[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Shirin Ebadi: Bodoh, Kalau AS serang Iran
- From: "Khairur Razi" <rozie@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 13:39:11 +0500
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Pengantar:
shirin Ebadi, penyandang nobel perdamaian 2003 dan aktivis HAM dan pemberdayaan
perempuan Iran menganggap suatu kebodohan kalau AS bersikeras untuk menyerang
Iran, seperti halnya menyerang Irak karena berbagai alasan:
1. aktivitas HAM di akar rumput di Iran sangat dinamis dan apabila terjadi
serangan AS ke Iran kedinamisan itu akan hancur; selain itu, penindasan HAM di
negara lain--termasuk saudi arabia yg menjadi aliansi dekat AS-- dibiarkan.
2. alasan kepemilikan WMD (senjata pemusnah massal) juga bukanlah rationale yg
tepat; karena iran sedang dalam negosiasi dg eropa soal nuklir; pada waktu yg
sama, negara2 yg jelas memiliki WMD seperti korea utara, israel, india,
pakistan dibiarkan. paradoks dan double-standard ini sebenarnya tidak aneh
dalam empiris AS. akan tetapi, mengulang2 kebodohan yg sama hanya akan
menggiring AS sendiri ke arah kehancuran;
Why US attack on Iran would be a folly
- By Shirin Ebadi & Hadi Ghaemi
During her tour of Europe, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has given
assurances that a military attack by the United States on Iran "is simply not
on the agenda at this point."
But notwithstanding Rice?s disavowal, recent statements by the Bush
administration, starting with President George W. Bush?s State of the Union
address and vice president Dick Cheney?s comments about a possible Israeli
military attack on Iran, are reminiscent of the rhetoric in the months leading
up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
And Rice herself made clear that "the Iranian regime?s human rights behaviour
and its behaviour toward its own population is something to be loathed."
American policy toward West Asia, and Iran in particular, is often couched in
the language of promoting human rights. No one would deny the importance of
that goal. But for human rights defenders in Iran, the possibility of a foreign
military attack on their country represents an utter disaster for their cause.
The situation for human rights in Iran is far from ideal. Security forces
harass, imprison and even torture human rights defenders and civil society
activists. The authorities attack journalists and writers for expressing their
opinions and regularly shut down newspapers. Political prisoners languish in
jails. Superfluous judicial summonses are routinely used to intimidate critics,
and arbitrary detentions are common.
But Iranian society has refused to be coerced into silence. The human rights
discourse is alive and well at the grassroots level; civil society activists
consider it to be the most potent framework for achieving sustainable
democratic reforms and political pluralism. Indeed, readers might be surprised
to know how vigorous Iran?s human rights organisations are. Last fall, when
security forces unlawfully detained more than 20 young journalists and bloggers
because of what they had written, independent Iranian organisations like the
Centre for Defence of Human Rights, the Association of Journalists for Freedom
of Press, and the Students Association for Human Rights campaigned for their
release.
This outcry, in tandem with support from the international community and human
rights organisations like Human Rights Watch, led to the release of detainees.
In fact, so great was the criticism of the abuses committed during these
detentions that some of Iran?s most senior government officials came out in
favour of releasing the detainees.
Independent organisations are essential for fostering the culture of human
rights in Iran. But the threat of foreign military intervention will provide a
powerful excuse for authoritarian elements to uproot these groups and put an
end to their growth.
Human rights violators will use this opportunity to silence their critics by
labelling them as the enemy?s fifth column. In 1980, after Saddam Hussein
invaded Iran and inflamed nationalist passions, Iranian authorities used such
arguments to suppress dissidents.
American hypocrisy doesn?t help, either. Given the long-standing willingness of
the American government to overlook abuses of human rights, particularly
women?s rights, by close allies in West Asia like Saudi Arabia, it is hard not
to see the Bush administration?s focus on human rights violations in Iran as a
cloak for its larger strategic interests.
Respect for human rights in any country must spring forth through the will of
the people and as part of a genuine democratic process. Such respect can never
be imposed by foreign military might and coercion ? an approach that abounds in
contradictions.
Not only would a foreign invasion of Iran vitiate popular support for human
rights activism, but by destroying civilian lives, institutions and
infrastructure, war would also usher in chaos and instability. Respect for
human rights is likely to be among the first casualties.
Instead, the most effective way to promote human rights in Iran is to provide
moral support and international recognition to independent human rights
defenders and to insist that Iran adhere to the international human rights laws
and conventions that it has signed.
Getting the Iranian government to abide by these international standards is the
human rights movement?s highest goal; foreign military intervention in Iran is
the surest way to harm us and keep that goal out of reach.
Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is the founder of the
Centre for Defence of Human Rights in Tehran. Hadi Ghaemi is a researcher for
Human Rights Watch
source: the New York Times 13/2/05
Khairurrazi
Aligarh Muslim University
Uttar Pradesh, India
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