Family of Human right
activist writes to the ONHCR
Mohammad
Sedigh Kaboodvand's family has written a
letter, to the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights and other
humanitarian Organizations, in a desperate
attempt to save his life from the
deterioration situation in his detention
centre. I
n this letter it is reiterated that Mr. Kaboodvand has been arrested for at least 7 months. He has been kept in solitary confinement and undergone inhuman interrogations and physical harassment while in custody, which has lead to his health deteriorating. He has so far problematic heart failure, kidney and blood problems.
It is quoted as saying that Mr.Kaboodvands wife and child have also been threatened to be arrested by the Intelligence Ministry of Iran.
Part of this letter reads: "The revolution court has recently charged Mr. Kaboodvand for his activities defending Human Rights in the Islamic Republic and has sentenced him to 11 years imprisonment. This (so called) court order had been passed on to Mr.kaboodvand by his interrogator prior to the Courts' official order release. Kaboodvand is the editor in chief of the "People's Message" weekly and for this also he has received another 6 months prison sentence along with a 5 year prohibition of work as journalist and Editor of this weekly. Parallel to this, there has been another file opened in his case which relates to a book on women's rights and is under investigation."
An other part of this letter reads; "Kaboodvand is a noble journalist, with immense humanitarian beliefs and obligations and a conscience mind.
Mr.Kaboodvand , begun his activities 15 years ago in the realm of raising Human Rights standards and individual conscience on Democratic rights within peaceful frameworks.
He was arrested on 30 June 2007 and charged with "founding the offices of Defending Human Rights in Kurdistan" and engaging in acts of threat against the Islamic Republic.
A copy of this letter has been sent to the ONHCR, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
Mohammad
Sedigh Kaboodvand's family has written a
letter, to the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights and other
humanitarian Organizations, in a desperate
attempt to save his life from the
deterioration situation in his detention
centre. In this letter it is reiterated that Mr. Kaboodvand has been arrested for at least 7 months. He has been kept in solitary confinement and undergone inhuman interrogations and physical harassment while in custody, which has lead to his health deteriorating. He has so far problematic heart failure, kidney and blood problems.
It is quoted as saying that Mr.Kaboodvands wife and child have also been threatened to be arrested by the Intelligence Ministry of Iran.
Part of this letter reads: "The revolution court has recently charged Mr. Kaboodvand for his activities defending Human Rights in the Islamic Republic and has sentenced him to 11 years imprisonment. This (so called) court order had been passed on to Mr.kaboodvand by his interrogator prior to the Courts' official order release. Kaboodvand is the editor in chief of the "People's Message" weekly and for this also he has received another 6 months prison sentence along with a 5 year prohibition of work as journalist and Editor of this weekly. Parallel to this, there has been another file opened in his case which relates to a book on women's rights and is under investigation."
An other part of this letter reads; "Kaboodvand is a noble journalist, with immense humanitarian beliefs and obligations and a conscience mind.
Mr.Kaboodvand , begun his activities 15 years ago in the realm of raising Human Rights standards and individual conscience on Democratic rights within peaceful frameworks.
He was arrested on 30 June 2007 and charged with "founding the offices of Defending Human Rights in Kurdistan" and engaging in acts of threat against the Islamic Republic.
A copy of this letter has been sent to the ONHCR, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
Bherooz Javid Tehrani charged once again!
Political
prisoner namely Behrooz Javid Tehrani, who
has been facing prison for 7 years in
various sequences since 1999 ( and was a
student activist at that time)has again been
sentenced to another 3 years .He is charged with having contact with opposition groups outside of Iran.
This so called "court order" was instructed to Mr. Tehrani on 19 July, while undergoing other sentences in Rajaii-shahr prison of Karaj (west of Tehran).
The (so called) judiciary process of Mr.Tehrani has been devoid of any rights: he was sentenced without having a lawyer and his trial was confidential.
In May 2005, he was arrested at home by Intelligence agents and subjected to violent physical and mental torture. According to his later revelations, the coroner of the public prosecutor had identified and testified to apparent marks of torture on his body.
Mr.Tehrani was sentenced in 2005 for being a member of the "Iranian Democratic Front" and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment.
His activities go back to the famous student demonstration which occurred several years ago in Tehran, for which he had received an 8 year sentence, but was released after undergoing 4 years of detention in Rajaii-shahr prison.