Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to speak at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday 23rd September. He has said he wants to wipe Israel off the map, he regularly denies the Holocaust and he has brutally put down protests in Iran at his apparent theft of the Presidential election.

Unfortunately, there’s no way to stop Ahmadinejad speaking at the UN. But Governments don’t have to sit there and listen to him. They can walk out, as the UK Government and many others did when he spoke at Durban II.

So we’re arranging a quick Twitter campaign to call on the UK Government to walk out while Ahmadinejad speaks.

The message the Fair Play Campaign (@fairplaycg) tweeted is

“Ahmadinejad stole an election and denies the Holocaust. @DMiliband and @DowningStreet should walk out when he speaks at the UN. Please RT”

Obviously everyone should write their own message, but messages should include @DMiliband and @DowningStreet, so that they get seen by advisors to Gordon Brown and David Miliband. Also try to include some note in your tweet to encourage others to join the campaign.

If you’re already a twitter user, this will be the easiest campaign you ever joined. So what are you waiting for, write your tweet now!

Delara Darabi

Delara Darabi, a 22-year-old Iranian woman,  has been on death row since 2006, convicted of a crime committed when she was just 17. According to Iranian law, she should not be executed as she was a minor when the crime was committed. But that hasn’t deterred the Iranian regime from keeping her on death row for 3 years.

Her execution has been scheduled for the next few days – it may have already occured, or it may be later this week.

Amnesty International has organised a protest outside the Iranian Embassy at 9am tomorrow, Monday 20th April.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be speaking at the Durban II Conference later this week, so this protest is also an opportunity to highlight the human rights abuses and racism of the Iranian government.

The address of the Iranian embassy is:

Andrew Gwynne MP has sponsored an all-Party Early Day Motion calling for the release of Gilad Shalit, kidnapped by Hamas in 2006 and held without Red Cross visits in contravention of international law.

See if your MP has signed, and if not, write to ask them to.

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At the recent London Conference for Combating Antisemitism, parliamentarians from 40 countries signed the London Declaration. By signing this important document, the participants commit themselves to working towards a number of intitatives that will help fight antisemitism.

John Mann MP has put down an Early Day Motion promoting the London Declaration and opposing antisemitism. Write to your MP and ask them to sign EDM 829!

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