Barbara Broccoli & Phoebe Waller-Bridge Among 100 To Pen UK Government Letter Over “Gross Violations” Of Human And Women’s Rights In Iran

More than 100 leading figures in the UK film and TV industry have signed a letter urging the British government to respond to a wave of public protests against “gross violations of human rights and women’s rights”. to take “immediate action” against the Iranian authorities. broke out last year.

Industry leaders, including Barbara Broccoli, Phoebe Wallerbridge, and Edgar Wright, are calling on the UK government to “actively campaign to stop the violence used against protesters in Iran, including all executions.” be stopped immediately” and “demand the release of all political prisoners in Iran.

“Enough is enough. If the international community, of which the UK is an active and influential member, does not act strongly, these atrocities will continue,” the letter reads. “We need to sincerely support the people of Iran in their fight for justice and freedom.”

The letter was organized by British-Iranian filmmaker Babak Anwari.Under the shadow) and is the latest widespread international campaign against the Iranian government’s violent crackdown on public protests following the September killing of Mehsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman.

Amini died in police custody on September 16 after being arrested for not wearing a hijab in accordance with the country’s strict religious laws. Police say he died of a heart attack, but eyewitnesses and those detained with the youth say he was severely beaten.

At least 500 protesters have been killed by government forces so far, including 69 under the age of 18, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency.

Earlier this week, the Eiffel Tower in France was lit up with messages of support for protesters in Iran. The slogan “Femme, Vie, Liberte,” which has been a popular slogan with protesters and translates to “Women, Life, Liberty,” was seen at the historic Paris site.

Read the letter to the UK Parliament and the list of signatories below:

Honorable Members of Parliament,

It has been four months since the protests started in Iran after Mehsa Amini’s death. The Iranian people are bravely resisting the harsh laws imposed on them by the Islamic Republic of Iran and want an end to decades of oppression.

In response, Iranian authorities have launched a brutal and violent crackdown on the protests. More than 500 people, including at least 70 children, have been killed (reported figures), and around 19,000 people have now been arrested and jailed. Many prisoners are being tortured, and kangaroo courts are hastily executing many – many of these prisoners have been tragically executed over the past month. Just a few days ago, Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini were executed despite international calls to overturn their death sentences – in Karmi’s case, he was not even allowed to meet his family one last time.

And some of the imprisoned protesters are fellow artists and creators such as actor Hossein Mohammadi (currently on death row) and rap artist Tamaj Salehi (allegedly in poor physical condition due to repeated torture). Just to name a few.

enough. If the international community, of which Britain is an active and influential member, does not act strongly, these atrocities will continue. We need to sincerely support the people of Iran in their fight for justice and freedom. Therefore, we, the undersigned, ask Members of the UK Parliament:

. Urging the UK government to take urgent action and hold the Iranian government to account for serious violations of human rights and women’s rights.

. Actively campaign to end the violence used against protesters in Iran, including an immediate halt to all executions.

. Demand for the release of all political prisoners in Iran.

There is a need to stop the ongoing persecution of the freedom-loving people of Iran.

Thanks,

Babic Anwari, Gabrielle Bissett Smith, Jodie Whittaker, Christian Contreras, Michelle Dockery, Jack Rook, Susan Vukuma, Nicola Coughlan, Dominic Buchanan, Matilda Faye Saye Abini, Brett Goldstein, Lucan Toh, Corinne Hardy, Rachel Will Tonard, Spc Hollins Head, Kate Buckle, Olivia Colman, Ed Sinclair, Tom Mason, Deborah Frances White, Anita Asante, Vijay Mistry, Simon Rix, Juliette Stevenson, Niamh Alger, Hugh Bonneville, Dominic Cooke, Iain Glenn, David Morrissey, Richard Curtsow, Bell Wallerbridge , Gillian Anderson, Humphrey Hendricks, Levi Shean, Richard Eyre, Dominic Dromgoll, Robert Cowsey, Felicity Jones, David Farr, Lucy Tcherniak, Martin McDonagh, Jessie Buckley, George McKay, Omid Djali, Lucian Massamati, Joppa Colle Acedo, Willian Keane , Varda Sethu, Alex Lawther, Yasmin K. Allen, Nof Ouselam, Hayat Kamili, Prasanna Puanarajah, Morven Christie, Louise Bareilly, Wilf Daunt, Ash Elladi, Swaad Faris, Jamie Bamber, Faye Marsay, Nazanin Leumia, Nazanin, Ph oebe Waller- Bridge, Serena Manteghi, Nadia Fall, Joplin Sibtain, Silvie Furneaux, Hayley Atwell, Edgar Wright, MyAnna Buring, Claire Wilson, Adam Townley, Lydia Wilson, Kosar Ali, Joseph Mawle, Percelle Ascott, Mecia Simson, Heather Agyepong Steve Grace Jackson, Oliver Linsley, Rupert Stonehill, Jessica Sykes, Matt Whitecross, Josh Dylan, Anya Chalotra, Andy Serkis, David Arnold, Sarah Slimani, Paul Andrew Williams, Kharmal Cochran, Gonzalo Mazza, Cyrus Masoudi, Barnaby Superior, Cookery Asif Kapadia, Rupert Lloyd, Edith Bowman, Paul Virag, Polly Samson, David Gilmour, Barbara Broccoli, John Batsek, Michael Leslie, Kareena Fernandez.