Winnipeg’s Iranian community condemns executions, demands action at CMHR rally – Winnipeg | 24CA News
Members of Winnipeg’s Iranian neighborhood held a rally on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Saturday protesting the current surge in executions within the nation.
The United Nations experiences the Iranian authorities has executed no less than 259 individuals in 2023 to date. The demise of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody final 12 months spurred large-scale protests in Iran, with the state allegedly arresting and torturing protesters with out cost. The current hangings of three protesters sparked demonstrations in cities around the globe, together with Winnipeg.
Winnipeg demonstrators held indicators and chanted “End the hangings!”
“We’re here to first, condemn the recent executions in Iran by the Islamic Republic, and secondly, to demand bold action from the free world to stop the execution of those in grave danger of being executed in the month of May,” mentioned Arian Arianpour, president of Iranian Community of Manitoba.
“The people in Iran are sacrificing their lives for universal values,” Arianpour added. “When you’re a protester in Iran, when you leave your home, you don’t know if you’re coming back. Really, this is the least that we can do in a free country.”
Kourosh Doustshenas, a spokesperson for Families of Flight PS752 in Winnipeg, mentioned the protest is an outlet for household and mates in a terrifying and heartbreaking time.
“Most of the families and friends over here, they see their friends or families are being prosecuted or being put in jail or tortured,” he mentioned. “They feel hopelessness.”
Families of Flight PS752 is a community of individuals affected by the 2020 taking pictures down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 in Tehran. All passengers on board had been killed, and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps admitted the aircraft was downed by its missiles.
Doustshenas mentioned worldwide motion is critical to cease the mindless killing of Iranian civilians.
“We’re asking our elected officials to put pressure on the Iranian regime around the world,” he mentioned. “In the month of May, there have been 83 executions in Iran, which is appalling and unbelievable.”
— with information from Global’s Negar Mojtahedi
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