Mr. Speaker, the second is an e-petition, in which petitioners note that in January 2026, widespread human rights protests in Iran were met with state violence, including arrests, torture, enforced disappearances and the killing of 30,000-plus civilians. They state that the Iranian regime simultaneously shut down the Internet and telecoms, stifling witnesses and victims and preventing access for Iranians to reliable information and communications abroad.
The petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to publicly condemn the Islamic regime's ongoing human rights violations that use state violence and the shutdown of digital communications and telecommunications. They demand the immediate restoration of Internet access and telecoms to ensure governmental transparency and civilian safety, the cessation of lethal force against Iranian dissidents, and the release of all political prisoners and detainees. They publicly support the Iranian people's right to determine their own political future free from violence and repression.
Petitioners call on the government to expand targeted sanctions, to enforce accountability measures against the people responsible for human rights abuses, and to pursue the above actions with international partners that support R2P.