Dec. 2, 2010
Shirin Khanjani, the sister of Bishop Behrouz Khanjani, cited in an interview the death sentences issued for Persian speaking Christians and the pressure on the Christian society in Iran.
Last week, the death sentence for Yusef Nodrkhani, a priest in the Church of Iran was announced even while security institutions had prevented the announcement of this sentence before this…
Shirin Khanjani: My brother Behrouz Khanjani is currently in the Shiraz Army Prison and when he was under the supervision of intelligence agents, he was under severe torture and was mistreated by intelligence agents…
According to the latest information, no court session has been held for him as yet.
He has been kept in temporary detention for 10 months in a state of limbo and he has been under severe mental and physical pressure in this time…
(Regarding the case of Mr. Nodrkhani), he has received his death sentence which was issued for the charge of apostasy and was announced to him in written form.
He is currently in the Lakan Prison in Rasht and his lawyer has filed for an appeal. His sentence has been referred to the Supreme Court for confirmation…
Mr. Nodrkhani became a Christian at the age of 19 which was the legal age for him to choose his religion and he became a Christian before he chose Islam as his religion. According to religious law, he has the right to choose a religion other than Islam when he reached his legal adult age. Therefore bringing up the issue of apostasy for him cannot be correct and anyway we look at it, his sentence is completely illegal and inhumane.
Political prisoner in poor health intentionally denied treatmentDec. 3, 2010
Political prisoner Mohsen Dogmeh Chi who is suffering from a number of ailments and problems has been accused by the heads of the Evin Prison infirmary, that he is ‘faking his illness and has no problems’.
This is while his physical health is deteriorating on a daily basis but is being denied treatment. The prison doctor mistreats them instead of giving him and other ill prisoners medical attention.
Mohsen Dogmeh Chi, 50, is a well known Tehran Bazaar merchant who was trialed some time ago after being kept in a state of limbo for close to a year. He has been charged with financially aiding the families of political prisoners.
30 Kurd activists arrested in past 3 months in Iran
Dec. 2, 2010
Three people were arrested by security forces in Marivan in the Gogjeh Village.
While there are reports that at least 30 political, civil rights, cultural and literary activists were arrested in the past 3 months, on Monday November 29, three other people in this village were arrested by RGC Intelligence Protection Unit forces and were transferred to this organization’s detention center in Marivan.
According to Kurdish sources, those who were arrested are Rahman Razkhadiv, Majid Maryami and Abdollah Raygan. There in no information on the condition of these three Kurd citizens.
Prisoner dies for unknown reason in Rajayi Shahr Prison because of appalling sanitary conditions
Dec. 2, 2010
A new arrival in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj passed away in the morning for unknown reasons.
According to reports, Jafar Sarbandi, who slept next to the restroom in hall 10 cellblock 4 in this prison every night due to the high prison population and lack of space for keeping prisoners, passed away today at 11 am after his physical health deteriorated. He died before he was taken to the infirmary.
He had only been in this prison for a week.
Notably, in addition to poor sanitary conditions, lack of medical treatment, existence of criminal gangs in prisons among other things, the lack of attention in controlling new arrivals who are sometimes addicts or have diseases is also a reason behind these kinds of incidents in prison.
Iran chops off hand of man in Kermanshah
Dec. 1, 2010
The amputation sentence for a man charged with robbery was carried out in the Central Kermanshah Prison.
According to the ISNA state-run news agency it was requested in the bill of indictment presented in the Public and Revolutionary Court that this man be sentenced to the divine punishment and after due process in the penal court, the amputation sentence was issued and carried out in the Central Kermanshah Prison.
On orders of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor in Kermanshah, in addition to jailed robbers, state security forces also brought a number of what they called ‘experienced troublemakers’ to watch the implementation of the amputation so that it would ‘set an example’ for them. (ISNA state-run News Agency)
Iran sentences female student activist to 6 years of prison Dec. 1, 2010
Judge Salavati who is the head of the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court announced Nasim Soltan Bigi’s six year prison sentence to her lawyer on November 30.
This student activist who studied at the Alameh Tabatabayi University in Tehran had gone to the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court before this with her lawyer on August 22 and made her defense against the charges of propagating against the government and gathering and conspiring to disrupt national security.
She was sentenced to 3 years of prison for ‘acting against national security’ and one year of prison for ‘propagating against the government’. A 2 year suspended prison sentence that she received in 2006 was also added to her new sentence.
Soltan Bigi was arrested during a widespread arrest of student activists in 2007 and was detained in cellblock 209 in Evin Prison for 56 days before being released n a 50 million toman (about 50,000 dollar) bail. She was also arrested in a Woman’s Day gathering in 2006 and was sentenced to a 2 year suspended prison term.
Tehran University student activist sentenced to prison and lashes
Dec. 1, 2010
On the verge of Student’s Day in Iran and with the waves of pressures on student activists, the sentence for Mojtaba Hashemi, a member of the Central Committee of the Islamic Association of the School of Law and Political Science in Tehran University who was beaten and kidnapped last December outside of Tehran University was announced.
According to this sentence, he was sentenced to 6 months of prison on charges of acting against national security, 91 days of prison for insulting the leader, 91 days of prison and 74 lashes for disrupting public order and a 100,000 toman fine in cash for insulting the president. Currently more than 80 students and student activists are jailed in Iran.
Iran beats and arrests family members of political prisoners
Dec. 1, 2010
According to reports, agents of the Intelligence Agency attacked the relatives of the Jushan family in Gonbad-e Kavous and arrested 3 members of this family. They were taken to the Intelligence Agency in this city.
On Sunday, November 28, at about 4:30 pm, intelligence agents raided the home of the Jushan family and arrested three people. Those arrested were identified as Fereshteh Jushan, her 3 year old son Amir Hossein Alinia, Yaqub and Hadi Jushan.
Fereshteh Jushan was beaten and mistreated and transferred to the Gonbad-e Kavous Intelligence Agency. Agents of this agency violently beat her in front of her terrified son. They constantly threatened her son that they would hit him if he did not stay silent. Fereshteh Jushan’s son was handed over to his relatives after they pleaded for hours to take him in. Fereshteh Jushan is the third member of the Jushan family who has been arrested. Currently, her mother Zahra Asadpour Gorji and her brother Reza Jushan are in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.
One of their family friends identified as Yaqub was also violently beaten and taken to the intelligence agency. They were all reportedly transferred from the Intelligence Agency to the Sepah Cellblock in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.
Two student activists expelled from university and denied right to education
Dec. 1, 2010
According to reports, on the verge of Student’s Day in Iran on December 7, pressure on students and student activists in the Teacher Training University have increased to the point that two student activists in this university identified as Amin Arya and Abbas Rashidi were expelled by security institutions.
According to this report, they were reportedly expelled to ‘scare students’ and prevent likely gatherings on Student’s Day. Amin Arya and Abad Rashidi received separate sentences and were expelled for ‘keeping order and security in the university and countering the arrogance’ after they were banned from entering university grounds.
A number of other student activists have been suspended from university.
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