AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism, in cooperation with the Department of Education, the Martyr Foundation, Robat Karim Governorate, and Municipality, organized an event with the title of Awarding the 2022 Human Rights Award and presented its special award to the daughter of the martyr Maziyar Sabzalizadeh on the occasion of World Human Rights Day.
The event was held with the presence of city and provincial officials, human rights activists, families of martyrs, and students in the hall of the education department of Robat Karim, southwest of Tehran.
At the beginning of the ceremony, the director of Robat Karim Department of Education welcomed the audience and thanked the Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism.
Mehdi Hosseini said as the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution pointed out that keeping the memory of the martyrs alive is no less than martyrdom itself. Commemorating the families of martyrs is our duty and the least we can do.
He continued, the sacrifice made by the martyrs brought peace and security.
In the end, Director of the Education Department of Robat Karim said that the schools in the city were named after martyrs in a bid to commemorate the memory and names of the martyrs in the schools of the city.
The next speaker, Manijeh Safiyari, on behalf of the Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism, said, "The terrorist attack injured 70% of my body, and with the remaining 30%, I will try to defend the victims of terrorism until the last moment."
She added human rights are a divine gift that the Creator of the universe has granted to all human beings from the beginning of creation until after death, and all people regardless of color, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, and geography are equal in enjoying these rights.
She went on to say that, unfortunately, terrorism, violence, arms race, extra territorialism, and foreign interventions, have complicated human life and violated all the fundamentals of human rights in a catastrophic manner.
The planning of the modern and civilized world has not been very effective in protecting these basic human rights, and the side effects caused by the hegemonic policies of the time have darkened a large part of human society like a dark night, she added.
This terror veteran continued that the Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism, with the festival of Martyr Anis Nouri, who was assassinated at sunset and next to the Iftar table with the crime of black-hearted hypocrite terror group the MEK, seeks to honor the survivors by awarding a special human rights award to strengthen hope and promote human rights and make life easier for the heartbroken of terrorist disasters.
In the end, she said, today the human rights award of 2022 is presented to the daughter of Martyr Maziyar Sabzalizadeh, who was martyred in the terrorist attack of ISIS while working.
In another part of the ceremony, the statement of Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations, on Human Rights Day was read by one of the students of Shahed Behesht School.
In a part of this statement, it is stated that racism, intolerance, and discrimination are rampant. The world is facing unprecedented and intertwined challenges for human rights, and we are just beginning to understand the threat that some new technologies pose to human rights.
The statement also said that these tough times call for the renewal of our commitment to all human rights – including civil, cultural, economic, political, and social rights – and I ask the member states, civil societies, the private sector, and others to put humanity at the center of efforts to reverse today's destructive trends.
At the end of the statement, it was stated that human rights are the foundation of human dignity and the cornerstone of peaceful, inclusive, just, equal, and prosperous societies. On Human Rights Day, we reaffirm the universality and indivisibility of all rights as we defend human rights for all.
Then, Ms. Zainab Sabzalizadeh, the daughter of Martyr Maziyar Sabzalizadeh, honored the memory of her father, addressing her father and saying, "Father, I wish I were by your side like the clouds, you don't know how much I miss you, and my tears are proof of the intensity of separation."
Martyr Maziyar Sabzalizadeh's daughter continued to say, "We understand well today what an irreversible goodbye and what loneliness mean."
At the end of the event, the family of Martyr Maziyar Sabzalizadeh was honored and the first special award commemorating Human Rights in December 2022 was presented to Zeinab Sabzalizadeh.
Also, the song "Father Didn't Return" was played, another song called "Sympathy" was performed by the students and a group of students gave a flower to the photo of Martyr Sabzalizadeh.
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