This post is to honour the work of Nazanin Afshin-Jam, President of Stop Child Executions, opens NGO summit and reports on gross human rights violations in Iran. Geneva, 19 April 2009, eve of Durban 2.
Hear the word of God from this beautiful Iranian saint who now lives in Canada. She certainly is a Love Ambassador and a Universal Peace Ambassador, a defender of the human rights of the people of Iran. Listen to the words as she shares the truth from her heart of conscience.
Part 1
"Nazanin Afshin-Jam, this dazzling gem of Iran, has a huge mission in life. As good a human being as she is and almost unnervingly nice, she is relentlessly positive, a one-person cheering section of smiles. She has elevated what it means to be an Iranian and what it means to be a child of Cyrus the Great." [1]
"Nazanin is an international human rights activist, singer/songwriter, actor, model and former Miss World Canada. After being crowned “Miss Canada.” Nazanin went on to become the First Runner-Up for “Miss World 2003.” She was runner-up to Miss Ireland, Rosanna Davison. She is also co-founder of the Stop Child Executions
organization whose aim it is to try and put a permanent end to executions of minors in Iran and abroad who are currently on death row. She has produced short documentaries, connected lawyers working pro-bono to children on death row who do not have access to proper attorneys. She is constantly informing the UN, individual governments and NGOs including Amnesty International on urgent cases of children facing execution.
“Prosperity and progress can only flourish when our human rights are a priority, where democracy and freedom of choice take precedence,” says Nazanin
Nazanin learned at an early age of the threat people face when their human rights are ignored and abused. This Persian star was born in Tehran in 1979 at the height of the so called Islamic revolution and a year later her family was forced to flee after her non-political father was arrested and tortured at the hands of the fundamentalists. Growing up in Canada after escaping an uncertain future in Iran, Nazanin knew not to take her freedom and good fortune for granted. Her conscience would not allow her to forget those who live in fear every day, in any country where people’s basic human rights are violated."
Part 2
"Nazanin is also a pilot and is licensed to fly both powered aircraft and gliders and is a Squadron Commander Royal Canadian Air Cadets, holding the rank of Warrant Officer 1st class. She is fluent in three languages: Persian, English, French and also conversational Spanish.
However, her true passion is human rights. Nazanin was instrumental in saving another Nazanin (Nazanin Fatehi) in Iran.
Nazanin Fatehi was sentenced to hang for defending herself and her 15-year-old niece by stabbing one of three men who tried to rape her and her niece in Karaj in March 2005.
In the lawless jungle of the Islamic Republic, they rushed to condemn her to death rather than the rapists. She initiated a yearlong campaign to save the life of a 17-year-old girl in Iran who faced execution by hanging for having stabbed one of three men who attempted to rape her. The Save Nazanin petition collected 350, 000 signatures worldwide.
She went on tours around the globe, speaking in Stockholm, Brussels, Gothenburg and Frankfurt regarding Fatehi. She organized the creation of a documentary to raise awareness on Fatehi’s plight and created a website www.helpnazanin.com informing the public with news and of how to help. She helped raise the required $43,000 bail to release Nazanin Fatehi from prison
She spoke around the world, brought much needed attention in the United Nations and finally her arduous task bears fruit. After more than two years in jail, Nazanin Fatehi was eventually released on bail on January 31, 2007. That was a joyous moment for her and an astonishing victory for all people. Nazanin Afshin-Jam’s efforts led her to create the “stop child executions” organization."
Part 3
“Some people give up in pursuing their goal when they have almost reached the end while others, on the contrary, vigorously go after the victory by hook or by crook. I will never forget that moment when she was released from prison,” says Nazanin.
Nazanin continues to address human rights abuses worldwide, in China, Burma, Darfur and other countries with tyrannical regimes and particular in relation to women and children in Iran and the Middle East. She has given speeches at the UN, EU, UK, Canadian Parliament, numerous universities and conferences with media features on CNN, BBC, CNN, Fox, Al Jazeera TV, Persian Voice of America and print stories in Glamour, Seventeen, Chatelaine, Flare, Vanity Fair magazine and newspapers worldwide.
She has received the Global Citizenship Award from the President of the University of British Columbia and the Alumni Association. She also received a “Hero Award for Human Rights” on Friday August 25, 2007 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the case of Nazanin Fatehi. She appeared as a guest speaker at an Amnesty International conference in Berlin a couple of years ago regarding the executions of minors in Iran. She was the guest of Honor and speaker for OnCor ‘s 10-day charity fund-raising event benefiting the Dangriga HIV/Aids Society (Belize).
Nazanin’s battle against child executions continues with the goal of halting the practice in Iran and in the handful of other countries where it still continues. Regarding “child execution” organization, she can use any help from any one who is concerned about the execution of children and minors. Thus far, she has managed to save many human lives.
On September 11, 2008, Nazanin sent out a press release stating, “The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will have to get past the Ahmadinejad Wall of Shame (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOsozfVI2KE) a visual display and demonstration across the United Nations Headquarters."
Text provided by Amil Imani
http://www.faithfreedom.org/2009/05/12/honoring-nazanin-an-angel-of-iran-video/
God bless Nazanin Afshin-Jam and all that she does. God bless the people in Iran that are fighting hard for universal human rights and freedom from oppression.
This is post 8 in May. 8 = Chet, = Chet Vision....she certainly is stepping on those that co-create death and disease.
This is post 153, 153 = In god's shadow, under God's protection.
http://www.billheidrick.com/works/hgm2/hg0150.htm#153
She certainly is in god's shadow and under God's protection.
13th May is also the day of the UNITY gathering held in Israel in 2006. So it is a great honour to honour this Saint on the same date. A woman that is doing her utmost to bring peace to the world, exalt the children to equality and bring harmony to her homeland.
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