Tell the International Olympic Committee
that Iran's abuses cannot stand.

Dear John,

I wanted to make sure you saw my note below regarding
AJC's campaign to have Iran banned from the Olympics.
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The Executive Board of the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) is set to convene this Wednesday, October 7. We hope
they will take note of the thousands of people from around the world
who have already signed our letter calling on them to uphold the
Olympic Charter and bar Iran from participating in next year's
Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo due to its outrageous human
rights abuses, including against its own athletes.
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The world is watching. Will the IOC allow Iran to
continue trampling on both the rules and values of the Olympic
movement and the human rights of Iranian athletes?

It's not too late to add your name. Will you join
us?
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Thank you and happy Sukkot,

Avi
 
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From: Avi Mayer, AJC Managing Director of Global
Communications
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 3:00 PM
Subject: Ban Iran from the Olympics

 

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Tell the
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Committee that Iran's
abuses cannot stand.

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Dear AJC Friend,

When Iran executed 27-year-old national wrestling
champion Navid Afkari, human rights activists the world over exploded
in anger. Afkari was arrested along with his brothers during
Iran's 2018 economic protests and charged with "insulting
the supreme leader" and "waging war against God."
Iranian authorities tortured him into confessing to the murder of a
security guard. Despite an international outcry, on September 12, he
was hanged in a prison in Shiraz. His brothers remain in custody,
having been sentenced to dozens of years in prison.

Afkari's execution is yet another horrific
example of the Iranian regime's outrageous human rights abuses.
Iran's record of abuse in sports-just one area of an
elaborate tapestry of wholesale violations of basic human rights
carried out by the Islamic Republic against its own citizens-is
abysmal. Women are barred from participating in many sports and are
subjected to draconian restrictions in others. Athletes are prohibited
from competing against Israelis and are forced to forfeit matches to
ensure they never do. Multiple athletes-including Kimia
Alizadeh, Iran's only female Olympic medalist-have fled Iran
due to political and religious persecution.

But Afkari's execution is also a flagrant
violation of the Olympic Charter, which specifically forbids
retaliation against athletes for political reasons.

Join AJC in calling on the International Olympic
Committee to ban Iran from participating in the 2021 Olympics.
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Iran consistently violates the standards and values
enshrined in the Olympic Charter and should not be allowed to
participate in the Olympic Games.

Sign AJC's letter calling on the International
Olympic Committee to:

1. Bar Iran from participating in the 2021 Olympic and Paralympic
Games in Tokyo
2. Condemn Iran's ongoing violations of human rights
3. Ensure the Olympics and sports more generally remain a beacon
of peace and coexistence

Go to AJC.org/BanIran to sign the letter.
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We cannot afford to be silent. Our silence threatens
the noble values upon which international sport relies as a vehicle
for promoting peace and coexistence throughout the world.

Join us in sending the strongest of messages:
Iran's flagrant human rights abuses will not stand.

Sincerely,

Avi Mayer

AJC Managing Director of Global Communications



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