Ursula Stephens (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That the Senate—

(a) supports freedom of religion as a universal human right;

(b) does not support the imprisonment or persecution of individuals on the basis of their religious belief;

(c) calls on the Iranian authorities to release Pastor Saeed Abedini who was sentenced to 8 years in prison because his Christian faith and activities were deemed a national security threat by the Iranian Government;

(d) recognises that this action is a breach of Iran's international obligations, its own constitution and stated religious values; and

(e) stands in solidarity with Pastor Abedini, his family and all those who seek to practise their religion without fear of persecution.

Question agreed to.