نامه ۱۹۱ وکیل ایرانی کانادایی به دولت کانادا برای کمک به خیزش مردم ایران
برای نخستین بار در جامعه ایرانیان کانادا، ده‌ها تن از وکلای ایرانی-کانادایی با امضای نامه‌ای به جاستین ترودو، نخست وزیر کانادا، ضمن محکوم کردن نقض گسترده حقوق بشر در ایران خواستار حمایت همه جانبه دولت کانادا از خیزش آزادیخواهانه مردم ایران شدند.
در این نامه که به امضای ۱۹۱ وکیل رسمی دادگاه‌های سراسر کانادا رسیده از دولت کانادا خواسته شده با توجه به شرایط دشوار اعتراض کنندگان در ایران و نیاز فوری آنان به دسترسی به ابزارهای ارتباط جمعی فوراً یک کارگروه تخصصی برای رسیدگی به محدودیت شدید اینترنت در ایران تشکیل دهد.
وکلای امضا کننده این نامه همچنین درخواست کرده‌اند دولت کانادا باید اقدامات بیشتری از آنچه تاکنون اعلام شده انجام دهد. وکلای ایرانی- کانادایی در نامه خود نوشته‌اند درخواست‌های دیگری نیز دارند که در مراحل بعدی به اطلاع عموم خواهند رساند.
دکتر بیتا امانی، استاد دانشکده حقوق دانشگاه کوئینز کانادا و علی احساسی نماینده پارلمان کانادا، از جمله امضاء کنندگان این نامه هستند.
متن انگلیسی نامه وکلای ایرانی- کانادایی و لیست امضاء کنندگان به شرح زیر است:
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,
RE: Human Rights Violations and Censorship by the Iranian Government
We write to you with a heavy heart to express our grave concerns with the systemic human
rights violations that the world has witnessed occurring in Iran against innocent civilians
exercising their most fundamental freedoms guaranteed under international law.
Over the past several weeks, Iranians have taken to the streets to express their outrage at
the death of a 22 year old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, while she was detained and in the
custody of Iran’s “morality police”. Ms. Amini was arrested for having allegedly failed to
comply with the country’s archaic mandatory dress code; a law that deprives Iranian women
of the right to freely select the clothes they wear. The quest of Iranians for freedom of
expression has been met by a violent response from the Iranian regime, while hundreds
have died in Iran for having protested the death of Mahsa Amini.
The disturbing images and videos from Iran display brutality by the state apparatus, the likes
of which the free world has rarely seen. Footage from hundreds of cities across Iran show
regime officials shooting at unarmed civilians and violently beating those on the streets
including children, women and the elderly. Troubled by the worldwide embarrassment
caused by such footage, the Iranian regime has entirely cut access to the internet for
Iranians so it can silently carry out its violent clampdown against freedom of assembly and
freedom of speech.
As lawyers of Iranian descent, we can attest that the movement in Iran, with women at its
forefront, is of the kind that in recent history has paved the way for the adoption of
fundamental freedoms such as those enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms – a movement that must be
supported by all proponents of the free world.
As home to the second largest Iranian diaspora, Canada can serve an important role in
supporting the people of Iran. Iranians are desperate to restore their access to the internet
to maintain effective communication among themselves and to keep the world informed of
the atrocities being committed by the Iranian government. We ask the Government of
Canada to immediately form a task force with a mandate to review obstacles to internet
connectivity in Iran and to devise practical mechanisms that can broaden internet access.
This can initiate the involvement of many NGOs and non-profit organizations that intend to
assist in this endeavour, but are not currently aware of means and modalities to do so.
It is our hope that with the free flow of information, Iranians can once again live in a country
that upholds their ancient adherence to the values of respect for all humankind – values
which are embedded in a poem written eight centuries ago by the great Iranian poet Sa’adi:
“All human beings are members of one frame,
Since all, at first, from the same essence came.
When time afflicts a limb with pain
The other limbs at rest cannot remain.
If thou feel not for other’s misery
A human being is no name for thee.”
Sincerely yours.
(signed in alphabetical order)
1. Ayda Abedi, Lawyer, Québec
2. Naser Abedi, Lawyer, Ontario
3. Negar Achtari, Lawyer, Ontario
4. Bijan Ahmadian, Lawyer, British Columbia
5. Ali Ahmari-Moghaddam, Lawyer, Ontario
6. Elahe Aiaseh, Lawyer, Ontario
7. Amer Ali, Lawyer, Ontario
8. Bita Amani, Lawyer, Ontario
9. Shohrh [Shora] Amini, Lawyer, British Columbia
10. Behrouz Amouzgar, Lawyer, Ontario
11. Niusha Arbabi, Lawyer, Ontario
12. Anahita Ariya Far, Lawyer, Ontario
13. Hirad Asnafi, Lawyer, Ontario
14. Andrew Azmudeh, Lawyer, Alberta
15. Proshat Babaeian Koopai, Lawyer, Ontario
16. Saloumeh Baghbani, Lawyer, Ontario
17. Faizie Bagheri, Lawyer, Ontario
18. Nassim Baharian, Lawyer, British Columbia
19. Hannah Bahmanpour, Lawyer, Ontario
20. Firoozeh Bahrami, Lawyer, Ontario
21. Nadia Bakhtiari, Lawyer, Ontario
22. Ali Baniasadi, Lawyer, Ontario
23. Reza Barari, Lawyer, Ontario
24. Mobina Basiri, Lawyer, Ontario
25. Rambod Behboodi, Lawyer, Ontario
26. Sirus Biniaz, Lawyer, Ontario
27. Lillian Bonakdar, Lawyer, Ontario
28. Ayda Choupani-Nejad, Lawyer, Ontario
29. Pouya Dabiran-Zohoory, Lawyer, Ontario
30. Bahareh Danaei, Lawyer, British Columbia
31. Ali Daneshvar, Lawyer, Ontario
32. Fariborz Davoudi, Lawyer, Ontario
33. Navid Dehghani, Lawyer, Ontario
34. Nikki Dehnashi, Lawyer, Ontario
35. Marjan Delavar, Lawyer, Ontario
36. Mannaneh Duval, Lawyer, Ontario
37. Sana Ebrahimi, Lawyer, Ontario
38. Bob Ebrahimzadeh, Lawyer, Ontario
39. Ali Ehsassi, Lawyer, Ontario
40. Marjan Elbaum, Lawyer, Ontario
41. Delara Emami, Lawyer, Ontario
42. Peter Esfandiari, Lawyer, Ontario
43. PJ Esfandiari, Lawyer, Ontario
44. Ali Esnaashari, Lawyer, Ontario
45. Taraneh Etemadi, Lawyer, Ontario
46. Yasna Faghani, Lawyer, Ontario
47. Maryam Fakhar, Lawyer, Ontario
48. Hossein Faramarzi, Lawyer, British Columbia
49. Aida Farizeh, Lawyer, Ontario
50. Sean Fattah, Lawyer, Ontario
51. Farzad Forooghian, Lawyer, British Columbia
52. Gila Gabay, Lawyer, Ontario
53. Navid Ghahraei, Lawyer, Ontario
54. Toloue Ghahraei, Lawyer, Ontario
55. Rona Ghanbari, Lawyer, Ontario
56. Gia Ghassemi, Lawyer, Ontario
57. Paniz Ghazanfari, Lawyer, Ontario
58. Jaleh Ghazi, Lawyer, Ontario
59. Azin Ghorbankhani, Lawyer, Ontario
60. Marssa Giahi, Lawyer, Ontario
61. Bahar Hafizi, Lawyer, British Columbia
62. Milad Haghani, Lawyer, Ontario
63. Negar Hashemi, Lawyer, Ontario
64. Sayeh Hassan, Lawyer, Ontario
65. Shima Heidari, Lawyer, Ontario
66. Tina Hessami, Lawyer, Ontario
67. Ziba Heydarian, Lawyer, Ontario
68. Iman Hosseini, Lawyer, British Columbia
69. Mostafa Hosseini, Lawyer, Ontario
70. Ruzbeh Hosseini, Lawyer, Ontario
71. Samaneh Hosseini, Lawyer, Ontario
72. Behnoud Irantalab-Tehrani, Lawyer, Ontario
73. Amel Jahanmiri, Lawyer, British Columbia
74. Amir Jahanmiri, Lawyer, British Columbia
75. Maryam Jamshidian, Lawyer, Ontario
76. Asrin Jawaheri, Lawyer, British Columbia
77. Zahra Jenab, Lawyer, British Columbia
78. Ramin Joubin, Lawyer, British Columbia
79. Shayan Kamalie, Lawyer, Ontario
80. Aryan Kamyab, Lawyer, Ontario
81. Bahar Karbakhsh, Lawyer, Ontario
82. Ava Karbakhsh Ravari, Lawyer, Ontario
83. Asal Karimi, Lawyer, Ontario
84. Shahram Khalili, Lawyer, Ontario
85. CJ A. Khanlarbig, Lawyer, Ontario
86. Danny Kharazmi, Lawyer, Ontario
87. Niki Khatami, Lawyer, Ontario
88. Shiva Khatibi Sepehr, Lawyer, Ontario
89. Money Khoromi, Lawyer, Ontario
90. Eman Khoshbin, Lawyer, Ontario
91. Art Kiani, Lawyer, British Columbia
92. Aida Kimiagar, Lawyer, Ontario
93. Parinaz Lak, Lawyer, Ontario
94. Natalie LaMarche, Lawyer, Ontario
95. Shahrzad Lari, Lawyer, Ontario
96. Ila Lateran, Lawyer, Ontario
97. Assal Mahmoudian, Lawyer, Ontario
98. Atoussa Mahmoudpour, Lawyer, British Columbia
99. Maryam Mahmoudzadeh, Lawyer, Ontario
100. Aila Makooli, Lawyer, Ontario
101. Rojan Malekzadeh, Lawyer, Ontario
102. Sudabeh Mashkuri, Lawyer, Ontario
103. Masiel Matus, Lawyer, Ontario
104. Elena Mazinani, Lawyer, Ontario
105. Noushin Mazrooyi, Lawyer, Ontario
106. Delaram Mehdizadeh Jafari, Lawyer, Ontario
107. May Mehrabi, Lawyer, British Columbia
108. Maral Mir-Hosseini, Lawyer, Ontario
109. Ross Mirian, Lawyer, Ontario
110. Maryam Mirkhond-Chegini, Lawyer, Ontario
111. Sahaub Missaghi, Lawyer, British Columbia
112. Richard Afshin Missaghie, Lawyer, Ontario
113. Nabeel Moallem, Lawyer, British Columbia
114. Elham Moaveni, Lawyer, Ontario
115. Lida Moazzam, Lawyer, Ontario
116. Elmira Moghadam, Lawyer, Ontario
117. Ardy Mohajer, Lawyer, Ontario
118. Maryam Mohajer, Lawyer, Ontario
119. Mahnoosh Montazeri, Lawyer, Ontario
120. Kiana Moradi, Lawyer, British Columbia
121. Tabby Morshedizadeh, Lawyer, Ontario
122. Maziar Mortezaei, Lawyer, Ontario
123. Armin Mosaffa, Lawyer, Ontario
124. Laleh Moshiri, Lawyer, Ontario
125. Sara Motamedi, Lawyer, Ontario
126. Hesam Motevalli, Lawyer, Ontario
127. David Mousavi, Lawyer, Ontario
128. Ahmad Mozaffari, Lawyer, Ontario
129. Shahrooz Nabavi, Lawyer, British Columbia
130. Bob Nahiddi, Lawyer, Ontario
131. Pedram Najafi, Lawyer, Ontario
132. Sepideh Nassabi, Lawyer, Ontario
133. Nassim Nasser, Lawyer, British Columbia
134. Justin Nasseri, Lawyer, Ontario
135. Setareh Nasseri, Lawyer, Ontario
136. Shahab Nazarinia, Lawyer, Ontario
137. Neda Nazari-Pruden, Lawyer, Ontario
138. xxxxxxxxxxx, Lawyer, Ontario (person requested to remove name from this list)
139. Noushin Nowbahari Seysan, Lawyer, Ontario
140. Hiva Parandian, Lawyer, British Columbia
141. Mani Peydayesh, Lawyer, Alberta
142. Aida Rafie, Lawyer, Alberta
143. Panizeh Rahdari, Lawyer, Ontario
144. Felorin Rahi, Lawyer, Ontario
145. Bita Rajaee, Lawyer, Ontario
146. Shohreh Rakhshannavaz, Lawyer, Ontario
147. Sepideh Ramandi, Lawyer, Ontario
148. Shaida Rashidi, Lawyer, Ontario
149. Rae Ravani, Lawyer, Ontario
150. Kaveh Rezaeikalaj, Lawyer, Ontario
151. Delaram Saadi, Lawyer, Ontario
152. Aydin Sadagheh, Lawyer, Alberta
153. Eiman Sadegh, Lawyer, Québec
154. Roja Safartabar, Lawyer, British Columbia
155. Justin Safayeni, Lawyer, Ontario
156. Azin Samani, Lawyer, Ontario
157. Sara Samet, Lawyer, Ontario
158. Houtan Sanandaji, Lawyer, British Columbia
159. Katayoon Sarpash, Lawyer, Ontario
160. Mohsen Seddigh, Lawyer, Ontario
161. Soroush Seifi, Lawyer, Ontario
162. Shahrzad Sekhavati, Lawyer, Ontario
163. Jason Shabestari, Lawyer, British Columbia
164. Maryam Shahidi, Lawyer, Ontario
165. Kathy Shakibnia, Lawyer, Québec
166. Siavash Shekarian, Lawyer, Ontario
167. Mahsa Shoar, Lawyer, British Columbia
168. Shahrouz Shoghian, Lawyer, British Columbia
169. Morvarid Shojaei, Lawyer, Ontario
170. Sara Shuchat, Lawyer, British Columbia
171. Ali Sodagar, Lawyer, British Columbia
172. Maryam Sodagar, Lawyer, British Columbia
173. Bobby Solhi, Lawyer, Ontario
174. Pooneh Sooresrafil, Lawyer, Ontario
175. Rozita Taeidi, Lawyer, British Columbia
176. Roxana Tavana, Lawyer, Ontario
177. Amir Tehrani, Lawyer, Ontario
178. Zeitoon Vaezzadeh, Lawyer, Ontario
179. Arash Vakili, Lawyer, Ontario
180. Babak (Bobby) Vakili, Lawyer, Ontario
181. Siavash Vatanchi, Lawyer, Ontario
182. Donya Yarahmadi, Lawyer, Ontario
183. Aryan Yassavoli, Lawyer, Lawyer
184. Hoursa Yazdi, Lawyer, Ontario
185. Leena Yousefi, Lawyer, British Columbia
186. Dyanoosh Youssefi, Lawyer, Ontario
187. Mehran Youssefi, Lawyer, Ontario
188. Hooman Zadegan, Lawyer, Ontario
189. Saba Zakaria, Lawyer, Ontario
190. Parisima Zandi, Lawyer, Ontario
191. Masoud Zangeneh, Lawyer, Ontario
چرا کنگره ایرانیان کانادا نماینده «من» نیست؟
چرا در دوره‌‌های مختلف هزاران تن از ایرانیان ساکن کانادا با حسن نیت و اعتماد و امید به عضویت کنگره ایرانیان کانادا در آمده‌اند و پس از مدتی با ناامیدی و سرخوردگی اعتماد خود را به فعالیت‌های این نهاد از دست داده و عضویت خود را لغو کرده و یا تمدید نکرده‌اند؟
اميد داشتن به اين كه بد را انتخاب كنيم چون بهتر از بدتر است، يك نوع فقدان شهامت براى روبرو شدن با واقعيت است و روبرو شدن با واقعيت نياز به قبول مسئوليت دارد.
کانادا ۱۵۷ ساله شد
با اینکه ۱۵۷ سال از آغاز تشکیل کشور کانادا می‌گذرد، اما از سال ۱۹۸۲ میلادی روز اول ژوئیه هرسال بعنوان «روز ملی» کانادا جشن گرفته می‌شود.
سازوكار پروپاگاندا
در جهان ِ به اصطلاح آزاد غرب، آيا به واقع آزادى بيان و تفكر وجود دارد؟ از سانسورهاى پوشيده در لفاف اخلاق، نژاد پرستى، فوبياى مذهبى و… چگونه بايد عبور كرد؟ حتا قلم به دستان هم گرفتار سانسورهاى تاخوداگاه هستند. زيستن به شيوه “خويشتن” بسيار دشوار شده.
پی‌آمدهای تروریستی اعلام کردن سپاه پاسداران از سوی کانادا چه خواهد بود؟
اعلام رسمی قرار دادن سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی، در لیست سازمان‌های تروریستی از سوی دولت کانادا، در روز چهارشنبه ۱۹ ژوئن، با استقبال بسیاری از فعالان و نهادهای سیاسی و حقوق بشری مخالف جمهوری اسلامی در کانادا و خارج از کانادا روبرو شده است.
انتخاب امیر گنجوی بعنوان عضو هیئت داوران جوایز گلدن گلوب
امیر گنجوی، نویسنده سینمایی، فیلمساز و مدیر جشنواره فیلم کوروش در کانادا، بعنوان تنها ایرانی-کانادایی عضو هیئت داوران جایزه سینمایی و تلویزیونی گلدن گلوب انتخاب شده است.
گرامیداشت هشتاد سالگی روز بزرگ عملیات نرماندی در جنگ جهانی دوم
بامداد پنجشنبه مراسم هشتادمین سال ۶ ژوئن ، روز بزرگی که نیروهای متفقین عملیات بزرگ آزاد سازی اروپا از اشغال نازی‌ها در جنگ جهانی دوم با حضور جاستین ترودو، نخست وزیر کانادا، شاهزاده ویلیام، ولیعهد بریتانیا و گابریل آتال، نخست وزیر فرانسه در ساحل دریای مانش در نرماندی فرانسه برگزار شد.
کاهش نرخ بهره بانک مرکزی کانادا
بانک کانادا روز چهارشنبه ۵ ژوئن، برای نخستین بار در چهار سال گذشته نرخ بهره پایه خود را کاهش داد، که نشانه‌ای مهم در مبارزه با تورم تلقی می‌شود.
دادگاه عالی کانادا درخواست مصادره دارایی‌های ایران برای پرداخت غرامت به قربانیان هواپیمای اوکراینی را رد کرد
دادگاه عالی کانادا، رسیدگی به درخواست تجدید نظر گروهی از خانواده‌های قربانیان پرواز پی‌اس۷۵۲ برای توقیف اموال دولتی و دارایی‌های بانکی جمهوری اسلامی در خاک کانادا برای پرداخت ۲۵۰ میلیون دلار غرامت را نپذیرفت.
