International Federation of Iranian Refugees- Refugee Women’s Project

Date: 15 March 2004

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To stop deportation of Iranian refugees in Turkey

Farideh and Nazila are due to be deported in 4 days

Turkish government has issued a deportation order for Nazila Mohamad Hossini Zamani and Farideh Asadi since March 5, 2004 and gave them a fifteen-day deadline. This is in continuation of a new series of deportation of Iranian asylum seekers by the Turkish government with the collaboration of United Nation High Commissioner for refugees (UNHCR).

Nazila Mohamad Hossini Zamani and Farideh Asadi are two Iranian refugee women who fled persecution and came to Turkey to seek asylum. They have continued their fight for women’s right and equality in Turkey and have been actively participated and spoken in conferences and seminars to expose the misogynist acts of the Islamic regime of Iran and its brutal laws. To protest the UNHCR’s decision on their case files, they have started a sit-in strike since September 2003. Nazila Mohamad Hossini Zamani and Farideh Asadi are known among women’s right and progressive organizations in Turkey and have received a great amount of support from individuals and organizations all around the world.

Farideh and Nazila and their children are due to be deported in 4 days, help us to stop their deportation.

Recommended actions:

· Send protest letters to UNHCR in Turkey and the Turkish government and urge them to cancel Nazila and Farideh’s deportation order

· Write to the UNHCR and urge them afford Nazila and Farideh protection and grant them recognition as refugees.

· Contact Turkish embassies and UNHCR offices in your countries and urge them to stop deporting Nazila and Farideh and all other Iranian asylum seekers to Iran

· Sign a petition to support Nazila and Farideh at:

http://www.petitiononline.com/ifirwpnf/petition.html

A sample letter is provided for your covenience.

UNHCR Turkey – Ankara

Address: Sancak Mah., 12. Cadde 212 Sokak   No.3

06550 Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey

E-mail: behr@unhcr.ch

turan@unhcr.ch

corabati@unhcr.ch

khanhu@unhcr.ch

Tel: +90 312-4411696

Fax: +90 312-4412173

UNHCR Geneva

Address: UNHCR, HQPRO 2, Case Postal 2500

CH-1211 Geneva 2 Depot

Switzerland

Fax: +41-22-739-7353

E-mail: Hqpr00@Unhcr.Ch

Turkish Government, foreign ministry

Email: bilgişlem@içişileri.gov.tr

Cankaya@tccb.gov.tr

Tel: +90 312 4213000

Fax: + 90 312 4669011

+90 312 4382702

+90 312 4172390

Cc: ifirwomen@yahoo.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I / My Organization am / is writing to express my strongest concern over the lives of (Case No: M-7217) and Farideh Asadi (Case No: J-1402). Nazila and Farideh are women’s rights activists and political opponents, which will face serious persecution if returned to Iran.

I / My organization urge(s) the UNHCR to re-open their closed case files and grant them refugee recognition immediately. UNHCR is accountable for Nazila and Farideh's life and their children’ and all other asylum seekers’s safety in Turkey

I/My organization urge the Turkish government to cancel the deportation order of Nazila Mohamad Hasani Zamani and Farideh Asadi and all other Iranian asylum seekers in Turkey immediately.

Signed

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Organization