Christian Post - Pastor Saeed Abedini Case Reaching 'Critical Stage'; UN Called to Intervene

By Stoyan Zaimov, ChristianPost.com

The United Nations Human Rights Council has been called to intervene in the case of American pastor, Saeed Abedini, who remains imprisoned in Tehran, Iran, after he was sentenced to eight years in prison following what has been widely labeled, an unjust trial.

The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), an affiliate of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), filed a statement on Monday in Strasbourg, France, asking the U.N. Council to call for the release of the pastor, much like the U.S. State Department has done. . . .

"Filing this written submission is a vital first step in our formal U.N. efforts to free Saeed," Jordan Sekulow, Executive Director of the ACLJ, who also serves as Senior Counsel of the ECLJ, said in a press release. "Next, we'll attempt to engage each of the 47 members of the Human Rights Council, in hopes that one or more of these states will raise Pastor Saeed's case in oral comments at the Council's next plenary session.". . .

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