Solidarity Message from Indigenous Ahwazi on Hunger Strike in Geneva
To: Indigenous Hunger Strikers in Geneva
We, 4.5 million Indigenous Ahwazi Arabs of Southwestern Iran, the province
of Al-Ahwaz or Khuzestan, are in solidarity with our indigenous brothers and
sisters and full heartily support the great and heroic indigenous hunger strikers
in the United Nations Palais des Nations in Geneva,
We demand that the text of the UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples to the 10th UN Session of the Intercessional Working Group to be sent
back to the UN Commission on Human Rights for adoption..
We support the demands of the Indigenous Peoples hunger strikers for establishing the minimum standard required for the recognition and protection of Indigenous Peoples' rights internationally.
Ahwaz Education and Human Rights Foundation
P.O. Box 679
Lorton, Virginia 22199
USA
[email protected]