British MPs call for justice for the victims of the #1988Massacre in #Iran

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British MPs call for justice for the victims of the #1988Massacre in #Iran #Call4Justice https://iran1988.org/british-mps-call-justice-victims-1988massacre-iran/ …

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At a conference in the House of Commons on 18 July, dozens of MPs, and Peers called on the UK government to condemn the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran and to press the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran to form a commission of inquiry in order to bring the perpetrators of this crime against humanity to justice.

The cross-party MPs were joined by prominent lawyers from the Law Society and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales.

Some 80 MPs from all major parties made a similar call to the government during the last parliamentary session in EDM 448,“Death of Political Prisoners in Iran in 1988”.

Dr Matthew Offord, Conservative MP, who chaired the conference said, “It is time for the UN, its Human Rights Council and the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran to recognise the 1988 massacre as a crime against humanity and to launch an investigation into these mass executions so that those responsible can be prosecuted in an international tribunal. This is fully in line with the mandate of the UN Human Rights Council and has international precedent.”