Oct. 20, 2010
Political prisoner Afshin Baymani was harassed and violently abused on October 3 and was thrown in a solitary cell in cellblock 1 known as the ‘doghouse’ because he protested the violent treatment of prisoners by the head and assistant head of the Intelligence Unit in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.
Kermani and Faraji, the head and assistant head of this prison’s Intelligence Unit along with head guard Mirza Aqayi and another guard named Zinali took Baymani to the torture room with shackles and physically tortured him for a long period of time with batons, electric batons, and shockers. Ali Mohammad, the assistant head of this prison who was also involved in the 1988 massacre of political prisoners also mentally tortured this political prisoner. After this violent torture, Baymani was taken to a cell with intolerable conditions.
The guards did not let Baymani bring any personal belonging or clothes with him and since his transfer to this cell, he has only had the clothes on his back. Prison guards have also lowered his food rations and limited the number of times he is allowed to use the restroom to 3 times in 24 hours. Guards only answer with batons to the protests of this political prisoner…
This political prisoner was arrested in 2000 when he was travelling with his brother in Khuzestan. When they stopped at a checkpoint, security forces opened fire on them. His brother, Mehdi Baymani died on the spot and Afshin was injured. He was then detained and taken to prison. His pregnant wife was then arrested and kept in detention for a long time. This political prisoner was initially sentenced to death because he and his brother were supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran but after international protests, the death sentence was lowered to prison time.
Isfahan head of SSF: female cyclers are criminals
Oct. 20, 2010
The head of the State Security Forces in Isfahan said that female cyclers, card playing in parks, women playing volleyball or skating and singing next to the Khajou Bridge are all evident crimes.
“The police will deal harshly with the law breakers”, he added.
The head of the SSF stressed that police patrols are active in the city to control transgressions and said, “We have to control crimes by increasing patrols and police stations and separating the 110 patrol from the Prevention Police”.
Jailed female student banned from visiting jailed brother Oct. 21, 2010
On Monday, the officials of Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj where student activist Shabnam Madadzadeh is jailed banned her and her brother who is also jailed in this prison from seeing each other.
According to reports, prison officials summoned Farzad Madadzadeh for an internal prison visit with his sister which usually takes place on Mondays but then cancelled the visit for unknown reasons.
Shabnam who was the political secretary of the Tehran Teacher Training University Student Association and her brother have been sentenced to five years of prison to be served in Rajayi Shahr Prison. A short time before this, in an illegal order by Ali Mohammadi, the assistant head of this prison, Shabnam was banned from all visits and telephone calls. These two political prisoners have not been allowed to use their right to a leave from prison since their arrest.
Shabnam and Farzad were arrested in March 2009 and after a year of temporary detention were finally sentenced to five years of prison to be served in Rajayi Shahr Prison by the 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Mohammad Moqiseh who is known for issuing heavy sentences for political activists.
Intelligence agency refuses to release acquitted political prisoner
Oct. 21, 2010
According to reports, political prisoner Teimour Rezayian is still in detention two weeks after he was cleared of all charges and his release sentence was issued by a court of review.
This 50 year old political prisoner was acquitted two weeks ago in a court of review and was only sentenced to pay a 300,000 toman fine for having a satellite receiver in his home. But interrogators of the Intelligence Agency refuse to release him and are trying to keep him in detention under false pretexts.
Rezayian, who was a political prisoners in the 80’s, was arrested on February 7 when he was taken to a solitary cell in cellblock 209 In Evin Prison. After a few months he was transferred to cellblock 350 in this prison.
Rezayian was sentenced to 3 years of prison in a show trial on August 9 but was then cleared in a court of review. He was under torture in prison while innocent for close to year but despite all the pressures, they still refuse to release him.
Iran lashes 4 men in public
Oct. 20, 2010
The flogging sentence for four men was carried out on Monday, October 17 in the Central Square of Gonbad Kavous.
According the Kayhan state-run daily these men were Mehdi A., Ehsan R., Abdolaziz A., and Mojtaba Q. who were each sentenced to 74 lashed in public on charges of ‘disrupting public order, harassing people and citizens, intentional attacks with knives and destroying stores’. (Kayhan state-run Daily)
Iran throws ‘secular’ minded professors out of free universities
Oct. 20, 2010
The assistant head of the Free University said that a number of the members of the Science Committee of the Free University who have been proven to be secular minded have been identified and expelled.
“These members of the Science Committee who we had reports of were given notices but when they did not change (their attitude), we asked them to leave”, he said. (Mehr state-run News Agency)
Iran Students Committee (Supporters of PMOI)
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