Obey Int'l Law: Access to Meds for Iranian Civilians

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From: "Robert Naiman" <noreply@list.moveon.org>
Date: Mar 22, 2014 1:19 PM
Subject: Obey Int'l Law: Access to Meds for Iranian Civilians
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Dear Daniel A. Stafford,

International law is in the news because of Russia's illegal occupation and annexation of Crimea. The U.S. and Europe are escalating sanctions against Russia in response. This is a great time to talk about U.S. lack of compliance with international law. In particular, the U.S. government's failure to effectively exempt civilians' access to medicine from sanctions against Iran violates international humanitarian law. Rep. Jim Moran is trying to do something about this, circulating a letter to President Obama urging him to protect access to medicine. I put the Moran letter in the context of U.S. international law violations here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/us-tryst-with-international-law_b_5008752.html 

Here is the alert we sent out a few days ago on the Moran letter, in case you didn't see it. Thanks for all you do for justice.

Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy

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Dear Robert,

Tens of thousands of Iranian civilians with treatable illnesses have suffered unnecessarily and unjustly because of medicine shortages created in part by U.S. sanctions. This has happened despite the fact that by law, U.S. sanctions are supposed to protect trade in medicines. [1] Moreover, sanctions that block civilians’ access to medicines violate international humanitarian law. '

Now, Rep. Jim Moran [D-VA] is pressing the White House to ensure that U.S. sanctions do not continue to block life-saving medicine for Iranian civilians.  

Urge your Representative to sign Rep. Moran’s letter [2] pressing President Obama to address this issue so that sanctions do not continue blocking medicine for Iranian civilians:

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/iran-meds

Thanks for all you do to help press the U.S. government to comply with international humanitarian law,

Robert Naiman, Chelsea Mozen, and Megan Iorio
Just Foreign Policy

References:
1. "Policy Memo: Why are Sanctions Blocking Medicine for Iranians and How Can We Fix This?" National Iranian American Council, February 24, 2014, http://www.niacouncil.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=10423&security=1&news_iv_ctrl=-1
2. Full text of the letter can be found here: http://www.niacouncil.org/site/DocServer/Medical_Sanctions_Letter.pdf?docID=2901
 

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