Official Letter to:
The Norweigian Nobel Institute
Henrik Ibsens Gate 51
0255 OSLO
United Nations Association of the USA - San Fernando Valley Chapter joins other human rights activists, individuals, organizations, and social and civil rights activists in support of the candidacy of Mr. Mohamad Sidigh Kaboudvand who has been nominated for the 2011 Noble Peace Prize.
The United Nations Association of the USA-SFV strongly believes that Mr. Mohamad Sidigh Kaboudvand deserves the Noble Peace Prize for his life’s work reporting on and defending the human rights of the Kurds and other disadvantaged minorities in Iran. He has risked his life in defense of others, and remains a prisoner of conscious in an Iranian prison, subjected to severe conditions.
We believe that he is a prominent human rights defender and as a founder of the Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan (HROK), journalist and writer was instrumental in creating a civil society network for Kurdish youth and activists. Also he has remained active even in confinement and continues to report on the conditions of prisoners in his position.
The UNA SFV Chapter is supporting the nomination of Mr. Mohamd Sedigh Kaboudvand for the 2011 Noble Peace Prize. Our Chapter believes that aside from honoring the achievements and work of an individual activist, this nomination will also serve to shed light on the conditions of prisoners and dire human rights violations of ethnic minorities in Iran.
Sincerely
David FrancisTuckman
Co president of United Nations Association of the USA-SFVC
Virginia Hatfield
Co president of United Nations Association of the USA-SFVC
Soraya Fallah,
Contact person and Vice President Programming of United Nations Association of the USA-SFVC
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