We are in receipt of a declaration by a group of families of the jailed students in Iran and groups of students at Alaame University, Polytechnic, Chamraan University in Ahvaaz, Baahonar University in Shiraz, and Mashad University, in which they have called the week of Feb. 2 to Feb. 9 the International Week of Action against the detention of students in Iran.
In the process of organizing, holding, and ever since the protest actions on the occasion of Student Day (December 7) in Iran, dozens of students have been arrested. According to the list produced by the families of the jailed students in their declaration, there were 45 of them in prison. The number of detainees keeps changing, as new arrests are being made and a few released have been made on extortionate bails ranging from $30,000 to $150,000. It is estimated that fifty-odd students are now being held in notorious prisons of the Islamic regime. In addition to students, hundreds of libertarians and rights activists are languishing in the jails of the regime.
The gates of those jails must be broken down. The ruling brutes in Iran must be forced to retreat. Let us make the week of Feb. 2 to Feb. 9 into a week of campaign for the freedom of the jailed students as well as all political prisoners in Iran.
We urge all the working and libertarian people in Iran and across the world to come out in full support of the call by the families of the detained students and various groups of students in Iran and do their best for the immediate and unconditional release of the jailed students.
Committee for Freedom of Political Prisoners in Iran
Contact: Shahla Daneshfar shahla_daneshfar@yahoo.com
Jan. 27, 2008
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Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Till alla individer, organisationer och institutioner som stödjer frihet och mänskliga rättigheter i Iran och i världen.
Under den senaste en och en halv månad har ett stort antal universitetsstuderande gripits på universitet runtom i Iran vars ”brott” har varit att försvara mänskliga rättigheter och humanistiska värderingar genom att organisera eller delta i aktioner 7 december (studenternas dag). De är nu tillfångatagna och utsätts för våld. Under denna period har en del av deras föräldrar endast fått tillgång till ett kort besök med sina barn. De har även under den här tiden varit under ständig emotionell stress, medan de under tiden har ett antal gånger protesterat mot deras söners och döttrars tillfångatagande och krävt deras frihet.
Ändå, trots alla protester och krav att frige studenterna, är fortfarande ett stort antal kvarhållna i fångenskap under inhumana omständigheter. Några av dem har inte ens fått tillåtelse till att få träffa sina familjer, inte ens ett telefonsamtal.
Härmed ber vi dig frihetsälskande människa, i och utanför Iran, och alla institutioner och organisationer som försvarar frihet runtom i världen, att fortsätta med era aktioner och, vidare, att delta i den Internationella Veckan för att fria Studenterna i Iran (2 till 9 februari 2008), och aktivt demonstrera er protest mot studenternas tillfångatagande och misshandel. Att fira den nationella studentdagen är varje students rättighet, alla tillfångatagna studenter måste friges omedelbart och villkorslöst.
Vänligen skicka era supportbrev till: studentsfreedom@gmail.com .
Weblog: http://studentsfreedom-campaign.blogspot.com/
Undertecknat av en grupp föräldrar till fångna studenter;
En grupp studenter på Allaameh Universitet, Polytechnic, Chamraan University (Ahvaz), Baahonar Universitet (Shiraz), University of Mashad.
Tillfångatagna studenters namn:
1- Ali Salem (Masters of Polymers – Polytechnic)
2- Bita Samimizade
3- Morteza Khedmatlou
4- Yaser Pir Hayati -Sadra– (Shahed University)
5- Mehdi Gerayloo (Geophysics, Tehran)
6- Bijan Sabagh
7- mosi shirvani
8- Soroosh Dashtestani
9- Nader Ahsani (Mazandaran University)
10-Sayid Habibi (ex-member of the Central Council of Advare Tahkim Vahdat)
11- Behrooz Karimi-zade (Tehran University)
12- Keyvan Amiri Elyasi (Masters, Industry, Sharif Technical University)
13- Nasim Soltan Beygi (Communications faculty, Alame)
14- Mahsa Mohebbi
15- Okhtay Hosseni (Azad University)
16- Sayid Agham Ali
17- Behzad Bagheri (Tehran University)
18- Ali Kalayi
19- Amin Ghazaee
20- Hadi Salari(Rjaee University)
21- Mohammad Porabdolah
22- Amir Aghayi(Rajaee University)
23- Soroosh Hashempoor (Chamran University)
24- Mehdi Alahyari(Sharif University)
25- Bahram Shojaee(Tehran Azad University)
26- Abed Tavanche
27- Saeed Aqakhani
28- Peyman Piran
29- Majid Ashrafnejad (Rjaee University
30- Mohammad Salehe Iuman
31- Sohrab Karimi
32- Farshad Dostipor
33- Javad Alizade
34-Morteza Eslahchi
35-Anahita Hoseini
36- Soroosh Sabet
37- farzad hasan zade
38- mohammad zeraati
39- Ronak Saffarzadeh
40- Yaser Goli
41- Hana Abdi
42- Sabah Nasri
43- Hedayat Ghazali
44- Ahmad Ghasaban
45- Ehsan Mansori
Majid Tavakoli 46-
Ändå, trots alla protester och krav att frige studenterna, är fortfarande ett stort antal kvarhållna i fångenskap under inhumana omständigheter. Några av dem har inte ens fått tillåtelse till att få träffa sina familjer, inte ens ett telefonsamtal.
Härmed ber vi dig frihetsälskande människa, i och utanför Iran, och alla institutioner och organisationer som försvarar frihet runtom i världen, att fortsätta med era aktioner och, vidare, att delta i den Internationella Veckan för att fria Studenterna i Iran (2 till 9 februari 2008), och aktivt demonstrera er protest mot studenternas tillfångatagande och misshandel. Att fira den nationella studentdagen är varje students rättighet, alla tillfångatagna studenter måste friges omedelbart och villkorslöst.
Vänligen skicka era supportbrev till: studentsfreedom@gmail.com .
Weblog: http://studentsfreedom-campaign.blogspot.com/
Undertecknat av en grupp föräldrar till fångna studenter;
En grupp studenter på Allaameh Universitet, Polytechnic, Chamraan University (Ahvaz), Baahonar Universitet (Shiraz), University of Mashad.
Tillfångatagna studenters namn:
1- Ali Salem (Masters of Polymers – Polytechnic)
2- Bita Samimizade
3- Morteza Khedmatlou
4- Yaser Pir Hayati -Sadra– (Shahed University)
5- Mehdi Gerayloo (Geophysics, Tehran)
6- Bijan Sabagh
7- mosi shirvani
8- Soroosh Dashtestani
9- Nader Ahsani (Mazandaran University)
10-Sayid Habibi (ex-member of the Central Council of Advare Tahkim Vahdat)
11- Behrooz Karimi-zade (Tehran University)
12- Keyvan Amiri Elyasi (Masters, Industry, Sharif Technical University)
13- Nasim Soltan Beygi (Communications faculty, Alame)
14- Mahsa Mohebbi
15- Okhtay Hosseni (Azad University)
16- Sayid Agham Ali
17- Behzad Bagheri (Tehran University)
18- Ali Kalayi
19- Amin Ghazaee
20- Hadi Salari(Rjaee University)
21- Mohammad Porabdolah
22- Amir Aghayi(Rajaee University)
23- Soroosh Hashempoor (Chamran University)
24- Mehdi Alahyari(Sharif University)
25- Bahram Shojaee(Tehran Azad University)
26- Abed Tavanche
27- Saeed Aqakhani
28- Peyman Piran
29- Majid Ashrafnejad (Rjaee University
30- Mohammad Salehe Iuman
31- Sohrab Karimi
32- Farshad Dostipor
33- Javad Alizade
34-Morteza Eslahchi
35-Anahita Hoseini
36- Soroosh Sabet
37- farzad hasan zade
38- mohammad zeraati
39- Ronak Saffarzadeh
40- Yaser Goli
41- Hana Abdi
42- Sabah Nasri
43- Hedayat Ghazali
44- Ahmad Ghasaban
45- Ehsan Mansori
Majid Tavakoli 46-
A toute personne, organisation et institution défendant la liberté et les droits de l’homme en Iran et dans le monde
Durant le mois et demi précédent, un grand nombre d’étudiants ont été arrêtés dans les universités ou dans les villes un peu partout en Iran. Leur « crime » est d’avoir défendu les droits de l’homme et les valeurs humanistes en organisant ou en prenant part aux actions du 7 décembre, journée de l’Etudiant.
Ils ont été le plus souvent jetés en prison où ils endurent différentes formes de mauvais traitement. Depuis, leurs familles n’ont été autorisées à leur rendre qu’une seule courte visite. Elles vivent dans une angoisse permanente, après avoir protesté plusieurs fois contre la détention de leurs filles ou fils et demandé plusieurs fois leur libération.
Aujourd’hui, malgré tous les efforts faits pour libérer les étudiants emprisonnés, un grand nombre d’entre eux sont toujours détenus dans des conditions inhumaines en cellule d’isolement, et certains d’entre eux n’ont toujours pas été autorisés ni à voir leur familles ni même à avoir le droit à un seul appel téléphonique.
Nous faisons appel à vous qui êtes épris de liberté en Iran comme en dehors de l’Iran, à toutes les institutions et organisations défendant la liberté dans le monde, pour poursuivre vos démarches et, au-delà, participer à la semaine d’action internationale pour la libération des étudiants emprisonnés en Iran ( du 2 au 9 février 2008 ) en manifestant activement votre condamnation de l’emprisonnement de ces étudiants et des mauvais traitements qu’ils subissent. Célébrer la journée nationale de l’Etudiant du 7 décembre est un droit pour les étudiants et tous les étudiants emprisonnés doivent être immédiatement et inconditionnellement libérés.
Envoyez vos lettres et messages de soutien à : studentsfreedom@gmail.com
Webblog : http://studentsfreedom-campaign.blogspot.com/
Appel signé par un groupe de parents des étudiants emprisonnés.
Liste des 52 étudiants emprisonnés :
Ali Salem(cinhcetyloP-Masters of Polymers), Moshen Ghamin( Polytechnic University), Shekan-Roozbe Saf(Teheran University), Sadra-Yaser Pir Hayati( Shahed University), Milad Omrani, Azadbar Anooshe(Teheran University), Elnaz Jamshidi ( Central Teheran, Azad University, Communications ), Mehdi Gerayloo (Teheran Geophysics ), Nader Ashani ( Mazandaran University ), Sayid Habibi ( member of the Central Council of Advare Tahkim Vahat-ex ), zade-Behrooz Karimi ( Teheran University ), Keyvan Amiri Elyasi ( Industry Masters ), Nasim Soltan Beyi (Sharif Technical University, Alame, Communications faculty ), Masha Mohebbi, Okhtay Hosseini ( Azad University ), Sayid Agham Ali, Behzad Bagheri ( Teheran University ), Amir Mehrzad, Hadi Salari ( Rjaee University ), Farshid Farhadi Ahangaran ( Rajaee University ), Amir Aghayi ( Rjaee University ), Soroosh Hashempoor ( Chamran University ), Mehdi Alahyari ( arif University ), Bahram Shojaee ( Teheran Azad University ), Abed Tavanche, Saeed Aqakhani, Peyman Piran, Majid Ashrafnejad ( Rjaee University), Mohammad Salehe Iuman, Sohrab Karimi, Farshad Dostipor, Javad Alizade, Eslahchi Morteza, Anahita Hoseini, Soroosh Sabet, Mohammad Porabdolah, Amin Ghazaee, Soroosh Dashtestani, Bijan Sabagh, Bita Samimi Zad, Kaveh Abaseian, Morteza Khedmatlou, Si Sirvaniom, Yaser Goli, Hana Abdi, Ronak Saffarzadeh, Sabah Nasri, Hedayat Ghazali, Ahmad Ghasaban, Ehsan Mansori, Majid Tavakoli.
Ils ont été le plus souvent jetés en prison où ils endurent différentes formes de mauvais traitement. Depuis, leurs familles n’ont été autorisées à leur rendre qu’une seule courte visite. Elles vivent dans une angoisse permanente, après avoir protesté plusieurs fois contre la détention de leurs filles ou fils et demandé plusieurs fois leur libération.
Aujourd’hui, malgré tous les efforts faits pour libérer les étudiants emprisonnés, un grand nombre d’entre eux sont toujours détenus dans des conditions inhumaines en cellule d’isolement, et certains d’entre eux n’ont toujours pas été autorisés ni à voir leur familles ni même à avoir le droit à un seul appel téléphonique.
Nous faisons appel à vous qui êtes épris de liberté en Iran comme en dehors de l’Iran, à toutes les institutions et organisations défendant la liberté dans le monde, pour poursuivre vos démarches et, au-delà, participer à la semaine d’action internationale pour la libération des étudiants emprisonnés en Iran ( du 2 au 9 février 2008 ) en manifestant activement votre condamnation de l’emprisonnement de ces étudiants et des mauvais traitements qu’ils subissent. Célébrer la journée nationale de l’Etudiant du 7 décembre est un droit pour les étudiants et tous les étudiants emprisonnés doivent être immédiatement et inconditionnellement libérés.
Envoyez vos lettres et messages de soutien à : studentsfreedom@gmail.com
Webblog : http://studentsfreedom-campaign.blogspot.com/
Appel signé par un groupe de parents des étudiants emprisonnés.
Liste des 52 étudiants emprisonnés :
Ali Salem(cinhcetyloP-Masters of Polymers), Moshen Ghamin( Polytechnic University), Shekan-Roozbe Saf(Teheran University), Sadra-Yaser Pir Hayati( Shahed University), Milad Omrani, Azadbar Anooshe(Teheran University), Elnaz Jamshidi ( Central Teheran, Azad University, Communications ), Mehdi Gerayloo (Teheran Geophysics ), Nader Ashani ( Mazandaran University ), Sayid Habibi ( member of the Central Council of Advare Tahkim Vahat-ex ), zade-Behrooz Karimi ( Teheran University ), Keyvan Amiri Elyasi ( Industry Masters ), Nasim Soltan Beyi (Sharif Technical University, Alame, Communications faculty ), Masha Mohebbi, Okhtay Hosseini ( Azad University ), Sayid Agham Ali, Behzad Bagheri ( Teheran University ), Amir Mehrzad, Hadi Salari ( Rjaee University ), Farshid Farhadi Ahangaran ( Rajaee University ), Amir Aghayi ( Rjaee University ), Soroosh Hashempoor ( Chamran University ), Mehdi Alahyari ( arif University ), Bahram Shojaee ( Teheran Azad University ), Abed Tavanche, Saeed Aqakhani, Peyman Piran, Majid Ashrafnejad ( Rjaee University), Mohammad Salehe Iuman, Sohrab Karimi, Farshad Dostipor, Javad Alizade, Eslahchi Morteza, Anahita Hoseini, Soroosh Sabet, Mohammad Porabdolah, Amin Ghazaee, Soroosh Dashtestani, Bijan Sabagh, Bita Samimi Zad, Kaveh Abaseian, Morteza Khedmatlou, Si Sirvaniom, Yaser Goli, Hana Abdi, Ronak Saffarzadeh, Sabah Nasri, Hedayat Ghazali, Ahmad Ghasaban, Ehsan Mansori, Majid Tavakoli.
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Monday, 28 January 2008
news/ Update IV
Jan. 23, 2008
1- The following quotation is just the opening section of what you can read about the death of Ebrahim Lotfollaahi, student in Sanadaj, Kurdistan, Iran, in Human Rights Watch site (http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/01/18/iran17819.htm). As you can read below, it’s not yet known what charges were brought against Ebrahim:
Ebrahim Lotfallahi, 27, died in the detention center in Sanandaj sometime between January 9 and January 15.
Zahra Bani-Ameri, a 27-year-old female physician, died in October while in custody in the town of Hamedan. In both cases, officials claimed the cause of death was suicide... On October 12, 2007, police and security forces arrested Bani-Ameri and her fiancé in a public park in the city of Hamedan on charges of having an “illegal relationship.” According to Iran’s Islamic Penal Code, “immoral” relationships between men and women who are not married may be subject to criminal punishment.
“The sudden death in detention of two apparently healthy young people is extremely alarming,” said Joe Stork, Middle East deputy director at Human Rights Watch. “The government only heightens our concern by quickly dismissing them as suicides.”
Security forces arrested Lotfallahi on January 6, 2008 as he was leaving the Sanandaj campus of Payam Noor University. Lotfallahi’s family does not know what charges, if any, the authorities had brought against him. Three days after his arrest, Lotfallahi’s family visited him in the Sanandaj detention center. His brother told Human Rights Watch that Lotfallahi was in good spirits and seemed
fine at the time of the visit.
On January 15, officials from the detention center contacted Lotfallahi’s parents and informed them that they had buried their son in a local cemetery. The officials claimed that Lotfallahi had committed suicide in his cell.
2- The number of the jailed students keeps changing. Out of the original 47 students, 16 were supposed to be released after a couple of weeks, but then the authorities at the Ministry of Intelligence opposed the judiciary decision and did not let the order be implemented.
3- On the night of Jan. 22, another group of 10 students were arrested. In total, after 53 days of detention, only 6 have been released on bail. It is, therefore, safe to say that the current number of detainees is around 50 at this moment.
4- The names of the 10 recently arrested students are as follows: Soroosh Dashtestaani; Amin Ghazaa’i; Bijan Saabaagh; Aanaahita Hoseini (female); Morteza Khedmatloo; Mohammad Poorabdollaah; Bita Samimi (female); Behzaad Bagheri; Soroosh Saabet; Mortezaa Eslaahchi. After a week in detention, only two of them, Bijan Sabbaagh and Soroosh Dashtestaani, were allowed a phone call home. On Jan. 22, their families could only get them some money and clothing items through the prison authorities.
5- As for the charges brought against the students, the students’ lawyer, Naser Zarafshaan, said in an interview with Deutsche Welle (Voice of Germany), ‘the charge is the same 70-year-old, ambiguous cliché of “acting against national security” that has been there ever since the beginning of the reign of Reza Shah [the last depose Shah’s father], which has never even been concretely defined.’ On this point, we call your attention to the 51-page long report by Human Rights Watch, dated Jan. 1, 2008, entitled You Can Detain Anyone for Anything; Iran’s Broadening Clampdown on Independent Activism, available in English and Farsi on the organizations site: http://hrw.org/reports/2008/iran0108/
6- Setting extortionate bails for the temporary release of students is still underway. One of the student detainees, Behrooz Safshekan, was released on a bail of $150,000. On Jan. 20th, three students were released on bails of $80.000, $30,000, and $50,000. Ilnaaz Jamshidi, a female student activist, was released on a bail of $100,000 on Jan.22, after more than 50 days in detention. On Jan. 23, Milaad Omraani was released on a bail of $100,000. The family of Nasim Soltaanbeygi has stated that they cannot afford the $50,000 bail for the release of their daughter.
7- The students’ lawyer, Naser Zarafshaan, told VOG reporter that such ridiculous bails are demanded of students, whose only ‘crime’ is criticizing the government, ‘in a country where a murderer can pay the family of the deceased the sum of only $33,000 as blood money and be home free!’
8- Two students, Sa’id Habibi and Sohrab Karimi, who have been in detention for over 50 days have not yet been allowed to even call their parents.
9- Naader Ahsaani was supposed to meet with his family yesterday, Jan. 22, but, as reported by the student site Voice of University (VOA)
(http://avayedaneshgah1.blogfa.com/8611.aspx) his sister, while obviously concerned about her brother’s situation, said, ‘we went to Evin again today. But, his name was not in the list of those allowed visitation. We objected, saying that we are in total dark as far as his condition. The answer we got from the officers was, ‘he’s resisted his interrogator. That’s why he’s been denied the right to meet with or call his family.’
10- As for the charges brought against the students, the students’ lawyer, Naser Zarafshaan, said in the above-mentioned interview, ‘the charge is the same 70-year-old, undefined cliché of “acting against national security” that has been there ever since the beginning of the reign of Reza Shah [the last depose Shah’s father].’
11- Security forces dispersed the crowds participating in Ebrahim Lotfollaahi’s memorial (see 1 above), organized by activists, especially student activists, in Sanandaj. It was planned to be held on Monday, Jan. 21, 2008.
A very significant point to be added is that in this year’s protest actions of socialist student on Students’ Day female students took part on an unprecedented scale, several of whom as organizers, speakers, as a result of which several of them are among the detainees.
1- The following quotation is just the opening section of what you can read about the death of Ebrahim Lotfollaahi, student in Sanadaj, Kurdistan, Iran, in Human Rights Watch site (http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/01/18/iran17819.htm). As you can read below, it’s not yet known what charges were brought against Ebrahim:
Ebrahim Lotfallahi, 27, died in the detention center in Sanandaj sometime between January 9 and January 15.
Zahra Bani-Ameri, a 27-year-old female physician, died in October while in custody in the town of Hamedan. In both cases, officials claimed the cause of death was suicide... On October 12, 2007, police and security forces arrested Bani-Ameri and her fiancé in a public park in the city of Hamedan on charges of having an “illegal relationship.” According to Iran’s Islamic Penal Code, “immoral” relationships between men and women who are not married may be subject to criminal punishment.
“The sudden death in detention of two apparently healthy young people is extremely alarming,” said Joe Stork, Middle East deputy director at Human Rights Watch. “The government only heightens our concern by quickly dismissing them as suicides.”
Security forces arrested Lotfallahi on January 6, 2008 as he was leaving the Sanandaj campus of Payam Noor University. Lotfallahi’s family does not know what charges, if any, the authorities had brought against him. Three days after his arrest, Lotfallahi’s family visited him in the Sanandaj detention center. His brother told Human Rights Watch that Lotfallahi was in good spirits and seemed
fine at the time of the visit.
On January 15, officials from the detention center contacted Lotfallahi’s parents and informed them that they had buried their son in a local cemetery. The officials claimed that Lotfallahi had committed suicide in his cell.
2- The number of the jailed students keeps changing. Out of the original 47 students, 16 were supposed to be released after a couple of weeks, but then the authorities at the Ministry of Intelligence opposed the judiciary decision and did not let the order be implemented.
3- On the night of Jan. 22, another group of 10 students were arrested. In total, after 53 days of detention, only 6 have been released on bail. It is, therefore, safe to say that the current number of detainees is around 50 at this moment.
4- The names of the 10 recently arrested students are as follows: Soroosh Dashtestaani; Amin Ghazaa’i; Bijan Saabaagh; Aanaahita Hoseini (female); Morteza Khedmatloo; Mohammad Poorabdollaah; Bita Samimi (female); Behzaad Bagheri; Soroosh Saabet; Mortezaa Eslaahchi. After a week in detention, only two of them, Bijan Sabbaagh and Soroosh Dashtestaani, were allowed a phone call home. On Jan. 22, their families could only get them some money and clothing items through the prison authorities.
5- As for the charges brought against the students, the students’ lawyer, Naser Zarafshaan, said in an interview with Deutsche Welle (Voice of Germany), ‘the charge is the same 70-year-old, ambiguous cliché of “acting against national security” that has been there ever since the beginning of the reign of Reza Shah [the last depose Shah’s father], which has never even been concretely defined.’ On this point, we call your attention to the 51-page long report by Human Rights Watch, dated Jan. 1, 2008, entitled You Can Detain Anyone for Anything; Iran’s Broadening Clampdown on Independent Activism, available in English and Farsi on the organizations site: http://hrw.org/reports/2008/iran0108/
6- Setting extortionate bails for the temporary release of students is still underway. One of the student detainees, Behrooz Safshekan, was released on a bail of $150,000. On Jan. 20th, three students were released on bails of $80.000, $30,000, and $50,000. Ilnaaz Jamshidi, a female student activist, was released on a bail of $100,000 on Jan.22, after more than 50 days in detention. On Jan. 23, Milaad Omraani was released on a bail of $100,000. The family of Nasim Soltaanbeygi has stated that they cannot afford the $50,000 bail for the release of their daughter.
7- The students’ lawyer, Naser Zarafshaan, told VOG reporter that such ridiculous bails are demanded of students, whose only ‘crime’ is criticizing the government, ‘in a country where a murderer can pay the family of the deceased the sum of only $33,000 as blood money and be home free!’
8- Two students, Sa’id Habibi and Sohrab Karimi, who have been in detention for over 50 days have not yet been allowed to even call their parents.
9- Naader Ahsaani was supposed to meet with his family yesterday, Jan. 22, but, as reported by the student site Voice of University (VOA)
(http://avayedaneshgah1.blogfa.com/8611.aspx) his sister, while obviously concerned about her brother’s situation, said, ‘we went to Evin again today. But, his name was not in the list of those allowed visitation. We objected, saying that we are in total dark as far as his condition. The answer we got from the officers was, ‘he’s resisted his interrogator. That’s why he’s been denied the right to meet with or call his family.’
10- As for the charges brought against the students, the students’ lawyer, Naser Zarafshaan, said in the above-mentioned interview, ‘the charge is the same 70-year-old, undefined cliché of “acting against national security” that has been there ever since the beginning of the reign of Reza Shah [the last depose Shah’s father].’
11- Security forces dispersed the crowds participating in Ebrahim Lotfollaahi’s memorial (see 1 above), organized by activists, especially student activists, in Sanandaj. It was planned to be held on Monday, Jan. 21, 2008.
A very significant point to be added is that in this year’s protest actions of socialist student on Students’ Day female students took part on an unprecedented scale, several of whom as organizers, speakers, as a result of which several of them are among the detainees.
Friday, 18 January 2008
news / Update III
Jan. 16, 08
Besides summoning more Leftist and other student activists to the so-called “Disciplinary Committee”s which is still underway, there were two developments on Mon., Jan 14:
1- All the parents of the detained students got to visit them. This has obviously been granted by the regime under international pressure. However, the detainees have not yet gotten to visit with their lawyers.
2- The agents of Ministry of Intelligence raided the house of a student by the name of Mohammad Purabdollaahi and took him, along with 8 other students, with them. The names of the newly arrested students are as follows: 1- Mohammad Purabdollaahi; 2- Kaave Abbasiaan; 3- Anaahitaa Hoseyni; 4- Bitaa Samimizaade; 5- Amin Ghazaai; 6- Sorush Saabet; 7- Sorush Dashtestaani; 8- Bijan Sabbaagh; 9-Mortezaa Eslaahchi.
3- On Tue., Jan 15, another student, Masi Shirvaani was kidnapped in the street by Intelligence agents. The whereabouts of the newly arrested students is still unknown.
The push-and-pull game, that is, in this case, granting partial visitation rights and, at the same time, arresting and kidnapping more activists, is something we are quite used to by now! In every case the regime backs off one step under international pressure, only to take two steps forward in the direction of oppression in order to show off power and send out a message of “we are still in the saddle”. And this proves only one thing: the international community has to keep pushing this anti-human regime back relentlessly. So, please regard everu single letter of support for the students, or any other form of protest, as a spotlight turned on the ruling criminals in Iran. In the midst of the contented silence of the Western governments, it can be quite justifiably said that, firstly, “international community” seems to be, unfortunately, limited to us, the people only. For, just as an example among many, we only need to remember that a Canadian photo-journalist, Zahra Kazemi, was killed under torture in Iran, the coroner that had examined her body sought political asylum in Canada, he listed a whole scroll of different kinds of torture, including “brutal rape”, she had been subjected to, the Iranian regime was forced to admit that she was killed under interrogation by a “rouge agent” in the Ministry of Intelligence, and all the Canadian government did was politely asking the Iranian government to “hold an open trial” for the perpetrator “so that the Canadian Ambassador could attend the trial sessions”. The so-called “rouge agent” was never even put on trial, and that was the end of the case as far as the life of a Canadian citizen was concerned! Secondly, shedding light on the acts of criminals almost seems to be the only thing we can do from overseas to rein these criminals back. The efficiency of support letters should not, however, be underestimated. Writing protest letters is the single chief doctrine on the basis of which the whole Amnesty International has grown from a one-man initiative to the global Amnesty International of today.
Besides summoning more Leftist and other student activists to the so-called “Disciplinary Committee”s which is still underway, there were two developments on Mon., Jan 14:
1- All the parents of the detained students got to visit them. This has obviously been granted by the regime under international pressure. However, the detainees have not yet gotten to visit with their lawyers.
2- The agents of Ministry of Intelligence raided the house of a student by the name of Mohammad Purabdollaahi and took him, along with 8 other students, with them. The names of the newly arrested students are as follows: 1- Mohammad Purabdollaahi; 2- Kaave Abbasiaan; 3- Anaahitaa Hoseyni; 4- Bitaa Samimizaade; 5- Amin Ghazaai; 6- Sorush Saabet; 7- Sorush Dashtestaani; 8- Bijan Sabbaagh; 9-Mortezaa Eslaahchi.
3- On Tue., Jan 15, another student, Masi Shirvaani was kidnapped in the street by Intelligence agents. The whereabouts of the newly arrested students is still unknown.
The push-and-pull game, that is, in this case, granting partial visitation rights and, at the same time, arresting and kidnapping more activists, is something we are quite used to by now! In every case the regime backs off one step under international pressure, only to take two steps forward in the direction of oppression in order to show off power and send out a message of “we are still in the saddle”. And this proves only one thing: the international community has to keep pushing this anti-human regime back relentlessly. So, please regard everu single letter of support for the students, or any other form of protest, as a spotlight turned on the ruling criminals in Iran. In the midst of the contented silence of the Western governments, it can be quite justifiably said that, firstly, “international community” seems to be, unfortunately, limited to us, the people only. For, just as an example among many, we only need to remember that a Canadian photo-journalist, Zahra Kazemi, was killed under torture in Iran, the coroner that had examined her body sought political asylum in Canada, he listed a whole scroll of different kinds of torture, including “brutal rape”, she had been subjected to, the Iranian regime was forced to admit that she was killed under interrogation by a “rouge agent” in the Ministry of Intelligence, and all the Canadian government did was politely asking the Iranian government to “hold an open trial” for the perpetrator “so that the Canadian Ambassador could attend the trial sessions”. The so-called “rouge agent” was never even put on trial, and that was the end of the case as far as the life of a Canadian citizen was concerned! Secondly, shedding light on the acts of criminals almost seems to be the only thing we can do from overseas to rein these criminals back. The efficiency of support letters should not, however, be underestimated. Writing protest letters is the single chief doctrine on the basis of which the whole Amnesty International has grown from a one-man initiative to the global Amnesty International of today.
news/ Update II
Jan. 9, 2008
1- besides still holding the students in unknown places, the regime has launched a campaign of summoning the “less visible” organizers of protest actions on December 7th, as well as those detained or otherwise punished for their prior activities to the so-called “disciplinary committees”, only to inform them that they have been banned from their colleges or universities anywhere from one semester to a whole academic year;
2- on Jan. 3rd a group of parents of the detained socialist students, who call themselves “students for freedom and equality”, wrote a letter to UN Secretary General and Louise Arbour, High Commissioner for Human Rights, in which they stated:
“we issue this declaration from within a country in which humans are deprived of even their most basic rights, i.e., the right to think, write, and speak; from within a country in which any one who utters the words “right” or “social justices” will be kidnapped by the regime’s agents, marked with irrelevant brands, which are subsequently publicized by infamous state-run media… It all started at 9 A.M. on Sunday, December 2nd, when the freedom-seeking students of the land were attacked in their homes or at their universities and taken to unknown places without any trace of them in any record books of any of the judicial authorities. It was only as a result of the perseverance of us parents that, finally, on December 8th their names were registered in the books of the Revolutionary Court. The families would not, however, be told where they were being kept. It was only on Jan. 14th that we were told our children were held in ward 209 of Evin prison [in Tehran].
Libertarians of the world! Today, the brave sons and daughters of this land are held in captivity of the regime of Islamic Republic. All of the authorities refuse to let them exercise their right to meet with their lawyers or even their families, despite the civil rights of the country that recognize such rights for any detainees. We are now reaching out to you, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General, and to you Ms. Louise Arbour, High Commissioner for Human Rights, and to all of you human rights organizations, humanist institutions and societies across the world to help us release our sons and daughters” (our translation).
1- besides still holding the students in unknown places, the regime has launched a campaign of summoning the “less visible” organizers of protest actions on December 7th, as well as those detained or otherwise punished for their prior activities to the so-called “disciplinary committees”, only to inform them that they have been banned from their colleges or universities anywhere from one semester to a whole academic year;
2- on Jan. 3rd a group of parents of the detained socialist students, who call themselves “students for freedom and equality”, wrote a letter to UN Secretary General and Louise Arbour, High Commissioner for Human Rights, in which they stated:
“we issue this declaration from within a country in which humans are deprived of even their most basic rights, i.e., the right to think, write, and speak; from within a country in which any one who utters the words “right” or “social justices” will be kidnapped by the regime’s agents, marked with irrelevant brands, which are subsequently publicized by infamous state-run media… It all started at 9 A.M. on Sunday, December 2nd, when the freedom-seeking students of the land were attacked in their homes or at their universities and taken to unknown places without any trace of them in any record books of any of the judicial authorities. It was only as a result of the perseverance of us parents that, finally, on December 8th their names were registered in the books of the Revolutionary Court. The families would not, however, be told where they were being kept. It was only on Jan. 14th that we were told our children were held in ward 209 of Evin prison [in Tehran].
Libertarians of the world! Today, the brave sons and daughters of this land are held in captivity of the regime of Islamic Republic. All of the authorities refuse to let them exercise their right to meet with their lawyers or even their families, despite the civil rights of the country that recognize such rights for any detainees. We are now reaching out to you, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General, and to you Ms. Louise Arbour, High Commissioner for Human Rights, and to all of you human rights organizations, humanist institutions and societies across the world to help us release our sons and daughters” (our translation).
news/ Update I
1- Sixteen, out of the original total of forty-seven, students have been released on extortionate bails, in some cases running up to tens of thousands of dollars, mostly acceptable only in the form of putting up the parent’s houses deeds as collateral. The list of the names of those still in jail, taken from the student site Aavaaye Daaneshgaah (The Voice of Universities: http://avayedaneshgah.blogfa.com/ ) is as follows:
1-Arash Pakzad; 2-Anooshe Azadfar; 3-Ilnaz Jamshidi; 4-Mehdi Geraylu; 5-Nader Ehsani; 6-Said Habibi; 7-Bahrooz Karimizade; 8-Keyvan Amiri-Elyasi; 9-Nasim Soltanbeygi; 10-Ali Salem; 11-Mohsen Ghamin; 12-Ruzbeh Safshekan; 13-Ruzbehan Amiri; 14-Yaser Pirhayati; ِ15-Said Aghaamali; 16-Ali Kalaai; 17-Amir Mehrzad; 18-Hadi Salari; 19-Farshid Farhadi-Ahangaran; 20-Amir Aghaai; 21-Milad Omrani; 22-Soroosh Hashempur; 23-Farshad Doostipoor; 24-Sohrab Karimi; 25-Javad Alizade; 26-Mohammad-Saleh Ayuman; 27- Mehdi Allahyari; 28-Bahram Shojai; 29-Said Aghakhani; 30-Majid Ashrafnejad; 31-Peyman Piran
2- The following communiqué has been released on Jan 1, 08 by the parents of the jailed students who intend to hold a protest assembly in front of the Revolutionary Courts building in Tehran on Jan. 5, 08:
It has been one month. A month of difficult and cold nights in front of the notorious Evin prison, a month of the insults of the guards, the threats of the interrogator, the groundless accusations and promises. We are on this side and our sons and daughters are on the other side of the Evin walls, in dark and cold solitary cells. The same repetitive story of being blindfolded, night interrogation, sleeplessness, beating and foul language etc, etc.
Our sons and daughters are under the highest pressures because of having called for equality and freedom at university, a place which belongs to them and on a day which belongs to them, i.e., Iranian University Students’ Day and we, the families, are kept in complete ignorance of their situation, without any permission for them to visit us or their lawyers; and all this is done in utter boycott of the country’s media and press.
After this long time, we find a rally in front of the public prosecution of the revolutionary court in Tehran at 11 a.m. on Saturday Dey 15 (Jan 5) to let our voice be heard by our children through these cold and grey walls so that they can know that they are not alone, so that they can know that their families, their friends and all free people stand beside them and will not succumb until their complete freedom.
Seeking Committee for the Freedom of the University Students
2008/1/1
3- Ruzbe Safshekan’s parents, drug store owners in Shiraz, have bravely put their jailed son’s picture, the list of all those still in prison, and a “WARNING” on the window of their store. These can be seen in the three pictures in the middle section of http://avayedaneshgah.blogfa.com/. According to this student site, dedicated to the news of students’ struggles inside the country as well as the news of the international support they get, this courageous, ingenious act has met with widespread support on the part of the people. The said WARNING reads:
Roozbeh Safshekan, engineer, poet, writer, and political science post-graduate student arrested on December 7 (Student’s day), 2007 must be released unconditionally. (Signed: Dr. Iraj Safshekan [father]; Dr. Taajolmolook Nowrooziaan [mother]).
1-Arash Pakzad; 2-Anooshe Azadfar; 3-Ilnaz Jamshidi; 4-Mehdi Geraylu; 5-Nader Ehsani; 6-Said Habibi; 7-Bahrooz Karimizade; 8-Keyvan Amiri-Elyasi; 9-Nasim Soltanbeygi; 10-Ali Salem; 11-Mohsen Ghamin; 12-Ruzbeh Safshekan; 13-Ruzbehan Amiri; 14-Yaser Pirhayati; ِ15-Said Aghaamali; 16-Ali Kalaai; 17-Amir Mehrzad; 18-Hadi Salari; 19-Farshid Farhadi-Ahangaran; 20-Amir Aghaai; 21-Milad Omrani; 22-Soroosh Hashempur; 23-Farshad Doostipoor; 24-Sohrab Karimi; 25-Javad Alizade; 26-Mohammad-Saleh Ayuman; 27- Mehdi Allahyari; 28-Bahram Shojai; 29-Said Aghakhani; 30-Majid Ashrafnejad; 31-Peyman Piran
2- The following communiqué has been released on Jan 1, 08 by the parents of the jailed students who intend to hold a protest assembly in front of the Revolutionary Courts building in Tehran on Jan. 5, 08:
It has been one month. A month of difficult and cold nights in front of the notorious Evin prison, a month of the insults of the guards, the threats of the interrogator, the groundless accusations and promises. We are on this side and our sons and daughters are on the other side of the Evin walls, in dark and cold solitary cells. The same repetitive story of being blindfolded, night interrogation, sleeplessness, beating and foul language etc, etc.
Our sons and daughters are under the highest pressures because of having called for equality and freedom at university, a place which belongs to them and on a day which belongs to them, i.e., Iranian University Students’ Day and we, the families, are kept in complete ignorance of their situation, without any permission for them to visit us or their lawyers; and all this is done in utter boycott of the country’s media and press.
After this long time, we find a rally in front of the public prosecution of the revolutionary court in Tehran at 11 a.m. on Saturday Dey 15 (Jan 5) to let our voice be heard by our children through these cold and grey walls so that they can know that they are not alone, so that they can know that their families, their friends and all free people stand beside them and will not succumb until their complete freedom.
Seeking Committee for the Freedom of the University Students
2008/1/1
3- Ruzbe Safshekan’s parents, drug store owners in Shiraz, have bravely put their jailed son’s picture, the list of all those still in prison, and a “WARNING” on the window of their store. These can be seen in the three pictures in the middle section of http://avayedaneshgah.blogfa.com/. According to this student site, dedicated to the news of students’ struggles inside the country as well as the news of the international support they get, this courageous, ingenious act has met with widespread support on the part of the people. The said WARNING reads:
Roozbeh Safshekan, engineer, poet, writer, and political science post-graduate student arrested on December 7 (Student’s day), 2007 must be released unconditionally. (Signed: Dr. Iraj Safshekan [father]; Dr. Taajolmolook Nowrooziaan [mother]).
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
TO ALL INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INSTITUTIONS DEFENDING FREEDOM AND HUMANIST VALUES IN IRAN AND ACROSS THE WORLD
During the past month-and-a-half a large number of university students have been arrested at the universities or in towns throughout Iran whose “crime” has been defending human rights and humanist values through organizing or taking part in December 7th (Student Day) actions. They are currently held in prisons, suffering various forms of abusive treatment. During this period, their families have been permitted only one short visit with their children. They have also been under constant, intense emotional stress, while at the same time protesting the detention of their sons and daughters several times demanding their release.
Yet, despite all the efforts made to free the jailed students, a large group of them are still held in solitary cells under inhuman conditions, and some of them have not yet been allowed any visitation with their families – not even a phone call.
We hereby appeal to you honorable, libertarian people inside and outside Iran, and to all institutions and organizations defending freedom across the world, to continue your efforts and, further, participate in the International Week of Action for the Release of Jailed Students in Iran (Feb. 2nd to Feb. 9th, 2008) and actively demonstrate your protest against the students’ incarceration and abuse. Celebrating National Student Day (December 7th) is the students’ right, and all imprisoned students must be released immediately and unconditionally.
Please send your letters of support to: studentsfreedom@gmail.com.
Weblog: http://studentsfreedom-campaign.blogspot.com/
Signed by:
A group of parents of jailed students;
Groups of students at Allaame University, Polytechnic, Chamraan University (Ahvaz), Baahonar University (Shiraz), University of Mashad.
The names of the students :
1- Ali Salem (Masters of Polymers – Polytechnic)
2- Mohsen Ghamin (Polytechnic University)
3- Roozbe Saf-Shekan (Tehran University)
4- Yaser Pir Hayati -sadra– (Shahed University)
5- Milad Omrani
6- Anooshe Azadbar (Tehran University)
7- Elnaz Jamshidi (Communications, Azad University, Central Tehran)
8- Mehdi Gerayloo (Geophysics, Tehran)
9- Nader Ahsani (Mazandaran University)
10-Sayid Habibi (ex-member of the Central Council of Advare Tahkim Vahdat)
11- Behrooz Karimi-zade (Tehran University)
12- Keyvan Amiri Elyasi (Masters, Industry
, Sharif Technical University)
13- Nasim SoltanBeygi (Communications faculty, Alame)
14- Mahsa Mohebbi
15- Okhtay Hosseni (Azad University)
16- Sayid Agham Ali
17- Behzad Bagheri (Tehran University)
18- Ali Kalayi
19- Amir Mehrzad
20- Hadi Salari(Rjaee University)
21- Farshid Farhadi Ahangaran(Rjaee University)
22- Amir Aghayi(Rajaee University)
23- Soroosh Hashempoor (Chamran University)
24- Mehdi Alahyari(Sharif University)
25- Bahram Shojaee(Tehran Azad University)
26- Abed Tavanche
27- saeed aqakhani
28- Peyman Piran
29- Majid Ashrafnejad (Rjaee University
30- mohammad salehe iuman
31- sohrab karimi
32- farshad dostipor
33- javad alizade
34-morteza eslahchi
35-anahita hoseini
36- soroosh sabet
37- mohammad porabdolah
38- amin ghazaee
39- soroosh dashtestani
40- bijan sabagh
41- bita samimi zad
42- kaveh abaseian
43- morteza khedmatlou
44- mesi shirvani
45- yaser goli
46- hana abdi
47- ronak saffarzadeh
48- sabah nasri
49- hedayat ghazali
50- ahmad ghasaban
51- ehsan mansori
52- majid tavakoli
53- ali kantori
Yet, despite all the efforts made to free the jailed students, a large group of them are still held in solitary cells under inhuman conditions, and some of them have not yet been allowed any visitation with their families – not even a phone call.
We hereby appeal to you honorable, libertarian people inside and outside Iran, and to all institutions and organizations defending freedom across the world, to continue your efforts and, further, participate in the International Week of Action for the Release of Jailed Students in Iran (Feb. 2nd to Feb. 9th, 2008) and actively demonstrate your protest against the students’ incarceration and abuse. Celebrating National Student Day (December 7th) is the students’ right, and all imprisoned students must be released immediately and unconditionally.
Please send your letters of support to: studentsfreedom@gmail.com.
Weblog: http://studentsfreedom-campaign.blogspot.com/
Signed by:
A group of parents of jailed students;
Groups of students at Allaame University, Polytechnic, Chamraan University (Ahvaz), Baahonar University (Shiraz), University of Mashad.
The names of the students :
1- Ali Salem (Masters of Polymers – Polytechnic)
2- Mohsen Ghamin (Polytechnic University)
3- Roozbe Saf-Shekan (Tehran University)
4- Yaser Pir Hayati -sadra– (Shahed University)
5- Milad Omrani
6- Anooshe Azadbar (Tehran University)
7- Elnaz Jamshidi (Communications, Azad University, Central Tehran)
8- Mehdi Gerayloo (Geophysics, Tehran)
9- Nader Ahsani (Mazandaran University)
10-Sayid Habibi (ex-member of the Central Council of Advare Tahkim Vahdat)
11- Behrooz Karimi-zade (Tehran University)
12- Keyvan Amiri Elyasi (Masters, Industry
, Sharif Technical University)
13- Nasim SoltanBeygi (Communications faculty, Alame)
14- Mahsa Mohebbi
15- Okhtay Hosseni (Azad University)
16- Sayid Agham Ali
17- Behzad Bagheri (Tehran University)
18- Ali Kalayi
19- Amir Mehrzad
20- Hadi Salari(Rjaee University)
21- Farshid Farhadi Ahangaran(Rjaee University)
22- Amir Aghayi(Rajaee University)
23- Soroosh Hashempoor (Chamran University)
24- Mehdi Alahyari(Sharif University)
25- Bahram Shojaee(Tehran Azad University)
26- Abed Tavanche
27- saeed aqakhani
28- Peyman Piran
29- Majid Ashrafnejad (Rjaee University
30- mohammad salehe iuman
31- sohrab karimi
32- farshad dostipor
33- javad alizade
34-morteza eslahchi
35-anahita hoseini
36- soroosh sabet
37- mohammad porabdolah
38- amin ghazaee
39- soroosh dashtestani
40- bijan sabagh
41- bita samimi zad
42- kaveh abaseian
43- morteza khedmatlou
44- mesi shirvani
45- yaser goli
46- hana abdi
47- ronak saffarzadeh
48- sabah nasri
49- hedayat ghazali
50- ahmad ghasaban
51- ehsan mansori
52- majid tavakoli
53- ali kantori
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