An International Day of Action Against Homophobic Persecution in Iran

Siden 1979 har Iran henrettet mange mennesker som har vært anklaget for å ha deltatt i homoseksuelle handlinger. Irans president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, vil utrydde homoseksualitet, og han har ivrige søttespillere, også i Norge.

19. juli, altså i dag, vil homser og lesber over hele verden minnes det iranske homseparet som ble pisket 228 ganger, for så å få tauet snøret rundt halsen den 19. juni 2005.


Gruppen IDAHO-OutRage har følgende krav til Iran:

1. End all executions in Iran, especially the execution of minors.

2. Stop the arrest, torture and imprisonment of Iranian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and repeal the Iranian penal code’s criminalization of same-sex relationships.

3. Halt the deportation to Iran of LGBT asylum seekers and other victims of Tehran’s persecution.

4. Support Iranians struggling for democracy, social justice and human rights.

5. Oppose foreign military intervention in Iran; regime change must come from within – by and for the Iranian people themselves.