Monday, December 22, 2008

Council of the European Union, Brussels, 19 December 2008 – The Council of EU released a declaration by its Presidency on behalf of the European Union and condemned the repeated violations of human rights in Iran.

This declaration partly reads” The European Union is deeply concerned at the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The multiple violations committed by the Iranian authorities testify to the erosion of the rights of the individual there.

The European Union reiterates that such violations are unacceptable. It is particularly
disturbed by :
– the simultaneous execution of ten Iranians at Evin prison on 26 November 2008;
– the judicial pressure which the Iranian authorities exert on women’s rights activists.