Joint statement by Members of the European Parliament and of European National Parliaments On the situation of Baha’i women in Iran
We, members of the European Parliament and of European National Parliaments, stand with the eighteen UN Special Rapporteurs and UN Working Group experts who have issued a landmark joint letter of allegations denouncing the Islamic Republic of Iran for the recent rise in attacks against Baha’i women - who face intersectional persecution in Iran as both women and as Baha'is.
We echo the statement of UN Rapporteurs & Experts who have expressed “serious concern at what appears to be an increase in systematic targeting of Iranian women belonging to the Baha’i religious minority throughout the country.” Since the protests ignited by the tragic death of Mahsa Jina Amini, the targeted persecution of Baha’i women has grown, with two-thirds of all Baha’is persecuted in Iran being women. They face a cruel range of abuses, including arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, family separations, limitations on their freedom of movement, raids on their home and denial of education.
The United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Iran and the ‘Boot on my Neck’ report by Human Rights Watch detail the abuses Baha’is endure in nearly every aspect of life, with the latter classifying the Iranian government’s treatment of Baha’is as the crime against humanity of persecution. These findings highlight the Iranian government’s disturbing pattern of systematic and state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’is through discriminatory laws, policies, and practices. The plight of Baha’i women in Iran demands urgent attention and action from the international community. We strongly urge the Iranian authorities to put an end to the persecution of Baha'i women, and safeguard their human rights.
The 125 co-signatories endorsing the statement include Members of the European Parliament (MEP) and Members of Parliaments across Europe.
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Abir AL-SAHLANI, MEP Marino ALBANI, MP San Marino Norbert ALTENKAMP, MP Germany Marie-Noëlle BATTISTEL, MP France Petra BAYR, MP Austria Wouter BEKE, MEP Simone BILLI, MP Italy Lord St John of Bletso Júlia BOADA, MP Spain Lynn BOYLAN, MEP Michael BRAND, MP Germany Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER, MEP Sen. Susanna CAMUSSO, Italy Rt. Hon. Alistair CARMICHAEL, MP UK Marián ČAUČÍK, MP Slovakia Silvia CECCHETTI, MP San Marino Veronika CIFROVÁ OSTRIHOŇOVÁ, MEP Per CLAUSEN, MEP Marie DAUCHY, MEP Benedetto DELLA VEDOVA, MP Italy Elio DI RUPO, MEP Meri DISOSKI, MP Austria Ondřej DOSTÁL, MP Slovakia Paolo FORMENTINI, MP Italy Emma FOURREAU, MEP Johannes GASSER, MP Austria Michael GAHLER, MEP Hanna GEDIN, MEP Niels GEUKING, MEP Mary GLINDON, MP UK Elisabeth GÖTZE, MP Austria Hermann GRÖHE, MP Germany Stéphane HABLOT, MP France Ayda HADIZADEH, MP France Peter HEIDT, MP Germany Alojz HLINA, MP Slovakia Markus HOFER, MP Austria Martin HOJSÍK, MEP Ján HORECKÝ, MP Slovakia Senator Gerry HORKAN, Ireland Evin INCIR, MEP Yannick JADOT, MP France Igor JANCKULÍK, MP Slovakia Zora JAUROVÁ, MP Slovakia |
Beáta JURÍK, MP Slovakia Fernand KARTHEISER, MEP Kadir KASIRGA, MP Sweden Billy KELLEHER, MEP Seán KELLY, MEP Dana KLEINERT, MP Slovakia Wolfgang KOCEVAR, MP Austria Łukasz KOHUT, MEP Mária KOLÍKOVÁ, MP Slovakia Ingrid KOSOVÁ, MP Slovakia Stephanie KRISPER, MP Austria Juraj KRÚPA, MP Slovakia Gudrun KUGLER, MP Austria Merja KYLLÖNEN, MEP Robert LAIMER, MP Austria Vladimír LEDECKÝ, MP Slovakia Miriam LEXMANN, MEP Lord Alton of Liverpool Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, MEP Max LUCKS, MP Germany František MAJERSKÝ, MP Slovakia Milan MAJERSKÝ, MP Slovakia Lukas MANDL, MEP Vladimíra MARCINKOVÁ, MP Slovakia Vicent MARZÀ IBÁÑEZ, MEP Gabriel MATO, MEP Sigrid MAURER, MP Austria Tilly METZ, MEP František MIKLOŠKO, MP Slovakia Fabian MOLINA, MP Switzerland Giuseppe Maria MORGANTI, MP San Marino Michele MURATORI, MP San Marino Paul MURPHY TD, Ireland Francesco MUSSONI, MP San Marino Sen. Luigi NAVE, Italy Hannah NEUMANN, MEP Joe O’BRIEN TD, Ireland Jan-Christoph OETJEN, MEP Maria OHISALO, MEP Fernando MEDINA, MP Portugal Nikos PAPANDREOU, MEP Jutta PAULUS, MEP |
Sen. Cinzia PELLEGRINO, Italy Simona PETRÍK, MP Slovakia Lucia PLAVÁKOVÁ, MP Slovakia Ondrej PROSTREDNÍK, MP Slovakia Nicola RENZI, MP San Marino Nela RIEHL, MEP Cristina RODRIGUES, MP Portugal Andrea ROSSI, MP Italy Tommaso ROSSINI, MP San Marino Michal SABO, MP Slovakia Agustín SANTOS, MP Spain Rodrigo SARAIVA, MP Portugal Silvia SARDONE, MEP Frank SCHWABE, MP Germany Günther SIDL, MEP Nuno SIMÕES DE MELO, MP Portugal Branislav ŠKRIPEK, MP Slovakia Martin ŠMILŇÁK, MP Slovakia Inês SOUSA REAL, MP Portugal Anne SOUYRIS, MP France Villy SØVNDAL, MEP Sen. Luigi SPAGNOLLI, Italy Peter STACHURA, MP Slovakia Zuzana ŠTEVULOVÁ, MP Slovakia Anna STROLENBERG, MEP António TÂNGER CORRÊA, MEP Barbara TEIBER, MP Austria Marie TOUSSAINT, MEP Andrea TURČANOVÁ, MP Slovakia Derya TÜRK-NACHBAUR, MP Germany Sebastian TYNKKYNEN, MEP Eric VAN DER BURG, MP Netherlands Diederik VAN DIJK, MP Netherlands Veronika VESLÁROVÁ, MP Slovakia Martin VICKERS, MP UK Marián VISKUPIČ, MP Slovakia Sophie WOTSCHKE, MP Austria Lucia YAR, MEP Dainius ŽALIMAS, MEP |