At a
Glance
Violation of Human
Rights in Iran
17 February 2013
International
Condemnation of Violation of Human Rights in Iran
UN human rights experts urge Iran
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44117&Cr=iran&Cr1=#.URo4ZPI7vTo11 February 2013 – United Nations human rights experts today called on
“I urge the Iranian Government to immediately and unconditionally release the two opposition leaders and their family members, and to end all restrictions on their movement and legally protected activities,” the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, said in a news release.
According to the news release, former presidential candidates Mehdi Karoubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi, as well as Mr. Mousavi’s wife, Zahra Rahnavard, have been kept “incommunicado” since February 2011, following a legally-permitted rally in which they voiced solidarity with protesters in
Mr. Shaheed noted that as a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Iranian Government was “obliged to protect the civil liberties of all its citizens,” including the rights to be protected against arbitrary detention, to be informed of any charges against them, to be given access to legal counsel, and to face an independent and impartial tribunal.
Adding his voice to the appeal, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, also reminded the Iranian authorities of their international obligations guaranteeing the rights to free expression, free association and peaceful assembly.
“Such rights are essential components of democracy and are all the more relevant in the context of
“It is of the utmost importance that members of civil society, including the media and human rights defenders, as well as political activists, be given greater space to avail themselves of these rights,” he added.
The Special Rapporteurs further urged
The last Iranian presidential elections in 2009 were marred by a string of protests and dubbed by the international press as the Green Revolution, during which demonstrators flooded the streets of
Mr. Shaheed underscored the need for the Government to ensure the peaceful occurrence of the upcoming elections and to guarantee the freedom of Iranian citizens to participate in the democratic process.
“I call on the Government to facilitate a transparent and open environment for the election by releasing leaders and allowing the media to effectively and independently report, without being harassed, threatened or arrested,” he stated. “Continued restrictions of this kind will undermine the inclusiveness and fairness of the future presidential elections.”
Execution
Two Prisoners Executed
In Iran
The state run Fars news agency reported that one prisoner is scheduled to be hanged publicly in
Persian Sources: http://www.dadgostarimarkazi.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=1619&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=61124
Iran : Two executed in Arak
Thursday,
14 February 2013
http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/human-rights/12865-iran-two-executed-in-arak-on-the-2nd-anniversary-of-the-2011-february-uprising
File Photo
NCRI - The Iranian regime hanged two
prisoners in Arak
Province
Furthermore, the Iranian regime sentenced four others to
death in Qazvin Central prison.On January 23, the Iranian regime publically hanged Alireza Mafiha, 20, and Mohammad-Ali Sarvari, 23, accused of Moharebeh(waging war against God) and "corruption on earth”. The two young men had been accused of stealing 150 thousand Tomans (less than 35 Euros) while carrying cold weapons. Even though the plaintiffs in the case had opposed the sentence, the regime hanged the two young prisoners to follow its own objectives in creating an atmosphere of horror, fear, and absolute repression in order to prevent any public expression discontent especially as the regime's sham presidential election is approaching.
The increase in public hanging and executions has raised international outrage. On Friday February 8th the Belgian MPs demanded an urgent action to stop the wave of executions in
One Public Execution
And Public Humiliation of Young People By The Iranian Authorities In Tehran
http://iranhr.net/spip.php?article2715
The prisoner was not identified by name in the official Iranian media, but according to Iran Human Rights’ sources his name was "Ali Mohammad Zadeh".
Fars news agency also published pictures from the Iranian security forces’ campaign of arresting "thugs" in
Persian Sources: http://farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13911124001399
IRAN
Saturday,
16 February 2013
http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/human-rights/12879-iran-prisoners-hanged-more-death-sentences-issued
NCRI – The Iranian regime’s henchman hanged a man on
Saturday (February 16) morning in western city of Meanwhile, on Thursday, Feb. 14, a prisoner was hanged in public in southern city of
Another prisoner, Sabah Lavimi, 38, who was an Arab compatriot from
On Monday February, 11, death decree was issued for four prisoners in Zahedan Central Prison. The names of the three of these prisoners are, Hossein Mobaraki, Ahmad Goorvand and Hossein Kahr-zahri.
The mullahs' regime has transferred four other prisoners on death row from Falak-ol-Aflak Prison in
Persian Sources:
http://payam.se/index.php/2012-07-04-11-32-09/2012-07-04-11-32-43/5893-2013-02-16-18-26-07
http://www.dadfars.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=2507&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=61182
http://www.hra-news.org/1389-01-28-00-30-11/14939-1.html
Iran
Sunday,
17 February 2013
http://www.en-hrana.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=851:1&catid=15:execution&Itemid=10
HRANA News Agency– Iranian regime executed
six prisoners within last week. Two of them were publicly.
According to the reports by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), six prisoners were hanged by Iranian regime last week:
Two prisoners convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in Arak Central Prison on Tuesday, February 12, 2013.
A prisoner convicted of murdering was hanged publicly in east ofTehran
A prisoner convicted of rape was hanged publicly inShiraz
A prisoner, Sabah Loymi 38, convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in Ahwaz Central Prison on on Thursday, February 14, 2013.
A prisoner, Omar Shahbazi 28, convicted of murdering was hanged in Sanandaj Central Prison on Saturday, February 16, 2013.
According to the reports by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), six prisoners were hanged by Iranian regime last week:
Two prisoners convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in Arak Central Prison on Tuesday, February 12, 2013.
A prisoner convicted of murdering was hanged publicly in east of
A prisoner convicted of rape was hanged publicly in
A prisoner, Sabah Loymi 38, convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in Ahwaz Central Prison on on Thursday, February 14, 2013.
A prisoner, Omar Shahbazi 28, convicted of murdering was hanged in Sanandaj Central Prison on Saturday, February 16, 2013.
Persian Sources: http://www.dadgostarimarkazi.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=1619&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=61124
Iran
Sunday,
17 February 2013
http://www.en-hrana.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=855:1&catid=15:execution&Itemid=10
HRANA News Agency– Iranian regime executed 10 prisoners
within last two days. Three of them were publicly.According to the reports by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 10 prisoners were hanged by Iranian regime within last two days:
Three prisoners convicted of rape were hanged publicly in
Three prisoners convicted of drug trafficking were executed in
Four prisoners convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in Zahedan Central Prison, yesterday.
Persian Sources: http://www.dadfars.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=2507&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=61220
http://www.dadgostarimarkazi.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=1619&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=61212
Torture
Iran
Monday,
11 February 2013
http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/human-rights/12835-tortured-father-dies-before-fulfilling-final-wish-to-see-his-son
NCRI - An Iranian father has died after enduring more than
two weeks of torture at the hands of the regime's henchmen.Amir Mousaei, 38, was arrested by revolutionary guards at his father's house in Genaveh in mid-January after months of being tracked by intelligence agents.
He was first locked up in Genaveh prison, where he was tortured for two days before being transferred in to Borazjan.
Despite pleas and offers of bail from his family for his release, he was again beaten with batons and iron rods for another 12 days before being held in solitary confinement.
Only after that was he finally taken to Borazjan hospital suffering from multiple injuries, where his loved ones were given permission to visit.
During brief periods of consciousness and suffering from massive bruising and infection and damage to his intestines, he managed to tell them how he had been been beaten and tortured for 15 days.
His final wish was to be able to see his three-year-old son, but Mr Mousaei tragically died before the father and son could be reunited.
Residents of Genaveh later gathered at his father's house to condemn Khamenei and the clerical regime for Amir's brutal death.
This is the fourth case of killing prisoners under torture which has emerged in recent months.
Blogger Sattar Beheshti, from Robat Karim near
The killings are all happening amidst total silence and inactivity from the international community.
The Iranian regime's dossier of severe and systematic human rights violations should be referred to the UN Security Council and the regime's leader should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity, as one necessary towards ending the cycle of repression in
Arbitrary Arrests
A Kurd arrested by
Iranian Etela'at officers on security charges
Monday,
11 February 2013
http://www.en-hrana.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=850:1&catid=14:ethnic-minorities&Itemid=9HRANA News Agency– It is more than two weeks that a Kurd has been summoned and arrested by Etela'at of Khoy and there is no news about his condition.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), A Kurd whose name is Feisal Doudkanlou the son of Hassan from Agh Dash village belongs to Khoy municipality, has been arrested more than two weeks ago by Etela'at and since that time he has not contacted his family.
Despite of his family's haunt to Etela'at and security departments, they could not
According to the same report, Iranian security officials claimed that Feisal Doudkanlou accused to security charges.
The charges on him by Iranian regime and no news about his condition worried his family too much.
Also Feisal's father has been killed by Iranian polices a few years ago on charge of cooperation with Kurdish subversive parties.
Prisoners of
Conscience
End arbitrary house arrests of Mousavi, Karroubi, and Rahnavard; Free all prisoners of conscience
AI Index: MDE 13/009/2013
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE13/009/2013/en/08adfdda-7964-45ee-b820-28464ebb5027/mde130092013en.html
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Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, International Campaign for Human Rights in
On 14 February 2011, security and intelligence officials placed two former presidential candidates and Zahra Rahnavard, and Karroubi’s wife, Fatemeh Karroubi, under house arrest after they called for demonstrations to support the popular “Arab Spring” uprisings across the region. Zahra and Narges Mousavi, daughters of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard, and Mohammad Hossein Karroubi, son of Mehdi Karroubi were arrested on Monday 11 February 2013, two days before the second anniversary of arbitrary house arrests of their parents and Mehdi Karroubi. They were released later the same day.
“For two years now Iranian officials have stripped these opposition figures of their most basic rights without any legal justification or any effective means of remedy,” Ebadi said. “They and their families should not have to endure even one more day under these wholly unjustifiable and abusive conditions.”
Mir Hossein Mousavi, former Prime Minister and Mehdi Karroubi, former Speaker of Iran’s parliament, had been presidential candidates in the 2009 election in which the incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner, in disputed circumstances. The announcement of his victory set off huge protests in
Fatemeh Karroubi has since been released from house arrest. But the three detained opposition figures remain cut off from the outside world by the terms of their house arrest and are prevented from meeting and communicating regularly with other members of their families.
Despite these pronouncements, Iranian officials, including
The UN bodies have repeatedly called on the
Iranian government to release the three opposition figures, declaring their
detention arbitrary and unlawful.
On 11 February, three UN Special
Rapporteurs called for the immediate release of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi
Karoubi and their family members and hundreds of other prisoners of conscience
who remain in prison for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of
opinion and expression, or freedom of association and assembly.
In August 2012, the United Nations Working
Group on Arbitrary Detention, a body of five independent experts acting under
the UN Human Rights Council, issued an opinion that the detentions are
“arbitrary (and thus prohibited),” and recommended that the Iranian government
release the detainees immediately and compensate them for their wrongful imprisonment.
In September 2011, the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary
Disappearances initiated urgent investigations to determine the fate of the
opposition figures, whose whereabouts were unknown at the time.
Other UN officials and bodies, including
the Secretary General, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
in Iran
“If authorities had evidence showing that these opposition
figures had committed a serious crime they should have charged and prosecuted
them in a fair and transparent manner quite some time ago,” Ebadi said. “The
fact that they have failed to do so for two years is a clear indication that
they have no such evidence and that the continuing house arrest of these three
critics is politically motivated.” As “Thirty-four years after the establishment of an Islamic Republic founded upon the principles of freedom and justice, jails in Iran today are overflowing with hundreds of political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, many of them ordinary Iranians whose only “crime” was to speak out,” said Ebadi.
Ebadi and the six rights groups called on Iranian authorities to release immediately and unconditionally everyone detained for exercising their rights to freedom of expression, assembly, or association, and to cooperate with UN human rights bodies with a view to improving the current rights situation in
Iran
Tuesday,
12 February 2013
NCRI – The Iranian regime’s authorities in Gohardasht
prison have denied a political prisoner receiving medical care. It is more than
one year that the prisoner has been diagnosed with possible Leukemia (cancer of
blood cells), according to the information received.Mr Saleh Kohandel has been prevented from being hospitalized for treatment. His family had arranged the last two visits to hospital on their own expenses however the authorities prevented the visits.
During the past two years the Iranian regime’s judiciary officials, particularly the Tehran’s Prosecutor General, Abbas Jaafari Dowlatabadi, have been imposing sever restrictions on some political prisoners leading to their physical annihilation.
Political prisoners Mansour Radpour in Gohardasht Prison, Hoda Saber in Evin prison and Hassan Nahid in Evin prison have lost their life in prison because of the restrictions.
Mr Saleh Kohandel was arrested five years ago on the charge of contacting the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). On year later he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment by infamous judge Haddad.
NCRI – Political
prisoner, Ali Moezi still prohibited to see his family
Tuesday,
12 February 2013
http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/human-rights
The authorities at Mr. Moezi is accused of ‘moharebe’ (enmity against God) and supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
Mr. Moezi is refusing to attend court sessions presided by Abolghasem Salavati declaring his trial as illegitimate.
News of death brings
heart attack to jailed journalist
Tue, 02/12/2013
http://www.radiozamaneh.com/english/content/news-death-brings-heart-attack-jailed-journalist
Jailed journalist Mohammad Davari has suffered a heart
attack in Evin Prison after hearing the news of his brother’s death.The Kaleme website reports that Mohammad Davari, a teacher and former editor-in-chief of Saham News, suffered a heart attack on February 11 upon hearing the news of his brother’s passing.
Davari’s brother died last Thursday, and Davari was informed of it yesterday by some prison visitors.
Davari was reportedly transferred to the prison infirmary and later sent to
Davari has been in jail for the past three years and has not been given a day of furlough in all that time.
He was arrested in September of 2009 when he published a letter from Mehdi Karroubi to the head of the Expediency Council, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, about the “torture and abuse of political prisoners at the Kahrizak Detention Centre.”
Parliament later investigated the Kahrizak case and confirmed that three prisoners were killed under torture at the centre. Kahrizak was closed down by the order of
Some reports indicate that Davari has been under pressure in prison to testify against Mehdi Karroubi. Davari is serving a five-year sentence.
The evidence against him only focuses on his interviews with the victims of the Kahrizak abuses and, under the supervision of Mehdi Karroubi, making a film to be presented to courts.
Sister of jailed
Kurdish journalist said in an interview with CHRR:
12 February 2013
http://www.chrr.biz/spip.php?article20195
Committee of Human Rights Reporters –
Kurdish journalist Adnan Hassanpour has spent 7 years in prison, making him the
longest standing prisoner among journalists. He is serving his sentence behind
bars in Sanandaj prison, deprived of his legal right to furlough, without a
single hour of release during these years.
Leyli Hassanpour, the sister of the incarcerated
journalist said in an interview with Committee of Human Rights Reporters
regarding her brother, “Adnan has a good attitude but his physical condition is
weakening due to being held behind bars for 7 years without any furlough.”
Despite requests from his family, his lawyer Mr.
Saleh Nikbakht, and an endorsement for temporary release by the Prison
Organization, judicial authorities have refused to grant furlough to the
imprisoned journalist. His sister said, “In all these years Adnan’s only
communication with his family has been via phone calls and occasional
visitations without even one hour of furlough.” She requested that judicial
authorities allow her brother his legal right to prison furlough.
Adnan Hassanpour is a prominent Kurdish
journalist and passionate defender of the freedom of expression who was an
editor of the weekly Aso, a Kurdish/Farsi publication that explored cultural
rights. The government in 2005 shut down the publication and Hassanpour was
summoned several times regarding his work.
On January 25, 2007 he was arrested and the
summer of that year after a closed-door trial in the city of Marivan
in Kurdistan province, Hassanpour was
sentenced to death on the charges of “acting against national security” and
“moharebeh” (enmity with God). The Kurdistan
appellate court later upheld the death sentence. The evidence used against him
was based solely on interrogation reports provided by the Intelligence
Ministry, obtained during his detention. After two years of legal wrangling,
with the request of his lawyer Saleh Nikbakht, the country’s Supreme Court
reviewed the case and on January 30, 2009 the death sentence was commuted to 15
years in prison.
Hassanpour has a distinguished record as a
journalist in Iran
International groups have also recognized
Hassanpour as a prominent journalist. In 2007 Hassanpour received the Press
Freedom Award by the Swedish branch of Reporters without Borders. This prize is
awarded to members of the press who convey dedication to freedom of expression
despite pressures and violations of press freedom in their country. The same
year he was also awarded the Press Freedom prize from Italy
Iran
Saturday,
16 February 2013
http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/human-rights/12875-iran-political-prisoners-go-on-hunger-strike-to-support-workers-rights
NCRI- Ten
political prisoners go on hunger strike on February 16 in protest at Iran
The ten protestors at Gohardasht prison in the town of A statement issued by the hunger strikers said they had a petition of 30,000 names who backed their cause to allow workplace protests.
It read: "We have a 30,000 signature petition which backs our demand to conduct peaceful demonstrations in accordance with our legal rights.
"Going on strike, having a union and staging labor demonstration is a human right all over the world. However, in the suppressive and oppressive situation under the reign of the Iranian Supreme Leader, this legal action has been disregarded.
"Active union members are being arrested, imprisoned, fired and whipped and their job security ruined. This is while workers in Iran in industries such as mining, services, agriculture, oil, gas, petrochemicals and car factories are only paid about a quarter of their wages.
"This is a country where health care, education, public services, recreational and sport facilities are being cut back by the government. Our national wealth is spent on terrorist groups in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan and our beloved fellow citizens are being brutally abused and hanged in groups in Tehran, Khuzestan, Kurdistan, Sistan and Balouchestan and Azerbaijan. Moreover, our dear countrymen in
"This petition is a sign of the struggle of the oppressed people to regain a struggle against this tyrannical and the cruel government.
"Dear fellow workers, the Supreme Leader is a member of the World Labor Organization, yet as a member, he forbids us the right to form a union and hold legitimate protests and strikes.
"Meanwhile, the ruling elite have squandered 60 per cent of the nation's wealth. The Larijani brothers, who are in control of two of the legislative branches, have robbing and plundered our country's riches.
"At the same time, millions are suffering from unemployment, hunger and homelessness.
"Although we know with certainty that the Ministry of Interior is not going to agree with our request, we are staging this hunger strike to defend the rights of all workers to legally strike, a right which represents freedom justice."
19 political
prisoners' letter to condemn the death verdict of 8 political prisoners
Sunday, 10
February 2013 http://www.en-hrana.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=847:1&catid=15:execution&Itemid=10
HRANA News Agency– 19 political prisoners in Zahedan prison whom some of them sentenced to death too, released a letter and condemned Imminent execution of Zanyar Moradi, Loqman Moradi, Youns Aghayan and 5 political activists from Ahwaz.
"Whispers about execution of three Kurdish political activists called Zanyar Moradi, Loqman Moradi, Younes Aghayan and 5 political activists from Ahwaz called Mohammad Ali Amoori, Hashem Sha'bani, Hadi Rashedi, Seyyed Jaber Alboshokeh and Seyyed Mokhtar Alboshokeh reminding us all sadness moments of the past years when they took our brothers away in front of us", They declared in the letter.
"We are the political prisoners of Zahedan prison who have suffered of injustice and some sentenced to death. There are three Kurdish activists among us who were sentenced to death and now are here in exile. All of us demanding international community and human rights organizations to prevent the execution verdicts of our brothers to not see the tulips of this land sinking in blood.", The 19 political prisoners added.
Following is the entire letter which gave to HRANA News Agency:
To not let repetition of May 9th and one more mournful spring by the tears of millions people
Human beings are members of a whole,
In creation of one essence and soul.
If one member is afflicted with pain,
Other members uneasy will remain.
Writing this letter to the unknown people is very difficult, but while this unknown suffered by injustice same as the writer and spending days with unfair execution verdict he sentenced, he will be known better than anyone.
We talked about the unfair execution verdict which have been the pain of Balouch prisoners all the time, also the silence of international community and the self-censor among interior human rights activists.
Because this letter is not to describe our oppressions, we pass this issue to the painful hearts of our people and they will share them in the future.
Whispers about execution of three Kurdish political activists called Zanyar Moradi, Loqman Moradi, Younes Aghayan and 5 political activists from Ahwaz called Mohammad Ali Amoori, Hashem Sha'bani, Hadi Rashedi, Seyyed Jaber Alboshokeh and Seyyed Mokhtar Alboshokeh reminding us sadness of the past years when they took our brothers away in front of us and ... .
We are the political prisoners of Zahedan prison who have suffered of injustice and some sentenced to death. There are three Kurdish activists among us who were sentenced to death and now are here in exile. All of us demanding international community and human rights organizations to prevent the execution verdicts of our brothers to not see the tulips of this land sinking in blood.
We, the political prisoners of Zahedan side by side of Kurdish people who have been repressed and executed in accusation of demanding freedom, but did not stop with all the repressions and even when the teacher of peace and freedom Farzad Kamangar and Shirin the Kurdistan Kajal on May 9th of 2010 hanged and again there was silence in this country; And side by side of Khouzestan people whom their eyes are full of rage nowadays because of the execution verdict of 5 activists from Ahwaz, demanding whole international community and human rights organizations to not let the May 9th repetition and one more mournful spring.
1- Habibollah Rigi
2- Abolghani Gavanguzi
3- Jahind Rigi
4- Abdolwahab Rigi
5- Abdolkhalegh Shahzehi
6- Bashir Ahmad Hossaini
7- Hamed Vekalat
8- Navid Shojaie
9- Emadeddin Mollazehi
10- Isak Kalkeli
11- Abed Bampouri
12- Parviz Tahtani
13- Khaled Shah Bakhsh
14- Rahmatollah Narooie
15- Hamed Haddadi
16- Amir Taleb
17- Mohammad Amin Agooshi
18- Ahmad Pooladkhani
19- Iraj Mohammadi
Five years
imprisonment confirmed for a Kurdish student activist
Sunday, 17
February 2013http://www.en-hrana.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=852:1&catid=14:ethnic-minorities&Itemid=9
HRANA News Agency –
"The final verdict of 5 years imprisonment for Jamal Ghader Nezhad confirmed by branch 10 of western Azerbayejan provincial appealed", Ghader Nezhad's lawyer said to Moukrian news agency.
Jamal Ghader Nezhad is student of sociology in Payame Noor
Abbas Jamali, the lawyer of the dossier declared that the main accusation to his client is membership in one of Kurdish subversive parties, but he also mentioned collusion against national security and propaganda against regime as the other accusations in his client's dossier.
"My client was been arrested by Etela'at according to the mentioned accusations and the surprising point is that Etela'at demanded very clearly for the highest punishment citing to articles 499, 500 and 610 of criminal law which is totally illegal and this department is not allowed to demand the punishment range for anyone; And it is the job of prosecutors and courts", Mr. Jamali added.
According to Mr. Jamali his client claimed that he is not a member of any subversive parties but the judge sentenced him.
"The judge declared that the other accusations as collusion against national security and propaganda against regime are not apart and sentenced Ghader Nezhad to 5 years imprisonment only in accusation of membership in subversive party", Mr. Jamali continued.
During the report, Mr. Jamali said that Etela'at claimed about 500 pages evidence to prove everything, but when Mr. Jamali asked judge to sow the evidence, the judge said that "I have seen, it is enough. You do not need to see it".
"I objected all these stuff during the appealed session but the verdict confirmed and the realities neglected by appealed", Abbas Jamali said.
Jamal Ghader Nezhad's lawyer confirmed that his client is suffering of intervertebral disc herniation, also that he asked medical furlough for his client by bail which refused by the court.
Ghader Nezhad has serious intervertebral disc herniation and it might affect his condition and his health.
Abbas Jamali declared his point of view about his client's verdict that it is totally unfair because there is no evidence to prove the accusation and the verdict has been issued just according to the Etela'at report.
Freedom of Expression
IFJ Devises Strategies to Help Iranian Journalists in Exile after
Regime's 'Chilling' Comments
http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-devises-strategies-to-help-iranian-journalists-in-exile-after-regime-chilling-comments
11 February 2013
The comments by the Iranian Intelligence minister on the
recent arrests of a dozen journalists amount to a direct threat to independence
of media, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today said.In a statement released through the Farsi News Agency, minister Heidar Moslehi claimed that the journalists were arrested because of their contacts with staff at the BBC's Persian service in
"These chilling declarations are an ominous sign that the situation of journalists in
The IFJ delegation to
The delegation also reviewed with its member unions in
The visit took place after the arrests of at least sixteen journalists, including six women, who are being held by
Media reports said that the Iranian authorities targeted journalists and bloggers reportedly to intimidate media ahead of the parliamentary elections to be held in March. Those arrested include Parastoo Dokouhaki, Marzieh Rasouli, Sahamoddin Bouraghani, Fatemeh Kheradmand, Ehsan Houshmandzadeh and Said Madani.
The arrests were made in a series of raids on the journalists' homes where their laptops were seized. Although the detained journalists are not considered politically active or covering sensitive issues, the statement from the Intelligence Ministry has confirmed that the authorities are concerned by the reporters' contacts abroad.
The Iranian regime launched the last major crackdown on media in 2011 in an attempt to thwart the reporting on the unrest spreading across the Arab world.
The IFJ says the recent arrests fit the familiar pattern of media manipulation in Iran where the authorities resort to bullying journalists at home while seeking to silence their colleagues who are outside the regime's reach by attacking their families and friends in the country.
"These are shameless practices of the dark ages to which our colleagues are being subjected to," added Beth Costa, IFJ General Secretary. "They paint the functioning of a government which has forfeited the rule by its people's consent and is bent on suppressing any criticism; however genuine and deserved."
Crackdown continues against the Iranian press
http://www.cpj.org/2013/02/crackdown-continues-against-the-iranian-press.phpNew York, February, 11, 2013--At least two more journalists have been arrested by Iranian authorities, bringing to 17 the number of journalists caught in the newest crackdown against the Iranian press, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities to immediately halt their campaign against critical news media in the run-up to the presidential elections in June.
Plainclothes officers arrested Fatemeh Sagharchi, editor for the reformist news website Jamaran, on January 26, and Reihaneh Tabatabie, reporter for the daily Bahar, on January 31, according to news reports. The arrests followed the detention of at least 14 other journalists working for reformist news outlets on January 26 and 27, and another on January 30, news reports said.
All of the journalists are being held without charge in Wards 209 and 240 of the Iranian Intelligence Ministry, according to news reports. The Intelligence Ministry uses these wards to detain individuals they deem a security threat without lodging formal charges against them.
Of the journalists who were swept up in the late-January crackdown, at least two have been released, according to news reports. Motahareh Shafiee, reporter for the daily reformist paper Arman, was released for medical reasons on January 28, and Ali Dehghan, economics editor for Bahar, was freed on February 6.
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry issued a statement on Tuesday announcing an ongoing investigation into the connection between local journalists and the BBC. The ministry accused the BBC of seeking to undermine the state and threatened further arrests. CPJ believes the arrests are an attempt to censor and intimidate reformist voices before the presidential elections in June.
"These arrests are an attempt to silence and intimidate critical voices before the presidential elections in June," said Sherif Mansour, CPJ's
Senior officials from the United Nations released a joint statement in response to the crackdown in which they called for the immediate release of the journalists. They said the arrests were a "flagrant violation of
Press freedom
violations recounted in real time (from 1st January 2013)
Published on Wednesday
13 February 2013
http://en.rsf.org/iran-press-freedom-violations-recounted-04-01-2013,43862.html
13.02.2013- Recently arrested journalist
freed on bail
Reporters Without Borders has learned that Ali
Dehghan, a journalist with the daily Bahar who was arrested at
his home on 30 January in a new crackdown on media personnel, was released on
bail on 6 February.
At least 17 journalists have been arrested since
26 January and warrants have been issued for the arrests of others. Only one
other is so far known to have been released. It is Motahareh Shafie
of the newspaper Arman, who was freed the day after his arrest on 27
January.
Reporters Without Borders is very concerned
about the conditions in which the 15
other journalists are being held in Evin prison’s Section 209, which is
controlled by the intelligence ministry. They are still in solitary confinement
and are being denied all their rights, including family visits and access to a
lawyer.
22.01.2013-Two journalists get
provisional release
Reporters Without Borders has learned that Rahim
Sarkar, the editor of the weekly Hadiss Ghazvin, was released
provisionally on 11 January pending trial after being held since 25 December.
And Mohammad Kimyai, one of the weekly’s reporters, was
released on bail of 100 million toman (100,000 euros) on 14 January after
being held for two weeks.
11.01.2013-Six-month jail sentence for
talking to foreign media
Reporters Without Borders has learned that, Hossein
Karoubi, executive director of the banned daily Etemad Meli and
son of its owner, Mehdi Karoubi, was sentenced to six months
in prison in July 2012 for talking to foreign media about the mistreatment of
prisoners in Kahrizak prison.
He was convicted on a charge of “disseminating
false information designed to upset public opinion.”
Normally reserved for non-political prisoners,
Kahrizak was used to hold government opponents after the disputed June 2009
presidential elections and several young detainees reportedly died of their
injuries after being mistreated.
Etemad Meli was
banned on 17 August 2009 for publishing articles about torture and rape in
Iranian prisons. Three weeks earlier, on 29 July 2009, Mehdi Karoubi had
released an open letter in which he said young detainees were being subjected
to grave forms of mistreatment including rape.
04.01.2013- Netizen begins serving
two-year jail term, journalist freed
Reporters Without Borders has learned that Sayeed
Haeri, a netizen and member of the Human Rights Reporters Committee,
was arrested on 12 December after responding to a summons to Tehran’s Evin
prison and has begun serving a two-year jail sentence on a charge of
anti-government propaganda.
Originally arrested on 20 December 2009, he was
released conditionally on 11 March 2010 on bail of 500 million toman (500,000
euros). In September 2010, a Tehran
Two other members of the Human Rights Reporters
Committee are already in prison. They are Shiva Nazar Ahari,
who was arrested on 8 September 2012, and Sayeed Jalali Far,
who was arrested on 30 July 2011. Ahari is serving a four-year sentence while
Far is serving a three-year sentence.
Reporters Without Borders has also learned that Reza
Ansari Rad, a journalist who worked for several reformist news
outlets, was released on 15 December after being deemed to have completed a
one-year sentence on a charge of anti-government propaganda.
Imposed in 2010, the sentence was upheld by a Tehran
12 February 2013 -
13H28
http://www.france24.com/en/20130212-berlin-fest-unveils-iran-directors-cry-freedom
A giant poster featuring
banned Iranian director Jafar Panahi, displayed in front of the Berlinale Festival Palace
AFP - The 63rd Berlinale
premiered Tuesday the latest film by banned Iranian director Jafar Panahi, a
haunting lament about crushing state oppression and a tribute to the resilience
of the creative drive."Closed Curtain", which Panahi co-directed with longtime collaborator Kambuzia Partovi, tells the story of two people on the run from the police hiding out at a secluded villa.
The older fugitive owns a dog, banned as pets because Islamic law deems the animals to be unclean, while the young woman, who soon proves suicidal, was caught attending an illicit party on the
They keep the drapes drawn to avoid detection by the authorities but while the man tries to keep working -- on a film script, as it happens -- she slips deeper into despair.
Panahi was detained for a documentary he tried to make on the unrest following the 2009 election and banned from making more films for 20 years. He was given a six-year jail sentence but currently remains under house arrest.
But the director, who has picked up a clutch of prizes at major international festivals for socially critical movies that are outlawed in
Though he was prevented from coming to present the film in
The walls of the villa are covered with European versions of his own film posters including the 2000 picture "The Circle" which ends with a prison door slamming shut on a cell containing all the main female protagonists.
Partovi, who also plays the role of the man with the dog, said Panahi had been deeply depressed due to the official restrictions when they started working on the project, which he said was aimed at "bridging this hard period".
"It's difficult to work but not being able to work is even more difficult, particularly at the height of your career," he said.
Partovi said it was unclear what consequences the new picture, which got a mixed reception in
"Nothing has happened until now but we don't know what the future has in store for us," he said.
Maryam Moghadam, the lead actress, said her character represented Panahi's desperation.
"She's the dark side, the hopelessness of every person and specifically the director in the movie," she said. "The dark side of his mind, the hopeless power -- that part that doesn't hope any more and wants to give up."
Panahi's "This Is Not A Film" had to be smuggled out in a USB key hidden inside a cake to be screened at the
Panahi, who was born in 1960, was awarded in December the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize by the European Parliament -- a move that enraged
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman on Monday said
Panahi released a statement with the press materials for the film, saying the story served as a metaphor for his personal plight.
"'Closed Curtain' uses shifting genres and stories within stories to highlight why film-making is a necessity in a film-maker's life: it is the imperative need to show the reality of the world we live in," he said.
"Closed Curtain" is one of 19 films vying for the
A gripping Iranian families drama, "A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi, won the Golden Bear in 2011 at a festival that has long spotlighted the country's embattled directors.
14 February 2013
http://www.chrr.biz/spip.php?article20225
Committee of Human Rights Reporters - Following
the recent arbitrary detainment of many journalists, in recent days a number of
filmmakers accused of collaboration with foreign media outlets were summoned
and interrogated at the Ministry of Intelligence.
According to CHRR, the filmmakers have been
monitored by judicial and security officials for some time because their short
films or documentaries have been aired on foreign media outlets. In the past
days a number of them were summoned to appear at the Intelligence Ministry
headquarters for questioning and they were asked to sign disclaimers regarding
collaboration with foreign media outlets.
Many of these filmmakers had already been
summoned in the past and asked to sign disclaimers regarding the use of their
work in foreign media outlets but in the past days they were asked to appear
again to ensure they would in no way communicate or present their work to
foreign media.
Minorities’ Rights
US
lawmakers urge release of Christian in Iran
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130214/us-lawmakers-urge-release-christian-iranUS lawmakers on Thursday pressed for the release of an Iranian-American pastor imprisoned in
In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, 84 senators and House members across the political spectrum urged him "to exhaust every possible option" to secure the release of naturalized
Representative Trent Franks, a conservative Republican from
Representative Henry Waxman, a left-leaning Democrat from
"We hope that this letter, with its deep support from all across
Abedini, who converted from Islam to Christianity, was arrested in September on a return trip to
Abedini's family said he took part in house churches when they were largely tolerated a decade ago under reformist president Mohammad Khatami. The family said he abided by an agreement he made in 2009 after a previous detention to halt such activity.
13 February 2013
http://www.chrr.biz/spip.php?article20207
Committee of Human Rights Reporters – On
February 12, 2013, Ardeshir Fanaeyan and Shidrokh Firouzian, Baha’i citizens
living in the city of Semnan
During the past years, pressures against
citizens following the Baha’i faith have intensified. Baha’i citizens are
routinely subjected to arbitrary detention and heavy judicial sentences, school
children are harassed, the private sector is pressured to dismiss Baha’is,
their shops or workplaces and bank accounts are closed down, their assets are
seized, and their business licenses are denied or suddenly revoked. They have
been subjected to other forms of harassment such as arson, destruction of
property, bulldozing their gravesites, destruction of dams and cutting off
water supplies to agricultural properties resulting in dried fields and
gardens.
Nava Na'imi, the
Baha'i citizen arrested
Sunday,
17 February 2013
http://www.en-hrana.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=854:1&catid=13:religious-minorities&Itemid=13
HRANA News Agency – A Baha'i citizen from According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), On February 12th of 2013 Etela'at agents invaded a Nava Na'imis' house and inspected all her house which is located in Baharestan of Esfahan and took away her computer, books, religious and personal photos, arrested her and transferred to an unknown location.
There is no news from her nor about the reason of detention.
Banning the bail of
Saied Abedini and threatening it's provider
Sunday,
17 February 2013
http://www.en-hrana.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=853:1&catid=13:religious-minorities&Itemid=13
HRANA News Agency – The illegal Evin prosecutor banned the bail for Saied Abedini the Iranian-American pastor.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), also the islamic revolutionary guards interrogators threatened the person who tried to put bail to prevent this prisoner's furlough.
Saied Abedini is the Iranian-American who is accused to establishing home-church in 2009 and after his arrival to
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