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<strong>April</strong> <strong>2014</strong>IntroductionThe month of <strong>April</strong> was simultaneous with the escalation of pressure and repression againstwom<strong>en</strong> such as issuing death s<strong>en</strong>t<strong>en</strong>ces, det<strong>en</strong>tions and violations of wom<strong>en</strong>’s basic rightsincluding the raid by the Iranian regime's repressive State Security Forces and prison authoritiesto a section of a wom<strong>en</strong> prison in the Shahr-e-ray, located in Greater Tehran metropolitan area,harshly beating the def<strong>en</strong>seless female prisoners.Reyhaneh Jabbari’s death s<strong>en</strong>t<strong>en</strong>ce, the 26-year-old woman who had committed murder in selfdef<strong>en</strong>se,became one of the main subjects of the international reports about Iran which alsoattracted reaction of Dr. Ahmed Shahid, the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran. In her willaddressed to her mother, she stated how the misogynist system ruling Iran provides no rights forthe people, particularly wom<strong>en</strong>. The <strong>NCRI</strong> Wom<strong>en</strong>’s Committee has launched an urg<strong>en</strong>tcampaign to save the life of Reyhaneh Jabbari from immin<strong>en</strong>t execution and we ask all supportersof human rights to be her voice by signing a statem<strong>en</strong>t which will be addressed to the UnitedNations Secretary G<strong>en</strong>eral and UNWom<strong>en</strong> to order the Iranian regime to halt the execution.Please find the link to the campaign at the <strong>en</strong>d of the bulletin.Unfortunately, ev<strong>en</strong> more shocking was the fact that despite the deteriorating situation forwom<strong>en</strong> under the rule of the mullahs’ ruling Iran, the United Nations appointed Iran foranother four years as a member of the Commission on the Status of Wom<strong>en</strong>. A lot of humanrights and wom<strong>en</strong>’s rights activists around the world were outraged at this questioning how couldit be possible for a regime who is not ev<strong>en</strong> a signatory to the Committee on the Elimination ofDiscrimination against Wom<strong>en</strong> (CEDAW) and has executed over 20 wom<strong>en</strong> in the last year andis on the verge of execution a young woman who only def<strong>en</strong>ded her honor, repres<strong>en</strong>t and be acountry to decide on the status of wom<strong>en</strong> in the level stated?We invite you to read an Op-ed on this matter writt<strong>en</strong> by a member of the <strong>NCRI</strong> Wom<strong>en</strong>’s Committee:http://wom<strong>en</strong>.ncr-iran.org/news-ev<strong>en</strong>ts/incoming-articles/521-the-world-must-stop-ignoring-irans-record-on-wom<strong>en</strong>Executions & death s<strong>en</strong>t<strong>en</strong>cesThe death s<strong>en</strong>t<strong>en</strong>ce of Falaknaz Moradi was postponed two minutes after she was susp<strong>en</strong>ded fromthe gallows on <strong>April</strong> 17, <strong>2014</strong>. The 60 year-old prisoner who has sp<strong>en</strong>t almost one-third of her lifein prison (18 years), has be<strong>en</strong> waiting for her s<strong>en</strong>t<strong>en</strong>ce to be carried all through this time.On <strong>April</strong> 11, Amnesty international, issued and statem<strong>en</strong>t opposing the death s<strong>en</strong>t<strong>en</strong>ce issued forReyhaneh Jabbari. Reyhaneh Jabbari, aged 26, was arrested in 2007 for the murder of MortezaAbdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of Iran’s Ministry of Intellig<strong>en</strong>ce. Reyhaneh Jabbarihttp://wom<strong>en</strong>.ncr-iran.org/ Facebook / <strong>NCRI</strong> Wom<strong>en</strong>'s Committee Twitter/ <strong>NCRI</strong>Wom<strong>en</strong>'sCommittee

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