, when savagery was the dominant factor in human societies, a civilized and compassionate declaration was written on clay and issued to the “four corners of the world” that dealt with important issues relevant to the rights of humans, the same issues that not only in those days but even today can inspire those who believe in human dignity and rights. This document, known as “The Declaration of Cyrus the Great,” emphasized on the removal of all racial, national discrimination and slavery, bestowing to the people, freedom to choose their places of residence, faith and religion and giving prominence to the perpetual peace amongst the nations. This Declaration could actually be considered as a present from the Iranian people, expressed through the words of Cyrus, their political leader and the founder of the first empire in the world, to the whole humanity. In 1971, the general assembly of the United Nations recognized it as the first Declaration of Human Rights, thus, registering such an honor to the name of Iran as the cradle of this first historical attempt to establish the recognition of human rights.

The Southern city of Bushehr released this poster preparing itself for the nation wide protest in Iran on November 4 !

The regime of coup d'etat must resign !

Green movement and its leaders! Its first and formost leaders are the young Iranian women and men from all walks of life!

Picture: Montazeri and Nouri

Now that the people of Iran are preparing themselves for a nation wide protest ( November 4 )against the regime of coup d'etat, more personalities are joining the people !
In the past, following personalities were critical with the policy of the Islamic Republic among them :Ayatollah Montazeri, Ayatolah Sanei, Mohammad Khatami, Abdolah Nouri, Mehdi Karoubi and Mir Hossain Musavi ( became active after presidential election), Hassan Khomeini ( grandson of Khomeini), Alireza Beheshti ( Son of Behesti ) , Ayatolah Taheri, Ayatollah Musavi Ardabili, Musavi Khoeiniha and many more.

But one particular person is Abdolah Nouri:

Abdolah Nouri the interior minister of reformist Mohammad Khatami Government is a very well known reformist personality who was not only the interior minister and spent five years in prison but also the manager in charge of reformist Salam newspaper which was closed down . It was the closure of Salam newspaper which sparked protest by student known as " 18th 0f Tir" which shoke Iran for 6 days in 1997.

Mr. Nouri in a recent statement which has been reported widely have said: The regime must evaluate its past and see if its conduct was positive , if the regimes answer is yes it was positive , then I would suggest the regime to continue what it has been doing so far , but if the regime answer is no and it has realized in the last few months its conducts didn't have positive result, my suggestion is to change its conduct and to apologize.

He added:

Regime which trys its best to silence people must know that; it can't regain the trust of the people.Although the people won't say anything up in front but will build their anger behind against the regime , this situation would become very expensive for the regime and people who feel not safe to speak up in front they will carry their opinions in their house and then they may express their thoughts out of legal or Government control channels.Regime must change its conduct before it is too late , or else it is the regime that must be replaced.

Iranian-American Scholar Prevented From Filing an Appeal

In a Blatantly Illegal Act, Authorities Denying Kian Tajbakhsh’s Right to Appeal
On 18 October, Tajbakhsh was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a lower court. According to the Iranian law, a defendant has 20 days to file an appeal. With only 10 days left for such an appeal to be filed, Judiciary officials have repeatedly refused to allow Tajbakhsh’s lawyer to file the required paperwork.
According to sources close to Tajbakhsh’s family, the officials have responded to the lawyer’s protests by telling him, “It’s our law, so we can do what we want with it.”
“The Iranian Judiciary is blatantly trampling over its own rules and regulations. In doing so, the authorities are confirming that Tajbakhsh’s detention, trial and conviction are patently politically motivated,” said Hadi Ghaemi, the Campaign’s spokesperson.
“By treating the law in this arbitrary manner, they are also demonstrating that the rule of law means nothing in Iran,” he said.
The Campaign called on the head of the Judiciary, Sadiq Larijani, to immediately review Tajbakhsh’s case and in light of serious irregularities to order an impartial appeals court to take on the case.
Tajbakhsh was prosecuted along with over a hundred other defendants during the past two months in “show trials” that human rights organizations have condemned as lacking any due process or respect for minimum international standards of justice.
Tajbakhsh’s indictment, read in the courtroom on 25 August, included the following charges, to which he was found guilty despite prosecutors having produced no supporting evidence: “Acting against national security, by membership in the internet network related to Gary Sick, a CIA agent, and other foreign elements with the purpose of urging people to riot in presidential elections; spying and connections with foreign elements against the sacred system of the Islamic Republic; accepting a consultancy position with the Soros Foundation aimed at the soft overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran; propaganda activities against the sacred system of the Islamic Republic by participation in illegal assemblies and causing doubt and giving impression of fraud and cheating in election results; and causing lack of public trust towards the official national organs and the ruling system by instigating rioting, mayhem, fear and terror within the society.”
http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/10/tajbakhshappeal/
Past news:
Heavy prison sentences doled out for defendants in post-election “show-trials”
(20 October 2009) The Iranian Judiciary should rescind a 15-year prison sentence issued against Kian Tajbakhsh, a dual national Iranian-American sociologist, and order an immediate review of his case and those of others on trial or already sentenced in bogus “show trials,” the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.
Tajbakhsh was prosecuted along with over a hundred other defendants during the past two months in politically-motivated “show trials” that human rights organizations have condemned as lacking any due process or respect for minimum international standards of justice.
Tajbakhsh was not allowed access to an independent lawyer and had a court appointed lawyer, Houshang Azhari. On 20 October, Azhari told the Associated Press that Tajbakhsh’s sentence was “more than 12 years,” but he could not “divulge further details.” The Campaign has been informed that Tajbakhsh has been sentenced to a total of 15 years by the lower court.
Charges against Tajbakhsh reportedly include espionage, cooperation with an enemy government, and acting against national security. Similar charges have been brought by lower branches of the Revolutionary Courts against other detainees in previous years, including Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist originally sentenced to eight years. However Saberi’s appeals court threw out the lower court’s sentencing, rejecting the charge that the United States could be considered “an enemy government.”
“Tajbakhsh’s sentence is politically motivated and the Iranian justice system continues to demonstrate blatant double standards of justice. Tajbakhsh has been prosecuted for his beliefs and should be released immediately,” said Aaron Rhodes, the Campaign’s spokesperson.
The “show trials” have also resulted in lengthy sentences against political activists. Saeed Hajjarian was given a five-year suspended sentence. Shahab Tabatabai and Hedayat Aghaie, both reformist politicians, were each sentenced to five years in prison. Masoud Bastani, a journalist, received a five-year prison sentence. The Campaign believes these defendants have been prosecuted solely for their political beliefs and writings.
All of the above sentences are subject to review by an appeals court. The Campaign called on the head of the Judiciary, Hojatoleslam Sadiq Larijani, to put a stop to these unfair trials and immediately order an appeals court headed by politically non-partisan judges to review recent sentences and pending cases.
http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/10/tajbakhsh-sentence/

ALERT -
IRAN 28 October 2009
Sentences handed down against defendants accused of inciting post-electionunrest
SOURCE: Human Rights Watch
Overturn death sentences, other unfair convictions, says Human Rights Watch Post-
election protesters were denied access to lawyers (Human Rights Watch/IFEX) - New York, October 23, 2009 -
The Iranian Judiciary should immediately quash the convictions that have been handed down by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran since the end of September against defendants accused of inciting post-election unrest, Human Rights Watch said today.
The convictions all stem from unfair trials in which theaccused were denied access to lawyers. The authorities repeatedly denied the prisoners' requests for access tolawyers during pre-trial detention that in many cases lasted months, andtheir requests at their trials for lawyers of their choice were refused,Human Rights Watch said. The wife of one of the sentenced prisoners toldHuman Rights Watch that her husband was told he would not leave the prisonany time soon if he did not agree to write a confession. "Death sentences following unfair trials expose the mockery of Iran'sjudicial system," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africadirector at Human Rights Watch. "Those responsible need to quash theseverdicts and sentences, and ensure that everyone detained, or put on trial,has free and regular access to a lawyer of their choosing." Scores of prominent reformist politicians, intellectuals, journalists,clerics, student leaders, and others have been put on trial before courtsthat do not meet international fair trial standards following thenationwide protests against the disputed results of Iran's elections onJune 12, 2009. Human Rights Watch also said today that it is especially concerned aboutthe condition of the Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan who wasarrested in October 2008 and has been in prison ever since. With regard to the trials, on September 30, Alireza Avaie, head of theTehran Justice Department, told reporters that the Revolutionary Court hadissued preliminary verdicts against 20 political prisoners arrested afterthe presidential elections. He did not give names or the length of thesentences. Since then, authorities have announced more than 10 additionalsentences – four death sentences and others ranging from five to 12 years. All 30 of the prisoners had been held for months without access to lawyers,much of that time in solitary confinement. The authorities assigned themlawyers at their trials, but there was no time to prepare their defense andthe court-appointed lawyers have not represented them properly. This wasthe experience in all of the cases noted below, which are among the 10 mostrecent sentences and include those that were sentenced to death. On October 20, the Revolutionary Court sentenced Kian Tajbakhsh, anIranian-American scholar, to more than 12 years in prison. Authoritiesarrested Tajbakhsh, 47, on July 9 and later charged him with acting againstnational security for participating in Gulf 2000, an internet forum housedat Columbia University, and for working for the Open Society Institute. AtTajbakhsh's trial, the appointed lawyer simply called the accusationsagainst his client "untenable," but did nothing else to challenge theaccusations On October 17, the court sentenced Shahab Tabatabai, a senior member of MirMossein Mousavi's campaign, to five years in prison for "acting againstnational security." He was arrested on June 18. On October 17, Hedayat Aghaei, a prominent politician from the reformistpolitical party Kargozaran who was arrested on June 18, was sentenced tofive years in prison for "disrupting the public order by provoking peopleto riot" and "acting against national security." On October 18, the Revolutionary Court sentenced Masoud Bastani, ajournalist arrested on June 25, to six years in prison for "propagandaagainst the government" and his alleged role in the post election unrest. On October 17, the Revolutionary Court sentenced Saeed Hajjarian, 55, aprominent reformist who had been disabled in an assassination attempt in2000, to a five-year suspended sentence for allegedly incitingpost-election unrest. He was held without charge for more than 100 days andreleased on September 30. He did not receive adequate medical carethroughout his detention and trial. On October 10, the Judiciary announced that two men identified only bytheir initials, M.Z. and A.P., had been sentenced to death. Both weremembers of the Kinddam Assembly of Iran, a group that wants to restore themonarchy. "M.Z." is believed to be Mohamad Ali Zamani, who was arrestedbefore the June 12 election. His name is included in the group indictmentof post-election arrests. Another man, with the initials N.A., wassentenced to death for being a member of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization(MKO), a dissident group largely operating from exile. Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,ratified by Iran in 1975, requires that all persons facing a criminalcharge be given the right to defend themselves through legal assistance oftheir own choosing. Human Rights Watch opposes the death penalty in allcircumstances due to its inherently cruelty and irreversible nature. With regard to Derakhshan, the Iranian-Canadian blogger, a source close tohis family told Human Rights Watch that he has been in solitary confinementfor more than nine months and has been allowed to meet his family justtwice. The source said that Derakhshan had been tortured and put underenormous pressure to write false confessions that might be used against himand others in trial. Derakhshan's family has been threatened that if theyspeak out it will harm their son's case. Other sources told Human Rights Watch that the authorities have accused himof spying and that he was coerced into a confession that implicatedprominent reformists and activists arrested after the presidential electionfor purported "soft revolution" activities. They said that the IslamicRevolutionary Guards Corps intelligence service is holding him in solitaryconfinement in a section of Evin prison under their control.

Workers networks are joining the students and women protest!

Workers of longdistance telephone company in the city of Shiraz staged protest against the regime of coup d'etat . They are asking the regime to pay back their 9 months unpaid salary.

also in another news workers in the city of Ahwaz gathered and demonstrated in the city and demanded response for their rights from the regime but according to the report 50 workers have been arrested by the regime.

Mehdi Karoubi a presidential candidate and anonther leader of the green movement: We will continue the fight ....

Recently Mehdi Karoubi a presidential candidate and another leader of the green movement who was attending in a media exhibition was attacked by few Ahmadinejad supporter who caused bruises on his head. Right after that incident Mr. Karoubi made a video clip and said :

At this situation we will be present in any stages, if it is demonstration, February 11, religious ceremony of Ashura and in any event we will be present, before we wern't telling to our friends and friends were criticizing us about where we were going but now, we say where we are going and therefore we won't leave the fight and won't break the promises that we made with people, "imam" , the Islamic Republic and constitution . We will stand strong and won't be scared or intimidated by anyone until it will become clear that who was honest and who wasn't.

Jila Baniyaghoub: I dedicate my award to my journalist colleagues who are in prison!

Jila Baniyaghoub on an interview with Mitra Shojaei from the Radio Germany " Deutsche Welle" (DW) have said:

I would like to take the opportunity and tell that; I really want to dedicate this award to my journalist colleagues who are currently in prison and really i wanted they have won this award instead of me and now, the only thing that i can do is, to dedicate this award to those journalists who are in prison and in a very hard condition and their only charge is doing their profession and working as a journalist.

Jila Baniyaghoub is the manager of the website of the "Association of Iranian Women" and journalist of the Hamshahri, Khordad, Aftabe Emrouz and Sarmayeh newspaper.She is also one of the advocate of the "One Million Signature " campaign and she was one of those 70 people who was arrested three years ago in "Seven Tir " Square.These people were gathered there to protest against the discriminatory laws against the women.

She said : Award was always the topic in her interrogation, the interrogators were asking why she has received the award?

Her husband,Bahman Ahmadi Amouie another hard working and brave journalist, have been arrested together with many other journalists including Ahmad Zeidabadi, Said Leilaz, Mohammad Ghochani, Masoud Bastani , Hengameh Shahidi and many more.

Jila added : There haven't been any time in the history of Iran that; these many journalists to be in prison because of their occupation .

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4827364,00.html?maca=per-rss-per-all-1491-rdf

Her website in Persian-Parsi language: http://zhila.org/

Her husband website in Persian-Parsi language: http://www.amouee.net/

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression(CJFE) nominated Jila Baniyaghoub as the winner of the international award !

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is the manager of more than 84 international free expression organization around the world including RSF ( Reporters Without Borders, IFJ , article 19 and many more...).

IRAN WATCH CANADA: Congratulation JIla , you deserve more !

CJFE honours two journalists and Russian news outlet with 12th annual Press Freedom Awards
SOURCE: Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE/IFEX) -
TORONTO, October 22, 2009 -
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE), is proud to recognize reporter Jila Baniyaghoub of Iran and the Russian news outlet Novaya Gazeta with the 2009 International Press Freedom Awards for extra ordinary courage and overcoming tremendous odds to report the news.
CJFE is also pleased to recognize Canadian writer and journalist Terry Gould with the Tara Singh Hayer Memorial Award for his commitment to highlighting attacks on the media and tackling this issue despite personal risk. "The journalists and the news outlet that we are honouring this year have defiantly stood their ground to report the news despite great personal risk, the threat of persecution and daunting circumstances," said CarolOff, Chair of the CJFE Awards committee. "The honourees' steadfast devotion to journalistic integrity and freedom of the press gives us hope that we can battle the culture of impunity that threatens journalists around the world."

12th Annual International Press Freedom Awards Gala,

December 9, 2009,Toronto

The 12th annual International Press Freedom Awards will be held at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto on Wednesday, December 9, 2009. This year's event is hosted by Lloyd Robertson, anchor of CTV National News and Heather Hiscox, Host of CBC News: Morning. We will also feature a special report on the culture of impunity that allows the murder of journalists to go unpunished. More than 500 reporters have been killed on the job in the past decade, and many of them were murdered - 90 per cent of these crimes have gone unpunished. The CJFE awards gala is made possible by the support of returning Evening Sponsor Scotiabank, Platinum Sponsor CTV and Reception Sponsor CBC News,along with the valued support of other organizations and individuals across the media, legal, academic and business communities. The International Press Freedom Awards annually recognize the strength and bravery of foreign journalists who overcome life-threatening obstacles in order to report what is taking place in their countries.

2009 International Press Freedom Award Winners Novaya Gazeta is one of the only independent news outlets in Russia and has gained international attention due to the murders of four of its staff members. Novaya Gazeta's journalists frequently investigate and publish articles that are critical of the state, unearth corruption or expose human rights abuses. There have been other murder attempts and the outlet's journalists have been beaten, arrested, kept under surveillance by police and subjected to lengthy interrogations. Despite the tragic deaths of their colleagues and continual harassment, Editor Dmitry Muratov and Deputy Editor Sergei Sokolov doggedly continue to keep the newspaper alive and true to its goals of freedom of the press.

Jila Baniyaghoub is an Iranian editor and journalist as well as a prominent women's rights activist. Baniyaghoub edits Kanoon Zanan Irani (Focus on Iranian Women), a news website focused on women's rights, and covers government and social oppression, especially as these issues relate to women, for the Iranian newspaper Sarmayeh. Baniyaghoub's work and defiance of censorship attempts has made her a target and she has been beaten,arrested and imprisoned several times over the span of her career. Most recently, she was arrested as part of the latest media crackdown in Iran following disputed election results.

The Tara Singh Hayer Memorial Award recognizes Canadian journalists who highlight cases of media repression or censorship that may involve difficult-to-obtain access to information requests or have taken personal risks or suffered physical reprisals while working as a journalist.Previous winners include Michel Auger, Zahra Kazemi and Guy Andre Kieffer.

2009 Tara Singh Hayer Memorial Award Terry Gould is an award-winning freelance investigative journalist and has authored a recently published book, "Murder without Borders: Dying for the Story in the World's Most Dangerous Places", which examines impunity, media repression, and censorship and portrays the lives of seven brave journalists killed because of their work. At great personal risk, Gould travelled to some of the most dangerous countries for journalists:Colombia, Russia, Philippines, Bangladesh and Iraq to interview the journalists' families, friends and sometimes their murderers in order to ensure that their stories are told. http://www.ifex.org/awards/2009/10/23/cjfe_awards/
For more information:
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
PO Box 407555 Richmond St. W.,
Suite 1101 Toronto, ON M5V 3B1
Canadacjfe @ cjfe.org
Phone: +1 416 515 9622
Fax: +1 416 515 7879
http://www.cjfe.org/

Iranian can and will embrace freedom at last, slowly but surley!Our beloved country will be freed by us Iranian !

Human rights, loud and louder! Are we not loud enough about the violation of human rights in Iran?

Why the nuclear issue talks take too long?
For how long we have been hearing about this issue now?
Why sometimes talks about Iran's nuclear issue disappears and all of a sudden it appears again? Is there no other things in Iran and around the world to talk to or to deal with ?
If the issue is so important, why not to continue until it is done and to get rid of it? This issue has been going on and on and on like the issue of Osama Bin Laden.When really this issues must vanish from peoples TV screen once and for all ? I'm not skeptic, i'm hopeful that the issue will be dealt with, but there are other important issues too. So don't let those regime or groups fool you or be fooled. For example whenever the world public are angry or cry loud about other issues like the violation of human rights , the Iranian regime for example instead of dealing with the issue and responding to the world and UN human rights council, it plays with the magic card of nuclear issue and rhetorics on Israel holocaust issue and others !? This is because; they have learnt how to play with you.

IRAN WATCH CANADA is against all kinds of nuclear arsenals. It strives for clean environment, peace,freedom and human rights.In facts it beleives in :
No more Hiroshima!
No more Nagazaki!
No nuclear weapon anywhere in the world including Iran!
But IRAN WATCH CANADA's concern is the human rights in Iran.
Dont let the regime in Iran play game with you.

A poster for November 4: The greatest march in history ! "Independence, Freedom and Iranian Republic" - Greatest march of the green movement!

Press Freedom Violations: Iran rank 173 out of 176 countries of the world!

It is sad to say and the world must know that ; Iran has a government which acts against its own country and people. Isn't it funny? and this Government is the ultra conservative Government of Mahmoudi Ahmadinejad.

It is also notable that the people of Iran are more educated than the government officials.That is why the officials are trying to show they have doctorate degrees and diplomas from Oxford or ..... but mostly as a result of investigation came to be fake, imagine that?! Ahmadinejad's government is nothing but a revolutionary guards government or a militia government.Adding to this is that ;Iran is a country with 70 percent of its population less than 30 years old with great knowledge of computer and information.

It is really sad to hear Iran ( formerly known as Persia up to 1935 ) with great history and with infact first human rights charter almost 2500 years ago rank 173 out of 176 countries on freedom of press.

Reporters without border (RSF) released the result of press freedom in 2009 by ranking the countries around the world. As a result Iran got the place of 173 out of 176 countries. The ranking was conducted from September 2008-September 2009.


A quick look just in IRAN WATCH CANADA will give you a brief conduct of violation of human rights , freedom of expression ,media violation and violation against journalists by the government of Ahmadinejad.

After the presidential election more than 4000 Iranian protesters were arrested by the regime of coup d'etat. Many of whome were just journalist , human rights advocates, civil rights activists and reformist officials. just in the last few months since June, this government has murdered 72 of its own people for just peacefully marching in the streets protesting the election cheating. This regime also buried many in mass inside graves at night time without leting their families to say goodbye with their dear ones.No wonder why the youth are determind to bring this regime of coup d'etat down and calling everyone out on a national day of action on November 4 and December 7 and Feb.11 .

This regime has banned the foreign reporters to report from Iran and has also arrested and murdered some of them like the case of Zahra Kazemi and imprisoned them like Roxana Saberi and Maziar Bahari and expelled many of them from the country. This regime has banned the sattelite dishes to bring total media blackout to its own people who have thirst to know and learn.

In recent court hearings which was as big as the parliament of Iran, the regimes'quasi judicial system put almost hundereds of Iranian, some of them the best sons and daughters of this country on trial to show that, this regime won't like anything and anybody who try to bring Iran on a better ranking in the world among countries.

I just want to ask Mr. Sadegh Larijani the head of regime judiciary system and his brother Javad Larijani the head of human rights in the Islamic Republic that: What has Mr. Ahmad Zeidabadi, Mr. Bahman Amouei , Mr. Saharkheiz , Mr. Ghuchani , Mr. Bastani , Ms. Hengameh Shahidi and so many others do to deserve imprisonment for time and time again and again? why?

Why this regime enjoy hanging young offenders who commited crime at the age when they didn't know what they were doing? Hanging kids, puting rop around their neck while they cry and beg not to kill them, but doing so anyway and letting them die is just inhuman as inhuman as this regime and people of Iran specially the young Iranian will give a good lesson to this regime in the coming future.

Maziar Bahari the reporter of Newsweek magazin has left Iran for London!

Newsweek magazine announced that ; Mr. Maziar Bahari has left Iran on Tuesday for London to be with his wife when delivering their first child.
Mr. Maziar Bahari who is 42 years old, spent 118 days in prison and was released on Saturday with a $300,000 bail.

ALERT - IRAN
19 October 2009
Journalist Maziar Bahari released on bail
SOURCE: Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
CJFE welcomes news of journalist Maziar Bahari's release from prison in Iran (CJFE/IFEX) - Toronto, October 19, 2009 -
Canadian Journalists for FreeExpression (CJFE) welcomes the news on October 17, that Canadian-Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari has been released on bail after four months in anIranian jail. "We are all relieved to hear that Maziar Bahari has been released on bailand is currently at home with his family in Tehran," said CJFE ExecutiveDirector Annie Game. "Hopefully this is a sign that other journalists whocontinue to languish in jail in Iran will also be released in the nearfuture." Maziar Bahari is Newsweek's Tehran correspondent. He had been held withoutcharge in prison in Iran since June 21. While this long awaited news is extremely welcome there remain concernsthat Bahari's ability to leave the country may be restricted. This isparticularly important at the moment, when Bahari's wife, Paola Gourley, isexpecting the birth of their first child on October 26, in England. This was an important step forward however CJFE remains concerned about themore than 30 journalists and bloggers who remain in prison, arrested simplyfor exercising their right to free expression. This group includes anotherjournalist with dual Canadian and Iranian citizenship, blogger HosseinDerakhshan who was detained almost a year ago. CJFE continues to advocate for the release of Derakhshan and other journalists imprisoned in Iran. http://www.ifex.org/iran/2009/10/19/bahari_released_on_bail/
For more information:Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
PO Box 407555 Richmond St. W.,
Suite 1101 Toronto, ON M5V 3B1
Canadacjfe @ cjfe.org
Phone: +1 416 515 9622
Fax: +1 416 515 7879

Iran is facing nation wide protest in the coming months,starting with Nov. 4, Dec. 7 and Feb.11 !

Many journalists, photojournalists , human rights advocates who were feeling not safe have left Iran because of persecution by the regime of coup d'etat.

One of thoes left the country is Mr. Javad Moghimi the former photojournalist of "Fars News Agency" a pro -government news agency.

This 24 years old photojournalist in an interview with New York Times said; he emotionally joined the protest, he then added:

"The protesters were young like me, it was impossible to stay neutral, i was feeling that i have a duty to take picture and to bring their voices abroad".

Mr. Moghimi's picture was published in cover page of Time's magazin. He said:

One of his picture was printed on the cover page of Time magazin as not knowing who took the picture. He said he never told anyone he was the one who took the picture.

Mr. Moghimi said: He met one of his colleague who spent a month in jail and he was frightened.

Then , a few days later the manager of Fars news agency warned that : "We have news that two of our photojournalist have taken picture of the protesters in secret and have sent it to foreign medias , we are waiting for more information and we will deal with them" .

Mr. Moghimi not feeling safe anymore and with first flight escaped to Turkey and applied for refugee status in UNHCR.

Link to this news:

http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2009/10/095115.php

What government is doing is against the country and its own people! Students continue to protest. Nov.4 is a national day of action in Iran!

Ahmadinejad must resign immediately before it is too late! Protest against the regime is escalating to all over Iran !

The head of judiciary power: The officials must try to make the appearance of the human rights in the Islamic Republic to become acceptable!

ILNA :
Mr. Sadegh Larijani the head of the judiciary power in speaking with reporters emphasized that; the officials must try to make the human rights appearance of the country to become more acceptable and trustworthy so that the international human rights organizations won't have any pretext to put pressure against Islamic Republic.
Mr. Larijani said : Islam has opinion about the human rights discourse , and with the help of Islamic scholars we must identify and strengthen the discourse of the Islamic human rights and find out how much of the western human rights and their covenants are conform with the Islamic human rights.

What is the Islamic human rights anyway?
Imagin if all religious group in the world create their own human rights code? what would happen to the world?
We are all human , why can't we have a universal human rights?
Like the one we have now.
you have written a Islamic constitution and you even dont follow that constitution. In the constitution peaceful gathering is guaranteed , but look what you did , you killed 70 young Iranian in a peaceful protest against elction fraud?
Islamic human rights !? Do you think the Iranian people will believe you?

Maziar Bahari the Canadian- Iranian journalist will be with his wife when she is delivering their first child!

Maziar Bahari a canadian-Iranian journalist and film maker was arrested together with more than 4000 Iranian journalists, human rights advocates and political personalities during the protest against the presidential election fraud. On that protest more than 70 people have been killed and 300 people are still in the prison today.

Maziar Bahari is 42 years old and was working for Newsweek magazin in Iran when arrested.


He have also worked in the past for BBC and English channel 4 .

Maziar Bahari was released on 300,000,000 million Tuman ( $300,000 ) bail and after spending 118 days in Evin prison.


Many Islamic Republic officials in the past have said that ; Maziar Bahari was member of a network which were working to overthrow Islamic Republic through a "velvet revolution".

After review of the file the crown requested for his release and Tehran prosecutor had also promised for his release in the past.

IRAN WATCH CANADA will bring you more news about Maziar if there are any news from the pages of media inside the Iran.

Background link:
http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?m=/index&nid=490369
http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2009/08/19/FreeMaziarBahari/
http://www.canada.com/news/Canadian+journalist+arrested+Iran/1718869/story.html
http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/maziar_bahari

Maziar Bahari have been released from prison after spending 118 days in prison!

The public prosecutors office announced that Maziar Bahari the Canadian-Iranian journalist who was arrested after the presidential election in Iran is released this evening after spending 118 days in notorious Evin prison where Zahra Kazemi the Canadian-Iranian photo journalists was murdered.

The public prosecutor Mr. Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi in a press conference last week said that one of the people arrested after election will be released. Maziar Bahari was released on a bail of $300,000 .

He is charged with public disturbance by false reporting, propaganda against the Islamic Republic and for the organization that are counter revolution,participation in illegal gathering,false reporting about the election.......

Maziar was arrested on June 21 in his home in Tehran. Maziar at the time was working for Newsweek Magazin.

political and human rights advocates have gathered in the house of journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi who is still in prison for more than four months now!

Mr. Ahmad Zeidabadi the journalists was arrested together with hundreds of reformists personalities , journalists, human rights advocates, political activists, students and women rights activists before and after the rigging presidential election by the regime of coup d'etat.

Iranian are getting ready for national day of protest.

On November 4 , Iranian all over Iran are planning to come out to the Streets and not to leave . It would be a peaceful and seat in protest.

There are two other days which have been selected for national day of protest, one is on December 7 ( Student Day ) and the other on February 11 ( The voictory of the revolution -Day ).

Iranian women rights advocates behind notorious Evin prison wall,celebrating the birthday of a colleague who is still in prison !

The women rights advocates stood behind the Evin prison wall to send a message to colleague Hengameh Shahidi : Happy Birthday to you !

Hengameh is in prison for 105 days now!

This is the fourth birthday gathering behind the Evin prison for their colleagues.

Fariba Pazhou is another woman who has been in prison for 50 days.

The others women who are in prison are:

Shabnam Madadzadeh and Azar Mansuri.

In this picture Jila Baniyaghoub and Shiva Nazarahari both are released recently.Jila's Husband Bahman Amouei is still in prison without any charges and according to the judiciary his file was lost.

The head of the human rights headquarter in the judiciary power: Musavi was after coup d'etat!

More about the three stooges!

I dont know which one is he?

Three brothers -Ali Larijani is the head of parliament- Mohammad Sadegh is the head of judiciary power and Mohammad javad is the head of human rights in the Islamic regime.
Mohammad Javad Larijani the head of the human rights headquarter in judiciary power in speaking with Fars news told:

"Musavi was after coup d'etat"!

"Those who called themselves president of the country at 11:00pm of the night of June 12 , 2009 were after coup d'etat, but their coup d'etat was defeated" !This is what the head of the human rights headquarter said today.
As a head of human rights headquarter he said:" We should know under who's flag we are?"

In another comment he added:
"We should never stay in front of "Velayat Faghih" (he means the leader) and we should never go out of its circle".

He also said: "The Islamic Republic wants to establish a civil society based on religious thoughts and all of us must work to fatten this idea ."

This is a governmental human rights and not an NGO , so what he says is not human rights at all . The Shah of Iran had also human rights commission and her sister was the head of human rights , that was a mistake.
I'm not against Government for having a human rights commission or headquarter but to report and speak the truth about human rights and if there are violation of human rights to speak about it.

Why no one wants to learn from the history?

Link to this news:
http://www.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8807121403

Scream Now , before it is too late! Scream loud for the sake of innocent people! They are political prisoners! What can UN do?

Azad University in Tehran protest.. growing political Crisis in Iran, Inflation is very high, more workers talk about strikes ...

The life of this young man is in danger, Islamic Republic judiciary plans to hang this boy , dont let it happen! They already hanged Behnoud.

Safar Angooti was convicted of murder when he was 17. According to E'temad, in April 2008 he stabbed a rival suitor who was talking to a girl he liked and was sentenced to death. Safar Angooti claimed that he had killed the man but not intentionally. He was previously due to be executed on 4 May 2009 but this was halted at the last minute. On 4 October 2009, Mohammad Mostafaei, the defence lawyer for both Behnoud Shojaee and Safar Angooti, was informed of the dates when they will be executed. However, the E’temad report suggests that Safar Angouti may be executed on 19 October. Mohammad Mostafaei has written to the Head of the Judiciary asking him to order stays of execution in both cases. Executions of those under 18 at the time of their alleged offence is strictly prohibited under international law. PLEASE WRITE IMMEDIATELY in Persian, Arabic, English, French or your own language: Urging the Iranian authorities to immediately halt the executions of Safar Angooti;; Calling for his case be reviewed urgently with a view to overturning death sentence; Reminding the authorities that Iran is a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), both of which prohibit the use of the death penalty against people convicted of crimes committed when they were under 18. PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 11 OCTOBER 2009 TO: Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadeqh Larijani Howzeh Riyasat-e Qoveh Qazaiyeh (Office of the Head of the Judiciary) Pasteur St., Vali Asr Ave., south of Serah-e Jomhouri, Tehran 1316814737, Islamic Republic of Iran Email: Via website: http://www.facebook.com/l/050ed;www.dadiran.ir/tabid/81/Default.aspx First starred box: your given name; second starred box: your family name; third: your email address Salutation: Your Excellency Head of Tehran Judiciary Ali Reza Avaei Karimkhan Zand Avenue Sana’i Avenue, Corner of Ally 17, No 152, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Email: avaei@Dadgostary-tehran.ir Salutation: Dear Mr Avaei And copies to: Director, Human Rights Headquarters of Iran Mohammad Javad Larijani Howzeh Riassat-e Ghoveh Ghazaiyeh Pasteur St, Vali Asr Ave., south of Serah-e Jomhuri, Tehran 1316814737, Islamic Republic of Iran Fax: +98 21 3390 4986 (please keep trying) Email: fsharafi@bia-judiciary.ir or int_aff@judiciary.ir (In the subject line: FAO Mohammad Javad Larijani) Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country. Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date--------------------

I hate that Islam which orders to hang young offenders!

Cartoon by : Nikahang Kowsar

You remember young offender Behnoud Shojaei, he was hanged the other day by the order of the Islamic Republic newly appointed head of judiciary power Mohammad Sadegh Larijani .

You know what makes me angery, they let this kids get older and then they hang them. The way they hanged this young boy is so sad that i don't want to repeat it, but for the record :Apparently the young boy begged the parents of the victim to forgive him , Behnoud's neck was in the rope and his feet was on a steel stand and the parents then removed the stand and the kid was let to die that way. How could a regime let the parents of a victim to becom so cruel to murder a young boy even, even as revenge. This regime is sick and making my country sick. Hearing this kind of justice makes me to vomit on Islam.

The Association of Human Rights Defenders in Iran in a statement again asked this regime to stop the execution of young offenders and the execution of four Iranian who are going to be executed and according to the regime are the supporter of Mojahedin and Monarchy.

The Islamic Republic regime and the policy of reppression over "The Association of Iranian Journalists" !

the building of the "Association of Iranian Journalists" was forced to a closure on Aug. 5 ,2009 by former Tehran prosecutors' office. Since then representative of the association approched Tehran prosecutors office asking the reason behind the closure?!

The story on the closure of the Association of Iranian Journalists become an an interesting scenario to read. It is interesting to read because two months ago at night time the association office was ordered to closure, but until know no one knows who made the complaint against the association?! said Ms. Badrolsadat Mofidi the president of the Association of Iranian Journalists speaking with ILNA reporter. She addede : After two months still we are searching for the complainants.The former Tehran prosecutor was judge Mortazavi and the present prosecutor is judge Jafari Dolatabadi.

Link to this news:

http://www.ilna.ir/newsText.aspx?ID=82769

Mr. Mirhossain Musavi and Mr. Karoubi have met recently.

Two presidential candidate and two leader: one leader of green movement and the other the leader in disclosing the crime against humanity commited by the regime of coup d'etat.

Mohammad Taghi Mesbay Yazdi is another criminal for crime against humanity in Iran!

Why Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi?
Known as Ayatollah "Temsah" or crocodile.

Search in Wikipedia -
Ultra-conservative:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad-Taqi_Mesbah-Yazdi
Time and time because of his religious position, he has ordered the young and probably uneducated blind Basiji militias to arbiterarily act for God and murder those who are calling for change in Iran. He has repeatedly( all are documented in the past daily media ) called for the physical removal of the reformists.

Here is just one such arbiterary order without any fear from judiciary power and respect for human lives:
On the evening of Wednesday September 17th, speaking in the "Imam Khomeini's Hosseinieh" in the city of Qom just two days before the "Qods Day of rally in Iran" speaking to a gathering , he asked the " friends of God,like a wounded tiger,to attack on the oppositions".

in the disclosure of part of the Ministry of Information plan in "Chain Murderings " in 1998 , few journalists including Akbar Ganji named Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi as an instigator for the murdering of innocent and the most beloved sons of the country including poet and writer Mohammad Mokhtari and Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh.

In August, after the coup d'etat by Ahmadinejd, when many religious personalities didn't attend in Ahmadinejad's taking presidential oath ,Mesbah Yazdi told : Following the order of president is following the order of God".

In the trial of the case known as the " Kerman murdering circle " several person from one of the Basiji base in the city of Kerman who have murdered several women and men, claimed that ; with the speech of Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi they were provoked to do such an action."

In that murdering a writer and poet who was sleeping in his home with his 9 year old son , both were brutally killed by knife.
In a letter Mesbah rejected the trial proceeding and he just approved his speech.

The list goes on ...
He must be brought to the International court of justice for crime against humanity.

Possible national day of protest in Iran:On Nov. 4,2009 students Day and on Feb. 11,2010 the victory day for revolution..

Logo for national day of protest on November 4,2009 !

The logo reads: United we seat in the streets with silence days and nights !

The world, as well as the international human rights organizations must support the struggle of Iranian people for a peaceful national day of protest.

I like this , the regime of coup d'etat is scared to death from Iranian people. Yet another National Day of Protest is going to hit the regime hard!

Karoubi speaks about the crimes committed in the Islamic Republic!

Mr. Mehdi Karoubi's response to Ahmadinejad's fals statement in the interview with American PBS.

As you know on Tuesday night the channel one of Sima (Iranian TV) showed the interview of Charlie Rose of PBS with Ahmadinejad. Charlie Rose asked Ahmadinejad about the situation after the election and the rape in the prisons.Mr. Ahmadinejad in response said : Mr. Karoubi spoke about this and when the three member delegate of judiciary power requested documents from him , he said : I was angry when i said that and i dont have any document.

Alas that lying about the truth became the unchangeable culture of the head of the executive branch. I dont know what charactristic NY has whenever he goes there, his individual charactristic becomes double. unfortunately, the Islamic Republic Sima ( The national TV )becomes a tool for propagating this culture which would directly result in people lose confidence to national media.

Mr. Karoubi by rejecting Ahmadinejad's response and for informing the great Iranian people said:" The beloved people must know that; I have received serious shocking news which were coming from legal and illegal prisons against the sons of this country who were just demanding their legal rights.It was my religiouse ,legal, national and humane duty to announce and not to allow aggression to the life, property ,chastity and greatness of the people become the usual event in the Islamic Republic. After the appointment of delegates from the head of judiciary power , we had good meetings and i have given the information to the three member delegate for the reason that they will follow and punish the aggressors. All of a sudden and instead of following the shocking events, attacks has started on me by those who have sold their religion and the office of Etemade Melli and my personal office was closed and another copy of document about the crimes was received by the officials. I reject the lies that have been said in that interview and will continue to follow about the crimes that have been committed by perpetrators.........

I ask the so called national TV to give me or to my representative 1/3 rd of the time given to prosecutor and let us explain to the people the dimention of this crime and let the people who are the real owner of this country like a jury to judge between us and you......

Sardar Mohamad Reza Naghadi was appointed as the head of Basij militia.Who is Naghadi?Taeb a criminal left the post and another criminal was appointed

Who is Mohammad Reza Naghadi?

Seyed Ebrahim Nabavi the Iranian satyrist wrote in his column in Rooz online aabout who really is Naghadi:

1-He is born in Iraq and at the age of 15 he learnt Farsi with the accent.

2-After revolution he came to Iran and for many years he was member of Iraqi terrorist .He then changed his citizenship , for a while he became Lebanese terrorist and later he became Iranian terrorist group.

3-For a while he was the interrogator of captive Iraqis from Iran-Iraq war, then he became the interrogator of Tehran mayors, then he was the interrogator of " 18th Tir" (At the time of student uprising) and then he became the interrogator of "Kahrizak " ( the recent prison compound which is under investigation by the regime for the killing of hundreds of young Iranian post election protesters.

4-He has experience in terrorist activities in Lebanon , Iraq, France, Yugoslavia and Iran .

5- He is expert in taking confession on immoral relationship -Adultry

6- Because of organizing an armed bandito for taking bribs, doing murder and rape he was arrested and spent sometimes in the jail.

7- He played a rol in beating up Mr. Mahajerani ( a reformist minister ) and Nouri ( another reformist minister ).

What he hasn't done is that he didn't participate in the August 1953 coup d'etat, and that was because ;he wasn't born yet.

And the only period of his life he did do terroristic activity was when for two weeks he went in Saudi Arabia for "Haj" ceremony.

This man is now the head of Basij militia.

He must be brought to International court for crime against humanity.

http://www.roozonline.com/persian/tanssatire/tans-satire-article/article/2009/october/07//-2b64f1cf96.html

Human Rights Council and Treaties Division Complaint Procedure
OHCHR-UNOG 1211 Geneva 10Switzerland
Complaint:
The 10th presidential elections in Iran were not free and democratic. The Presidential Election 2009 in the Islamic Republic of Iran has clearly violated the principles of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) as well as the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Guardian Council illegally filtered the 471 candidates who had registered to stand for election, sanctioning only four candidates who were considered to be a part of the establishment. Therefore, this election did not enjoy the merits of a free and democratic election. Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won his second presidential term by virtue of a totally rigged election and the subsequent coup d’état organized and orchestrated by the similarly unrepresentative leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei. On June 12, millions of Iranians headed to the polls to elect their next president in an election with only four candidates, who had been handpicked by the Guardian Council. By all accounts, the alleged winner – Mr. Ahmadinejad - was not the one the people of Iran had voted for. Noticing that their vote had been hijacked, the people took to the streets to reclaim it. In response, the vigilante groups and the security forces brutally attacked the peaceful demonstrators and opened fire, killing tens of people and injuring many more. Many more were arrested and taken to prisons and other detention centers where they were subjected to barbaric torture, including rape of men and women as confirmed by other presidential candidates as well as by the internationally renowned human rights organization, Amnesty International. A number of them were forced to incriminate themselves in front of TV cameras by “confessing” to crimes they had not committed or to actions that are not crimes even under the unfair laws of the country. We are registering our complaint based on the inalienable civil and political rights and also based on: Article 25 of International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights: Every citizen shall have the right and the opportunity, without any of the distinctionsmentioned in Article 2 and without unreasonable restrictions:
(a) To take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives;
(b) To vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors;
(c) To have access, on general terms of equality, to public service in his country. We demand an investigation to be conducted into the election fraud according to the complementary protocol and section 4 of the ICCPR and the government of Iran, as the violator of the above rights, be pressed to abide by the laws and also change the discriminatory laws when necessary. Our objections are based upon:
1. Lack of freedom for peaceful activities of political parties and associations in the country.
2. Denial of the rights to be nominated and to freely elect the candidates of one’s choice, and to enjoy the pertaining rights based on the provisions of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the ICCPR, on the pretext of lacking “Practical Commitment” to Islam and absolute dominance of the Supreme Leader.
3. Prohibition of the religious minorities from holding office and assuming responsibility at the higher levels of executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government.As stipulated by Article 2 of the complementary protocol and section 4 of the ICCPR, complainants must file their complaint within Iran. Whereas the IRI Constitution has not anticipated any organizations to investigate such complaints, we submit our complaint possibly to the head of the IRI Judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani.
With respect
Name and address

"All i wana say that- they dont really care about us"

Iranian won't allow the defacto regime in Iran to divert world public opinion from Human Rights violation with the talk on nuclear issue!

Almost every day there is protest in universities all over Tehran and the protest is igniting to other universities in provinces and cities.The regime of coup d'etat is helpless. So far nothing has been helping the defacto regime to stand on its feet.Regime by showing its militia's teet , threats ,the killings , the arrest , torture, forced confession unable to change the course of the movement. 70 percent of Iranian are under the age of 30, they are different from these fossiles. young Iranian want freedom and civil society. Regime by playing mouse and cat game can't divert the world public opinions from what is exactly happening and is going to happen in Iran.

United for freedom!Target: 150 million views on youtube, a new record!
(Please , distribute the message)
United for Freedom (English version) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7XJ4D7nPAw
Unidos por la Libertad (Versión en español) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF4lOdriaeY
United für die Freiheit (Deutsch Version) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIFGGwNtu7A
Unis pour la Liberté (Version française) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0eAZ61iNug
Uniti per la Liberà (Versione italiano) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMzddS8Fwrk
Соединенные на свободу (Русская версия) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrdxELO8ZQk
The persian statement on Unite for Freedom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTmkFdzuRuw

The officials in the Islamic Republic regime are responsible if anything happened to Doctor Mohammad Maleki,Osanlou and many other political prisoners

Doctor Maleki's wife said : "The officials intend to physically remove doctor Maleki" !

Doctor Maleki is a well known personality and a dissent voice , he was arrested and now is in prison, but his wife in a statement said that: " signs are indicating that his health is worsening ". She believe that perhaps something had happened to him and the regime isn't talking. Doctor Maleki's family warned that regime by knowing about life thretening deseases is planning to physically remove doctor Maleki.

Fear from future, fear from the Iranian people must at least stop them for what they do, but it seems they are not scared and feel doing so....

The heads of the Islamic Republic will be brought to International criminal court for crime against humanity. They are responsible for every life that have been lost in Iran. No negotiation with this regime should be made.Any governments in the world making deals with this regime of coup d'etat without considering human rights violation is like "spitting in the air which will fall on their heads later".In the meantime, we the Iranian must focus and bring together our efforts and feed the world public about what is going on in our homeland and build worldwide awareness and solidarity with Iranian people. This is the smallest things we can do for our people who are putting their lives for freedom and democracy in Iran.

Dalai Lama too joined the green movement in Iran!

Iran Watch Canada in sympathy with the families of two Iranian journalists who lost their lives in a car crash in Czech Republic!

Disturbing news indicate that, three Iranian colleagues ,working for Radio Farda in Czech Republic had a car accident and unfortunately two of them have lost their lives. Colleagues Amir Zamanifar and Roza Azhiri lost their lives in the accidentand the third colleague Mahin Gorji is seriousely injured and is currently in coma.Iran Watch Canada wishes for Mahin a speedy recovery.

It is so sad that these young journalists lost thei lives while away from their family and loved one and that is because of continuous repression by the Islamic Republic regime .They have left the country to pursue their carrier in another country. If Iran was a safe and democratic country many thousands of Iranian professional would rather prefare to work for their own country instead of another.But,unfortunately this is what it is!?

IRAN WATCH CANADA expresses its condolence to the family ,friends and colleagues of Amir and Roza and to Radio Farda.

International Human rights awards for three human rights advocates!

Shadi Sadr ( Lawyer ,women rights and human rights advocate ) , Roya Brumand and Ladan Brumand ( Both human rights advocate for Iran) have received the prestigious Lech Walesa Awards. Congratulation.

Can we call it a victory? Sure we can! Hosain Taeb is one of those hated regime element and was the head of Basij Militia, he was forced to resign!

He is one of those responsible for the killing of many Iranian in the recent post election uprising. He must be brought to the international court for crime against humanity.