Category: Freedom of Expression

Rise in Detainment and Pressures on Teachers During Teachers’ Week

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Ali Akbar Baghani, Mohammad Beheshti Langroodi, Toufigh Morteza Poor

April 29, 2010

HRA News Agency – Three members of the Teachers’ Guild Association were detained in the aftermath of the increasing pressures on Teachers’ Guild activists at the threshold of the “Teachers’ Week.” According to HRANA, On Wednesday morning April 28, officials of the Ministry of Information arrested Ali Akbar Baghani, director general of Teachers’ Guild Association, and Mohammad Beheshti Langroodi, the speaker of this association, at their place of residence. An hour later in city of Tabriz, security forces raided the personal residence of Toufigh Morteza Poor, one of the members of the Teachers’ Guild Association of Tabriz and detained him.

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A Plot to Prevent Farshid Fathi’s Release

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Farshid Fathi Malayer

HRANA News Agency – Farshid Fathi Malayer, a Christian convert, still remains in prison despite posting the designated bail.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), after 183 days of temporary incarceration, Farshid Fathi Malayer is still locked up in Ward 209 in Evin Prison, and uncertainty surrounds his future.

Mr. Nasseri who is one of the interrogators working for branch 6 of the prosecutor’s office in Evin Prison has refused to release Farshid Fathi Malayer and has denied him the right to retain an attorney.

The Revolutionary Court has set bail in the amount approximately equivalent to $190,000.00 but hasn’t clearly charged Farshid Fathi Malayer with any crime.

Farshid Fathi Malayer is a 32 year old man who has a seven year old daughter and two sons aged two and five.He was arrested last Christmas together with a large number of other Christians in Tehran.

 

Writer Hojatollah Nikooi Has Been Detained

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Freedom of Expression

HRANA- Writer and translator Hojatollah Nikooi was detained and taken to an undisclosed location on Sunday by plain clothed agents.

HRANA reporters have learned that Hojatollah Nikooi had been recently forced out of work due to his debates with religious scholars. A friend of the writer has stated that he believes that Nikooi’s detention is unlawful and a result of his recent writings published online criticising certain religious concepts.

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July 9th Remembrance Ceremony in Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery

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Executions, Freedom of Expression

HRANA- More than 2,000 people gathered in Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery in groups today to remember their lost loved ones.

Today is the one year anniversary of the July 9th government crackdown in which several people lost their lives.

According to Radio France, a large number of people gathered in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery yesterday July 8, 2010 to remember those who died during last year’s post election unrest; especially those arrested on July 9th and lost their lives in Kahrizak Prison.

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Arash Sadeghi Sentenced to More Prison Time and Flogging

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HRANA- Arash Sadeghi, a political activist and student was sentenced to six years in prison and seventy-four lashings.

Arash Sadeghi attended Alameh Tabatabai University where he was a member of the Participation Front. He was sentenced by the 26th branch of the Revolutionary Court for charges of spreading anti-government propaganda and colluding against the government.

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Three Kurds Were Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Prison

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Abdullah Khosrow-Zadeh, Hayman Mahmoud Takhti, Hessam Mohammadi

HRANA News Agency – The Revolutionary Court has sentenced three Sunni Kurds to fifteen years in prison.

According to a report by Mukrian News Agency, Abdullah Khosrow-Zadeh, Hessam Mohammadi and Hayman Mahmoud Takhti have each been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of cooperating with religious organizations.These three prisoners were arrested 20 months ago and have been locked up in Rajai-Shahr Prison since then.

Abdolreza Ghanbari’s Death Sentence Referred to the Enforcement Unit

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Abdolreza Ghanbari

HRANA News Agency – After the Amnesty and Clemency Commission rejected Abdolreza Ghanbari’s plea for reprieve, his case has been referred to the Revolutionary Court’s Enforcement Unit tasked to carry out the verdict.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Abdolreza Ghanbari is a high school teacher in Varamin County and holds a PhD degree in Literature and Persian language.He was arrested on December 27, 2009 during Ashura protests and charged with participating in and videotaping the demonstrations and sending the videos to opposition groups.

After his arrest, Abdolreza Ghanbari was denied the right to legal counsel and was not informed of his basic rights.On January 30, 2010, after a month and few days following the events of Ashura protests, he was tried, found guilty of all charges and sentenced to death by Judge Salavati who presided over the Revolutionary Court, Branch 15.

According to legal proceedings, the death penalty verdict then had to be sent to the Supreme Court.Instead, the case was referred to the Provincial Appeals Court, Branch 36, where Judge Zargar presided over the trial and upheld the death sentence.

It has been over a year since Abdolreza Ghanbari’s wife sent a letter to the Amnesty and Clemency Commission to ask for reprieve. Since the clemency request for Abdolreza Ghanbari has been turned down, the death penalty verdict has been sent to the Revolutionary Court’s Enforcement Unit to be carried out.