Archive for December, 2010
Majid Tavakoli’s Family Unable to Visit Him Due to Distance
The family of Majid Tavakoli, an imprisoned student who was arrested on National Student Day 2009 (7 December) at Amirkabir University of Technology, has not received any news from him for several months. His family lives in the city of Shiraz and has been unable to travel to Karaj to visit him. Last week, Tavakoli issued a message for Student Day.
Blindfolds and Handcuffs for Sotoudeh During Visitation
Reza Khandan, human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, told the International Campaign for Human Rights In Iran that Sotoudeh was not brought to the visiting hour last Thursday for unclear reasons. Sotoudeh went on a dry hunger strike for the third time last week to protest her condition.
Mazandaran University Activist Summoned to Prison
An informed source in Babol told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that police and security forces attempted to arrest student activist Ashkan Zahabian at his home in Mazandaran on Tuesday without a warrant. The source told the Campaign that the forces attempting to arrest Zahadian told his family that he must surrender himself at Babol’s Police Headquarters.
Hossein Derakhshan Returns To Evin Prison
According to an entry made by Hossein Derakhshan’s sister on “Justice for Hossein Derakhshan: The Official Blog of Hossein Derakhshan’s Family and Friends For Dissemination of Information and Pursuit of His Situation,” he has returned to prison at the end of his two-day prison leave. A source close to Derakhshan confirmed the news for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
“God Willing, Your Daughter Is Still Alive,” Judicial Authority Tells Mother
Tehran Prosecutor’s has claimed that imprisoned journalist Nazanin Khosravani committed security offenses, some of which Khosravani has accepted, and criticized her mother, Aazam Afsharian for doing interviews with foreign media. Afsharian spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and said, “I was astonished at the Tehran Prosecutor’s remarks. He said that he has met with my daughter in prison and that ‘she has committed security offenses’. But, Nazanin has been unemployed for the past year and a half and she stayed at home; this means having no job is a security crime! The Prosecutor’s words really hurt me. I was at home with Nazanin for the past year and a half and her work and life was transparent. What security offenses?”
Trade Unionist on Dry Hunger Strike, Grave Concerns for his Health
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today that the Iranian Judiciary must immediately release labor activist Reza Shahabi, who is currently on a dry hunger strike.
Derakhshan Released On Short Furlough On Unprecedented $1.5 Million Bail
An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Hossein Derakhshan was released last night on the unprecedented bail amount of $1.5 million. Derakhshan had requested a prison furlough after a lower court sentenced him to 19.5 years in prison in September. The informed source told the Campaign that Derakhshan’s family is immensely happy to see him released and hopes that the upcoming appeals court ruling could keep him from returning to prison.
20 More Executions in Mashad Amidst Continued Silence from the Judiciary
Following the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran’s reports of secret group executions without due process inside Mashad’s Vakilabad prison, local sources told the Campaign that nine more people were executed on 30 November. The source also reported of 11 executions of individuals for drug-related crimes on 9 November. Counting the other 10 prisoners who were executed on 26 October, in less than two months 30 executions have been carried out inside Vakilabad prison. According to reports from informed sources, 23 other prisoners were hung inside the prison in early October. These executions are not included in official statistics released by the Judiciary to government media.
Still No Furlough For Ahmad Zeidabadi
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mahdieh Mohammadi, wife of imprisoned journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi, said that authorities have not upheld their promise for a furlough and this has caused anguish for her children. “They sent us back and forth for three whole months and in the end, Zeidabadi’s furlough didn’t materialize. Three months ago, the Intelligence Ministry sent me a message and then talked to me. Some time later, the Prosecutor’s Office told me to take a [property] deed to them [to be used for bail proceedings]. When we took the deed to them, they said ‘Who told you to bring a deed?’ After all this bouncing back and forth, despite the Intelligence Ministry’s agreement and their sending a letter of agreement to the Prosecutor’s Office, nothing happened. The Deputy Prosecutor had even seen Zeidabadi, and told him ‘When you go out, don’t engage in political activities, and don’t visit with political leaders,’” she told the Campaign.
Shargh Newspaper Raided, Four Arrested
A journalist in Tehran told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that three editorial members of Shargh newspaper were arrested on Tuesday. Security forces stormed the newspaper’s offices and arrested editor-in-chief Ahmad Gholami, political desk editor Kayvan Mehrgan, and the international desk editor Farzaneh Roostaei. During a second raid, the newspaper’s financial investor Ali Khodabakhsh was also arrested. Gholami is an experienced journalist who was formerly the literary editor of Hamshahri newspaper before joining Shargh. Mehrgan was an editor in the previous iteration of Shargh’s publication. None of those arrested had any prior records of political activity and are all considered among the most respected journalists.
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