{"id":18089,"date":"2020-09-20T10:48:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T08:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=18089"},"modified":"2020-09-20T10:48:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T08:48:42","slug":"remarks-by-roger-lyons-in-webinar-on-irans-1988-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/media-gallery\/videos\/2020\/09\/remarks-by-roger-lyons-in-webinar-on-irans-1988-massacre\/18089\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks by Roger Lyons in Webinar on Iran’s 1988 Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cross-party Members of Parliament from both the UK and European countries took part in a virtual conference<\/a> on Thursday, 10 September 2020, to support the global campaign to seek justice for victims of the\u00a01988 massacre<\/a>\u00a0of political prisoners in Iran.
Prominent human rights lawyers, a former UN official, the UK Representative of the Iranian Resistance Movement (NCRI<\/a>), European parliamentarians and dignitaries also participated in the conference, which heard testimonies from the family members of the victims of the\u00a01988 massacre<\/a>.
Speakers agreed that the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in 1988 is an ongoing crime against humanity ordered by the highest authority in the country at the time. They also argued that the appalling human rights situation in Iran is a direct result of the failure of the international community to hold the perpetrators of the\u00a01988 massacre<\/a>\u00a0to account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The keynote speaker at this event was Mrs.\u00a0Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the\u00a0National Council of Resistance of Iran\u00a0(NCRI<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roger Lyons, former General Secretary of the MSF trade union joined the\u00a0Online\u00a0Parliamentary Conference<\/a>\u00a0by Cross-Party UK, European MPs and Prominent Jurists on 1988 Massacre in Iran. In his remarks, Mr. Lyons said, \u201cThe 1988 massacre was not only a crime against humanity but also a campaign by the regime to annihilate the opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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