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Iran Abuse of Human Rights Condemned

By Alan Gray, NewsBlaze

The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center issued a press release today, condemning the Iranian regime's abuse of the human rights of its citizens for exercising their fundamental rights to free expression and association.

The Center says it has investigated and reported on human rights abuses committed by the Iranian government over the course of the last 30 years. The investigations include reports on the regime's habit of arresting, torturing and executing Iranian citizens, as well as its brutal suppression of expression.

Today, we clearly see another chapter of abuse by the regime.

Since the announcement of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejd's victory in the Iranian presidential election on June 12, the government has brutally quashed expression of dissent. Demonstrators have been attacked for exercising their human right of free expression. Hundreds have been arrested and killed. Many people have been arrested in their homes and offices. Many people have simply disappeared.

The regime has implemented measures effectively shutting and slowing down electronic communications. Websites have been blocked, the Internet has slowed to a crawl, and cell phones only work intermittently. Information flow out of Iran is intermittent and piecemeal.

The perpetrators of these abuses of human rights in Iran must be held accountable. The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center is documenting the abuses - in writings, photos, videos and interviews of witnesses. Anyone with such evidence can contact the Center. Evidence may also be sent electronically through the Center's secure encrypted system that can be found on its website, www.iranhrdc.org.

IHRDC is a nonprofit organization based in New Haven, Connecticut founded in 2004 by human rights scholars, activists, and historians. Its staff of human rights lawyers and researchers produce comprehensive and detailed reports on the human rights situation in Iran since the 1979 revolution. The Center's goal is to encourage an informed dialogue among scholars and the general public in both Iran and abroad. The human rights reports and an archive of documents are available to the public for research and educational purposes on the Center's website

contact:
Renee C. Redman,
IHRDC Executive Director,
(203) 772-2218 Ext. 215