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Nazanin Afshin-Jam

«If we chose to remain silent, then we should all be held accountable to human suffering»

Wednesday 26 September 2007, by Roodabeh KHODABAKHSH

Last week Nazanin Afshin-Jam was in Germany. Her trip, interviews and speech attracted much attention to the Stop Child Executions Campaign which resulted in many emails and signature on the SCE petition.

Nazanin Afshin-Jam is an Iranian born Singer, Songwriter, International Human Rights Activist, model, musician, actress and a former Miss World Canada, and Miss World 1st runner up. She immigrated to Canada with her family in 1981.

From Nazanin Afshin-Jam’s last week speech in Berlin:

It is time to stand up and take action. It is time for the United Nations to enforce action when International human rights laws are breached. It is time for citizens of the world to unite and say “no more”. If we chose to remain silent, then we should all be held accountable to human suffering. The good news is that our voices do count for something. Nazanin Fatehi, the young girl who was on death row for having fought off her rapists, is proof that when enough people gather, and have the courage to speak out, then change is inevitable. [*]

As a singer and blessed with the voice of angels, Nazanin whisks audiences away on a musical journey around the world with her debut CD Someday. She has been climbing the ac FMQB Top 40 chart in the US and is currently at #7 for her single Someday. The music video for this song has also been released:

Footnotes

[*] Read the entire report by Nazanin from her myspace blog about her speech in Germany.

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