Urgent Action
Demand Justice for Ramin
Date
Barbara Roche MP
50 Queen Anne's Gate
London SW1 9AT
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7273 4604
Fax: +44 20 7273 2043
E-mail:
Barbara.Roche@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Peter Hain MP
Tel: +44 20 7270 2090
Fax: +44 20 7270 3731
E-mail: tlo.hain@tlo.dti.gov.uk
Robin Cook MP
Whitehall
London SW1A 2AH
Internet: www.fco.gov.uk
Tel: +44 20 7270 2059
Fax: +44 20 7270 2144
On January 18, 2001, the
body of Ramin Khaleghi, a 27-year-old Iranian, was discovered in the International
Hotel, a hostel housing asylum seekers in Leicester. Ramin had been a political
prisoner in Iran for a number of years, before managing to flee to Britain.
Yet, the Home Office rejected his claim for asylum, despite medical evidence of
torture at the hands of the Iranian police. One week after learning of his
rejection, Ramin took his own life.
Before that, in late-December, a 26-year-old Iranian asylum seeker,
Saeed Alaei, living near Manchester, hanged himself because of depression and
fear of refusal (according to his flatmates).
I / my organisation am / is
writing to express my/our strong concern over Ramin’s and Saeed’s death and
demand(s) the following:
1) An opportunity for the
Khaleghi family to meet with Barbara Roche, Minister for Immigration and
Nationality, to make their concerns known.
2) An immediate improvement
in the living conditions of asylum seekers in the Leicester 'International
Hotel'
3) A public inquiry into the
circumstances, which led to the death of Ramin, including an investigation into
the effect of the Home Office dispersal policy and the high refusal rates of
Iranian asylum claims.
Furthermore, in light of the gross violations of human rights being perpetrated by the Islamic regime, I / my organisation also demand(s) that the ‘Investments in Iran’ conference organised in London for February 19-21 be cancelled and that all ties to the Islamic regime be severed.
Sincerely,
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