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ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — The Senate

Notice of Motion to Condemn the State Sanctioned Torture and Murder by the Iranian Regime of Iranian National Champion Wrestler Navid Afkari

September 30, 2020


Hon. Yonah Martin (Deputy Leader of the Opposition)

Honourable senators, on behalf of the Honourable Senator Frum, I give notice that, at the next sitting of the Senate, she will move:

That the Senate unreservedly condemn the state-sanctioned torture and murder by the Iranian regime of Iranian national champion wrestler Navid Afkari, and the continuing torture and imprisonment of his brothers and others, all for their role in peaceful protests against the corruption of the same regime; and

That the Senate recognize that these flagrant human rights transgressions are consistent with a long history of human rights abuses by an outlaw regime that is the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism and the biggest obstacle to peace in the Middle East.

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