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Lisboa – United for Iran – Global Day of Action July 25 Largo Camões, Saturday, July 25, 5:00 - 7:00 pm In support of the Iranian people and in condemnation of the abuses being committed by the Iranian government we ask you to join us and stand together for: 1) Civil and human rights for the people of Iran; 2) Stopping the abuse of power – the imprisonment, torture and killing;

3) Solidarity with the Iranian people. To our Iranian brothers and sisters: We have heard your voices, and you are not alone! This is a peaceful and non-political demonstration for the human rights in Iran. Information at http://lisboa-united4iran.blogspot.com/ This is part of the Global Action that will take place on the same day in more than 50 cities around the world (Tokyo, São Paulo, Paris, Melbourne, New York, Bishkek,…): http://united4iran.org/

A summary of the situation of horror in Iran The week after the presidential elections the people of Iran came to the streets to contest the official results which show evidence of corruption and do not reflect the will of the people.

– an emergency physician in Erfan hospital, was even “punished” for standing up to the militias. “He disappeared for thirty-six hours, and was then found halfconscious and disfigured outside the hospital”.

The authorities replied by abusing the use of power and imposing a policy of terror:

– under the pretext of “organ donation”, all traces of bullets were removed from the bodies. “The parents were forced to accept this if they wanted to retrieve the body for burial”.

– they are tracking the demonstrators (and their families) and imprisoning, torturing (violence, sexual, psychological) and killing/executing them under no justification or under false accusations (like drug dealing).

– burials are conducted under strict surveillance. “The tombstone may not state the cause of death”

– they do not allow any international media and have strongly decreased the communications with the outside world (telephone, internet,…) to avoid the world knowing.

But the people of Iran did not give up and are continuing to fight for their rights/freedom, and have been able to send information to the world through several media (mobile phone, internet, youtube, twitter,…).

One example of this terror are the declarations of some Iranian doctors who were passing through Paris, to Le Figaro International (06/07/2009, “Iran: Doctors denounce terror in the hospitals”) – here are some excerpts:

Now the world is standing in support of the Iranian people to let them know that they are not alone and to let the Iranian authorities know that we are aware of what is happening and that they cannot continue with the terror. Several world institutions (International Amnesty, Medicine without Borders, Reporters without Borders,…) and personalities (Noam Chomski, Kasparov, Robert Redford, Desmond Tutu, Joan Baez, U2, Madonna,...) are already supporting this cause.

– “Since the beginning of the anti-Ahmadinejad demonstrations, militias and secret police have imposed a policy of terror in the hospitals. They stalk the wounded without mercy”, he said. – More than 92 dead. – “One could see that bullets had traveled diagonally through their torsos, showing that they had been fired upon from above, from a roof”, comments the second doctor. – a report of the bodies of six young men … “They were killed by neck shot. Their skulls had been crushed and their brains opened, without doubt to retrieve the bullet to remove the traces of the crime” – To provide cover for this kind of attacks, doctors have been forced to attest that those whose bodies had been brought to their hospitals had ‘died on the operating table’.

Please help us spread this message and join us in the Global Day of Action July 25 – United for Iran, in Lisboa: Largo Camões, July 25, 5:00 - 7:00 pm.

Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain. Saadi (Persian poet, 1184 – 1283)