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“How can I help Delara Darabi?” (1)

by David ET on Feb.17, 2007, under Uncategorized

Here are suggestions for how to write officials in the UN, EU or your government about Delara Darabi. The addresses you can send the letters to are listed at the bottom.

- Give a short summary of Delara Darabi’s case and why you are writing.

- Ask them to contact the Iranian government and demand that Delara’s death
sentence is commuted immediately.

- Ask them to point out that reports are saying that Delara has retracted her
confession and has explained that she only confessed to save her boyfriend from
a death sentence, believing she could not be executed since she was a minor.
Reports are saying Delara’s initial confession was the basis for her sentence.

- Tell them that you are extremely concerned about her health and her conditions
in the prison, as she tried to take her own life at January 20, and her mother has
told that she is severely depressed and only weight 35 kilos. Ask that they urge
the Iranian authorities to take steps to better her conditions at once.

- Ask the organization you are writing to point out to Iran’s government that
Delara was only 17 years old when the crime she is sentenced for happened.
According to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which
Iran is a signatory, they have undertaken not to impose death sentences for
crimes committed by persons below 18 years of age.

- Tell that according to Amnesty International there are at least 22 other youths
sentenced to death for crimes committed before they turned 18
(full list here: http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE130022007).
Together with Pakistan Iran was the only country that still executed minors in
2006.

- Ask them to call on the Iranian authorities to implement the recommendations of
the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, which called on Iran in
January 2005 to “immediately suspend the execution of all death penalties
imposed on persons for having committed a crime before the age of 18, and to
abolish the death penalty as a sentence imposed on persons for having committed
crimes before the age of 18, as required by article 37 of the Convention”.

--Provide the address or the link to the petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/DL2222/petition.html

You must sign with your full name, address and country for your letter to be taken
seriously.

Sending a physical letter or a fax makes a bigger impact than an e-mail, but
everything helps. Try to personalize your letter if you have the time.

LIST OF E-MAILS:

For physical addresses and more details about each country/organization,
please see the full list below

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:
tb-petitions@ohchr.org

Direct e-mails for ministries of foreign affairs :

AUSTRALIA : minister.downer@dfat.gov.au
AUSTRIA : kabbm@bmaa.gv.at
BRAZIL : webmaster@mre.gov.br
CANADA : enqserv@dfait-maeci.gc.ca
DENMARK : um@um.dk
ITALY : relazioni.pubblico@esteri.it
NORWAY : post@mfa.no
PORTUGAL : Minister@mne.gov.pt
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES : webmaster@dfa.gov.ph
ROMANIA : mae@mae.ro
SUOMI – FINLAND : kirjaamo.um@formin.fi
THE CZECH REPUBLIC : info@mzv.cz

FULL LIST:

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:
Petitions Team
Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights
UNOG-OHCHR
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 917 9022
For urgent matters: tb-petitions@ohchr.org
Website: http://www.ohchr.org/english/contact/

European Parliament
Correspondence with Citizens
GOL03A012
L-2929 LUXEMBOURG
Fax: (352) 43 00 27 072
By website: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/portail/CourrierCitoyen.cfm?langue=EN

POPE BENEDICT XVI
His Holiness Benedict XVI
Holy See
City of The Vatican
http://www.vatican.va/

If you write the Pope, also write to:
Comunità di Sant’Egidio
Piazza S. Egidio 3/a
00153 Roma
Italy
http://www.santegidio.org/
It is a Catholic community, which works in close cooperation with the Holly Seat
on matters such as the death penalty (they launched a petition for the abolition of
the death penalty at the international level).

Foreign ministers & Secretaries of States:

UNITED KINGDOM
Westminster
Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA
Phone 020 7219 5135
Website:http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Margaret+Beckett/contact.htm

GERMANY
Federal Foreign Office:
Auswärtiges Amt
Werderscher Markt 1, 10117 Berlin
mail address: 11013 Berlin
Telephone +49/30/5000 0
Email by form: LINK

USA
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520

202-647-4000
TTY:1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay Service)
Email by form: :LINK
Iran office:
Phone: 647-2520

IRELAND
Minister Dermot Ahern
Email by form: http://193.178.2.96/home/index.aspx?id=8797

AUSTRALIA
The Honorable Alexander Downer
Parliament House
Canberra APH Website
Tel: 02 6277 7500
Fax: 02 6273 4112
minister.downer@dfat.gov.au
http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/contacts.html

FRANCE
Monsieur le Ministre des Affaires Etrangères
37 quai d’Orsay
75007 Paris
France
01-43-17-53-53 (numéro en France/inside France)
+33-1-43-17-53-53 (from abroad/depuis l’étranger)
Email by form: http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/courrier/default.asp?lang=gb

CANADA
Enquiries Service (SXCI)
Foreign Affairs Canada
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON, Canada
K1A 0G2
Phone: 1 800 267-8376 (toll-free in Canada)
(613) 944-4000 (in the National Capital Region and outside Canada)
(613) 944-9136 (TTY)
enqserv@dfait-maeci.gc.ca
http://www.international.gc.ca/common/contact_us-en.asp

ITALY
Ministero degli Affari Esteri,
Piazzale della Farnesina, 1
e-mail: relazioni.pubblico@esteri.it
Fax: 06.3236210
Tel: 06.3691.8899Website: http://www.esteri.it/eng/5_30_76.asp

NORWAY
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
7. juni-plassen/ Victoria Terrasse
PO box 8114 Dep. N-0032 Oslo
E-mail: post@mfa.no
Telephone: +47 22 24 36 00
Fax: +47 22 24 95 80/81
Email by form:
LINK

SWEDEN
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Switchboard +46 8 405 10 00
Fax +46 8 723 11 76
Address Gustav Adolfs torg
Postal address SE-103 39 Stockholm
LINK

DENMARK
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
2, Asiatisk Plads
DK-1448 Copenhagen K

Tel. +45 33 92 00 00
Fax +45 32 54 05 33
E-mail um@um.dk
Website:http://www.um.dk/en

BELGIUM
Address: rue des Petits Carmes 15 - Karmelietenstraat 15 - 1000 Brussels
Phone: + (32) 02 501 8111
Webform: http://www.diplomatie.be/EN/contact/

SPAIN
D. Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé
MINISTERIO DE ASUNTOS EXTERIORES Y DE COOPERACIÓN
Dirección/Address : Plaza de la Provincia, 1 - 28012 Madrid
Teléfono centralita/Main switchboard: 91 379 97 00
Dirección/Other address (please see website) : Edificio Torres Ágora. C/ Serrano Galvache, 26- 28033 Madrid :( ubicación/map )
Teléfono centralita/Main switchboard: 91 379 83 00
http://www.mae.es/en/MenuPpal/Ministerio/Direcciones+y+telefonos/

AGENCIA ESPAÑOLA DE COOPERACIÓN INTERNACIONAL
Dirección/Address : Avda. de los Reyes Católicos, 4 - 28040 Madrid
Teléfonos centralita/Main switchboard: 91 583 81 00 / 91 583 81 01 / 91 583 81 02

THE NETHERLANDS
Bernard Bot
E-mail
You can contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by filling in a response form. Make a selection from the menu on the left :
Response form – Treaties :
http://www.minbuza.nl/en/contact,reactieformulier___verdragen.html
Visitor’s Address: Bezuidenhoutseweg 67, The Hague
Postal Address: Het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken/Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PO Box 20061, 2500 EB The Hague, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 70 3486486
Fax: + 31 70 3484848
http://www.minbuza.nl/en/contact,index.html

AUSTRIA
Die Bundesministerin   (The federal Minister)
PLASSNIK Ursula Dr.iur.       kabbm@bmaa.gv.at
Postanschrift (Postal address) :
BMaA, Minoritenplatz 8, A-1014 Wien
Standort(e):
Minoritenplatz 8 (HG 11), A-1014 Wien

Telefon (aus ganz Österreich):    05 01150-0
Telefax (aus ganz Österreich):    05 01159-201
E-Mail:   kabbm@bmaa.gv.at

THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Karel Schwarzenberg
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
tel: +420-224-181-111, http://www.mfa.cz , info@mzv.cz
Last Change: February 1, 2007
http://www.mzv.cz/wwwo/mzv/ospreview.asp?amb=1&idj=2&exst=fixw
http://www.mzv.cz/
Address : Czernin Palace - Cernínský Palác – Praha (Prague) – Czech Republic

GREECE - HELLENIC REPUBLIC - ????????
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Ms Dora Bakoyannis   -   ?a ?t??a ?pa????????
?????G??? ??O?????O? - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister for Foreign Affairs Ms. Bakoyannis
Private Office    210.368.1800,
210.368.1810-11, Fax: 210.368.1433
Diplomatic Cabinet
Mr. Konstantinos Halastanis, MPA’
210.368.1300, Fax: 210.368.1428
Coordinator for International Energy Affairs
Mr. Dimitrios Platis, Embassy Counsellor A’    210.368.1577, Fax: 210.368.1608
Political Cabinet    210.368.5840, Fax: 210.368.5840
Special Counsellors to the Minister
Mr Georgios Savvaidis,
Ambassador
Mr Aristidis Agathocles,
Ambassador
Mr Anastasios Skopelitis,
Ambassador                                                        210.368.3330
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Valinakis
Vasilissis Sofias Ave., Athens
(all addresses given in the website for Foreign Affairs are Vasilissis Sofias
Ave., from n° 1 to n° 11, at different floors)
http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Services/Directory/In+the+Ministry/

http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/el-GR

HUNGARY - Magyar Köztársaság
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Dr. Kinga Göncz     ?
Address:     1027 Budapest, Bem rkp. 47.
Phone:    (36-1) 458-1000
Fax:    (36-1) 212-5918
E-mail:
Ügyelet:    (36-1) 458-1000
http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kum/en/bal/Ministry/contact/

http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kum/hu/bal

ROMANIA
Mihai - Razvan UNGUREANU, PhD ?
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Ministerul Afacerilor Externe
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania
Address: Aleea Alexandru nr. 31, Sector 1, 011822 Bucharest
Phone: (40 21) 319.21.08; 319.21.25
Fax: (40 21) 319.68.62
E-mail: mae@mae.ro
http://www.mae.ro/index.php?unde=doc&id=5805

http://www.mae.ro/index.php?lang=ro

POLAND – POLSKA
ANNA FOTYGA
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
Al. J. Ch. Szucha 23, 00-580 Warsaw tel. (+4822) 523 9000
Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych
Al. J. Ch. Szucha 23, 00-580 Warszawa tel. (+4822) 523 9000
http://www.msz.gov.pl/Others,2357.html
http://www.msz.gov.pl/index.php?document=1

SUOMI – FINLAND
Erkki Tuomioja
Postal address:                                 Postiosoite:
Postadress:
Ministry for Foreign Affairs                Ulkoasiainministeriö
Utrikesministeriet
P.O.Box 176                                     PL
176                                                PO Box 176
00161 Helsinki                                  00161
Helsinki                                    00161 Helsingfors
Finland
E-mail : kirjaamo.um@formin.fi
Telephone:
Switchboard +358-9-160 05 or 578 15
24-hour service +358-9-1605 5555
Fax: +358-9-629 840 or 1605 5799

http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=15166&contentlan=2&culture=en-US

http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=15166&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI

http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=15166&contentlan=3&culture=sv-FI

Human rights page :
http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=15630&contentlan=2&culture=en-US

http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=15630&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI

http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=15630&contentlan=3&culture=sv-FI

SOME SPECIFIC ABOLITIONIST COUNTRIES
Portugal (Long abolitionist tradition : last execution 1849 ; last execution of
a woman : 1763)
Minister of State and for Foreign Affairs: Luís Amado
Address: Palácio das Necessidades, Largo do Rilvas - 1399-030 Lisboa
Telephone: 213 946 000
Fax: 213 946 070
E-mail: Minister@mne.gov.pt
Website: www.min-nestrangeiros.pt
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Co-operation: João Gomes Cravinho
Address: Palácio das Necessidades, Largo do Rilvas - 1399-030 Lisboa
Telephone: 213 946 000
Fax: 213 946 054
E-mail: senec@mne.gov.pt
Website: www.min-nestrangeiros.pt
http://www.portugal.gov.pt/Portal/EN/Governos/Governos_Constitucionais/GC17/Gabinetes/

http://www.portugal.gov.pt/Portal/PT/Governos/Governos_Constitucionais/GC17/Gabinetes/

Turkey (Republic of Turkey/Türkiye
Cumhuriyeti) – Death penalty abolished 21 July 2004
Abdullah Gül
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Balgat 06100 Ankara – Turkey Tel: (0312) 292 10
00
http://www.mfa.gov.tr/mfa/contactUs.htm
http://www.mfa.gov.tr/mfa_tr

REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) – Informal
moratorium on death penalty by President Chen Shui-bian
Mr. James C. F. Huang        ?????
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (TAIWAN)
Address:2 Kaitakelan Blvd. Taipei, 100, Taiwan, R.O.C.
TEL: 886-2-2348-2999
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http://www.mofa.gov.tw/webapp/ct.asp?xItem=19086&ctNode=1017&mp=6

http://www.mofa.gov.tw/webapp/mp?mp=1

Form with tracking of the processing :
http://eyes.mofa.gov.tw/public/index_eng.jsp
President : Chen Shui-bian ?
Office of the President,Republic of China(Taiwan).
122, Chungking S. Rd., Sec.1, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel:+886-2-23113731
10048 ????????????122? ??:(02)2311-3731 ??:(02)2331-1604
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http://www.president.gov.tw/en/

http://www.president.gov.tw/
Form with tracking of the processing : Write to the President

BRAZIL – BRASIL - Last execution in 1855
Celso Amorim ?
Ministry of External Relations/Ministério das Relações Exteriores
Ministério das Relações Exteriores
Palácio Itamaraty - Esplanada dos Ministérios - Bloco H
Brasília/DF – Brasil
CEP: 70170-900
E-mail : webmaster@mre.gov.br

http://www.mre.gov.br/ingles/contact/index.asp

http://www.mre.gov.br/portugues/fale_conosco/index.asp

Republic of the Philippines – Most recent
abolitionist country in the world : death penalty abolished in 2006
DR. ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
Department of Foreign Affairs
2330 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City
Philippines 1300
834-3000 / 834-4000 (Trunk Lines)
E-mail : webmaster@dfa.gov.ph
http://www.dfa.gov.ph/index.html
President : Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ?
Mailing Address:
Malacañang Palace
JP Laurel Street, San Miguel, Manila NCR 1005
http://www.op.gov.ph/contact.asp