Category: Freedom of Expression

A weblogger is in detention without trial for more than five months

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Kaveh Taheri

HRANA News Agency – Kaveh Taheri the weblogger who was arrested on September 23rd of 2012, still is in uncertain situation after five months detention in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Kaveh Taheri the weblogger from Shiraz was arrested by Etela’at agents on September 23rd of 2012 at his work place and first was transferred to detention center No.100 and after 52 days was transferred to Adel Abad prison of Shiraz.

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A union activist arrested

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Hooman Mousavi, Mir Hossain Mousavi, Yasan Mosavi

HRANA News Agency – On Sunday February 3rd of 2013 the union activist Yasan Mosavi has been arrested and till now he has not contacted his family.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Yasan Mousavi who is 29 years old, a union activist in Tehran market and one of active people in Mir Hossain Mousavi’s election campaign arrested at his home through security forces invasion. His parents have been hanged in 80s.

Security forces broke the door and invaded to his home, then searched all the house, took away his personal belongings such as photo camera, photo album, computer and after all arrested him.

“On Tuesday February 5th through a call from Etela’at they informed us that one month temporal detention verdict issued for Yasan and he is in Evin prison now.”, One of his relatives said to HRANA reporter.

“We have no information about his situation and his health, also the family is very concern”, His relative continued.

Yasan is the brother of Hooman Mousavi who was arrested after elections in 2009 and was in Evin prison for more than 2 years.

No news from arrested Journalist after one week

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Sasan Aghaie

HRANA News Agency– It is more than one week without any news from Sasan Aghaie the arrested journalist who has been banned to have visitor.

Sasan Aghaie arrested by the invasion of the security forces on January 27th of 2013 at E’temad newspaper office. Since a week ago he had not exchanged any call with family and when his family tried to visit him on February 8th of 2013, the prison officials said that Sasan is banned to have visitor.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA),  quoted from Advar News, the last call between Sasan Aghaie and his family exchanged last Monday and since that time there is no news about Sasan’s condition which worried his family too much.

IRAN: Threats against media workers and families show regime’s true face

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Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Mohammad Kimyai, Rahim Sarkar, Sorosh Ghazizadeh, Younes Ghazizadeh

Reporters Without Borders once again expresses its grave concern at the arbitrary arrests of journalists and netizens and the threats made against the families of foreigners and Iranians working for media organizations in Iran.

In the past three years, the press freedom organization has recorded a dozen arrests and instances of threats against the families of journalists working for foreign-based organizations and international news agencies.

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The Mourning Ceremony of Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Mother Canceled

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Nasrin Sotoudeh, Reza Khandan, Safoura Fakhrian

HRANA News Agency – The mourning   ceremony of Safoura Fakhrian, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Mother was canceled by   authorities.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), at first, this ceremony was scheduled to be held at Nour Mosque, Tehran. But they were told authorities had contacted it’s better not to held it there, because it may become a political gathering.
Then, this ceremony was scheduled to be held at Rasoul Mosque in Kaj Sq.

Reza Khandan, Nasrin’s husband informed on his facebook that this ceremony is canceled at all.

He wrote: “Unfortunately, the ceremony is banned at Rasoul Mosque too. So there is no opportunity to hold the ceremony at all and we apologize those who were scheduled to attend the ceremony.”

 

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Has Britain’s war on drugs led to more executions in Iran?

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Vakilabad

HRANA News Agency – Human rights campaigners are increasingly worried that funding to combat the narcotics trade is providing indirect assistance to a judicial system that is engaged in what has been described as ‘a killing spree of staggering proportions’.

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Amnesty – Iran: Brother of prominent filmmaker arrested

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Behrouz Ghobadi, Sadegh Larijani, Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei

http://en-hrana.org/images/1350821572.jpgAMNESTY URGENT ACTION

Behrouz Ghobadi, brother of internationally acclaimed Iranian film maker, Bahman Ghobadi, was arrested on 4 November 2012 by men in plain clothes, believed to belong to the Ministry of Intelligence. He is reportedly being held in a Ministry of Intelligence detention centre, placing him at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.

Behrouz Ghobadi, father of a newborn baby boy and a member of the Kurdish minority in Iran, was arrested in the early hours of the morning of 4 November. He was in a taxi driving from Sanandaj, the capital of the north-western Kordestan province, to a Tehran airport. Plain-clothes men, who were reportedly following him, stopped his car and arrested him around 15 kilometres outside Sanandaj. Judicial officials claim that they had an arrest warrant but the reasons for his arrest do not appear to have been disclosed to his family or lawyer.

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LETTER

Object: Brother of prominent filmmaker arrested

Your Excellency,

I am writing to you as supporter of Amnesty International, the non governmental organization which since 1961 has been working in defense of human rights, wherever they are violated.

I call on you to ensure that Behrouz Ghobadi is protected from torture and other ill- treatment and is granted adequate medical treatment.

I urge you to allow Behrouz Ghobadi immediate and regular visits from his family and a lawyer of his own choosing.

I stress that if Behrouz Ghobadi has been arrested solely in connection with his or his brother’s film-making activities, he is a prisoner of conscience and must be immediately and unconditionally released.

Thank you for your attention.

(your name)

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 8 DECEMBER 2012 TO:

Address:

Salutation: Your Excellency

Leader of the Islamic Republic

Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei

The Office of the Supreme Leader

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Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: “#Iran leader @khamenei_ir

Salutation: Your Excellency

Head of the Judiciary

Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani

[care of] Public relations Office

Number 4, 2 Azizi Street

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Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Email: [email protected] (Subject line: FAO Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani) or [email protected]

And copies to:

Salutation: Your Excellency

Secretary General, High Council for Human Rights

Mohammad Javad Larijani

High Council for Human Rights

[Care of] Office of the Head of the Judiciary, Pasteur St., Vali Asr Ave. south of Serah-e Jomhouri, Tehran 1316814737,

Islamic Republic of Iran

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(subject line: FAO Mohammad Javad Larijani)

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.

IRAN (Repubblica Islamica dell’)

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Two more journalists arrested

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Fatemeh Sagharchi, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaie, Ramyar Hassani, Reyhaneh Tabatabaie

HRANA News Agency – As Etela’at ministry promised in their last statement about the arrested journalists and continuation of recent repressions, Reyhaneh Tabatabaie and Fatemeh Sagharchi have added to the arrested journalists.

According to the reports by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Fatemeh Sagharchi and Reyhaneh Tabatabaie have been arrested on January 27th and January 31st.

Fatemeh Sagharchi’s lawyer, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaie, said that his client’s case is related to the recent journalists detentions.

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The lawyer, Manizheh Bohlouli arrested

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Hossein Moharrami, Manizheh Bohlouli

HRANA News Agency – Manizheh Bohlouli, The lawyer at justice department has been arrested without enough evidence and reason; and transferred to prison by the 4th branch of prosecutors in Miyaneh.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), This lawyer called her family from Miyaneh prison and informed them that she is in detention, and Also the assistant prosecutor of 4th branch has granted a bail of 5 million tomans for her.

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Role of Cyber Police in Blogger’s Death is Obvious

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Ahmadi Moghaddam, Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, Sattar beheshti

HRANA News Agency – The head of Iran’s Security Forces says police may be guilty of “some level of neglect” in the arrest of Sattar Beheshti but he denied there was any motive to murder the detained blogger, who died in custody earlier this month.

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