Every week at All Saints Church we put our faith into action. This week we are urging Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield to use the United States’ position at the United Nations to set up a mechanism to hold Iran accountable for its violations of international law in its bloody crackdown on protestors in Iran.

On 13 September 2022, Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini was arrested in Tehran by Iran’s so-called “morality” police. Eyewitnesses reported seeing her being violently beaten in a police van. Within hours, she was taken to hospital in a coma, and three days later the 22-year-old died.

The “morality” police routinely subject women and girls to arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment for not complying with Iran’s abusive, degrading and discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Mahsa’s death sparked widespread protests across Iran. The protests have been met with a deadly crackdown.

Security forces have repeatedly used unlawful force. They have fired live ammunition and metal pellets at protesters at close range, misused tear gas and water cannons, and severely beaten people with batons. Since Mahsa’s death, we have recorded the deaths of dozens of men, women and children. Hundreds of others have sustained painful and serious injuries, including at least two who have been blinded in one or both eyes. Most are not seeking hospital treatment for fear of arrest, increasing the risk of infection and other health complications. Iranian authorities are shutting down the Internet to hide their crimes.

Right now, there is a crisis of impunity in Iran, and it has emboldened the Iranian authorities to kill hundreds of protesters and torture and ill-treat thousands more in recent years without fear of consequences. It is time for states engaging at the UN Human Rights Council to help tackle impunity for grave crimes in Iran.

The Human Rights Council needs to set up an independent UN mechanism now to investigate and ensure accountability for these most serious crimes under international law being violated in Iran. Along with Amnesty International, we urge you to use the United States’ position as a member of the UN Human Rights Council to advance the creation of this mechanism.

Options to Take Action:

1. Sign on to the letters at the Action Table outside the church on Sunday morning.
2. Download a copy of the Action Letter that you can sign and mail.
3. Click on this link to the Amnesty International action .

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All Saints Church endorses Proposition 1, Measure H and Measure PCC.
Yes on 1, Yes on H, Yes on PCC.

The last day to register to vote on line is October 24, however, you can register to vote in person at a Voting Center through Election Day. And don’t forget, on Sunday, November 6th we will March to the Ballot Box! Save the date and cast your ballot at City Hall in Community with Team All Saints GOTV (Get Out the Vote)!

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