(MEHR IRAN)
September 1st has become an International Day in Remembrance of the Massacre of Political Prisoners
Amnesty International has dedicated the September 1st
to remembrance of the victims of political violence including political
prisoners, prisoners of conscience and all other victims of human rights abuses
whom we, and humanity as a whole, have failed to rescue because they were
executed, massacred, murdered, or kidnapped and killed; and (ii) requests
the United Nations to add this day to its official calendar.
Background:
Based on the initiative of the Mission for Establishment of Human Rights in Iran (MEHR), many Iranian organizations in Europe and in the United States decided to observe September 1st as the Memorial Day for the massacre of thousands of political prisoners in Iran during the summer of 1988 by the Islamic Regime of Iran. Several conferences and gatherings were formed around the world to observe this tragic event on September , 2002, including the MEHR's conference in Los Angeles.
A proposal regarding the observance of September 1 as the Memorial Day for the massacre of political prisoners, was submitted by one of the active members of MEHR and was approved at the Amnesty International Southern Regional Conference in October 2002.
This resolution was then discussed in the Annual General Meeting of the Amnesty International in April 2003 and was approved.
The text of the resolution passed in the 2003 Annual General Meeting of the Amnesty International
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