ONU -
01/12/01
RISOLUZIONE
CONTRO VIOLAZIONE DIRITTI UMANI IN IRAN
Il
comitato Onu sociale, umanitario e culturale: 71 s� a 53 no
New
York, 1 dic. (Ap) - Il comitato Onu sociale, umanitario e culturale
ha deliberato una risoluzione che condanna la violazione
dei diritti umani in Iran. Nel testo si fa esplicito riferimento
all'incremento delle condanne a morte e ai continui attentati
alla libert� di stampa e di espressione.
Il
comitato si � espresso favorevolmente alla condanna con 71 s� e
53 no (41 le astensioni).
ONU-Iran
-
L'ONU demande a l'Iran de cesser d'executer des mineurs
NEW
YORK (Nations Unies), 30 nov - La commission des droits
de l'Homme de l'Assemblee generale des Nations Unies a demande
vendredi
a l'Iran de cesser d'executer des jeunes de moins de 18 ans, et de
mettre
fin a l'usage de la torture et de chatiments cruels, tels que
l'amputation
et la bastonnade.
La
commission a adopte par 71 voix contre 52 une resolution exprimant
son
inquietude devant "le nombre croissant d'executions" en Iran.
Cette resolution
deplore en particulier "les executions publiques et particulierement
cruelles, comme les lapidations".
Le
comite a salue le rapport du representant special de la commission,
Maurice
Copithorne, qui a indique que quelque 60 personnes avaient ete
executees
entre janvier et juin 2001.
M.
Copithorne, qui n'a pas ete en mesure de se rendre en Iran depuis
1996,
a fait part d'informations sur des types d'execution "particulierement
barbares
et inhabituelles", telles que la decapitation et la lapidation.
Cette
resolution, qui devrait etre adoptee par l'Assemblee generale en
decembre,
demande au gouvernement iranien de mettre un terme aux executions
de
personnes condamnees pour des crimes commis avant l'age de 18 ans, et de
"faire
en sorte que la peine capitale ne soit prononcee que pour les crimes
les
plus graves".
- November
30 6:19
By
EDITH M. LEDERER
UNITED
NATIONS (AP) - A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday
expressing concern at continuing human rights violations in Iran,
including a growing number of executions and crackdowns on freedom of
expression and freedom of the press.
The
General Assembly's Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee voted 71 to
53, with 41 abstentions, in favor of the resolution calling on the Iran to
abide by its international human rights obligations.
The
resolution received about 20 more ``yes'' votes than a similar resolution
last year, which Iranian opposition groups attributed to the crackdown on
human rights by hard-liners in the government who believe in strict
adherence to the values of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Approval
by the committee means that the resolution is certain to be adopted when
it comes to a vote in the 189-member General Assembly in December.
The
resolution ``expresses concern'' at the imprisonment of journalists and
members of Parliament, the harsh reaction to student demonstrations, and
the use of torture and other forms of cruel and inhuman punishment, ``in
particular the practice of amputation and the growing number of cases of
public flogging.'' It deplored ``public and especially cruel executions,
such as stoning.''
The
resolution also expresses concern at the systematic discrimination against
women and girls, and against minorities, especially Bahais, Christians,
Jews and Sunni Muslims.
The
resolution urged Iran to take further measures ``to promote full and equal
enjoyment by women and girls of their human rights,'' to eliminate
religious discrimination, to end the use of torture, and to abolish the
death penalty for crimes by those under the age of 18.
Hard-liners
who control unelected key institutions, including the judiciary and police,
have closed reformist newspapers and jailed dozens of reformist
journalists and political activists, most of them without trial.
The
reformist press supports President Mohammad Khatami (news - web sites)'s
program of increased social and political freedom. But hard-liners accuse
it of undermining the principles of the 1979 revolution.
Massoud
Rajavi, president of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, an
opposition group, said that 4 1/2 years after Khatami took office there
has been a serious backsliding on human rights.
He
said the Iranian people in recent uprisings have showing their opposition
to the hard-liners and their support for ``the establishment of democracy''
in Iran.
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