ALERT – AHWAZ<\/p>\n
30 January 2012<\/p>\n
Arrest of more innocent,\u00a0 And<\/p>\n
Suffering of Political prisoners in prisons.<\/p>\n
SOURCE: Ahwazi Center for Human Rights<\/p>\n
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The \u201cAhwazi Center for Human Rights\u201d (ACFH) calls for an urgent intervention from the international community to put an end to the<\/p>\n
continued violations of human rights, including the continued detention of hundreds of political detainees in appalling conditions, in regard<\/p>\n
to that we have received confirmed from our sources that they were subject to arrests and torture for exercising their rights to freedom of<\/p>\n
expression and assembly. The international community’s silence over the Iranian regime’s continuous crimes is leading the people of<\/p>\n
Ahwaz to take desperate measures and risking their own lives.<\/p>\n
Parents and family of many activists who have been detained since last April (Ahwazi rage day) have announced the continued suppression, including arbitrary detention, unfair trials, sentencing of innocent people for peacefully demanding their rights, and the continued policy of starving people through unfair dismissal from any chance of fair life and confiscation from basic rights.<\/p>\n
There are concerns over the health of the activists who are in Jail facing various type of torture , even those who suffers from disability,<\/p>\n
previously suffered a heart attack After enduring severe torture by the authorities within the prison; Hassan Ghazi Haidari 35 years old,<\/p>\n
was not able to receive the required medication on time for the illness he had in 2010, there for he was transferred to Razi Hospital in<\/p>\n
Ahwaz city from several times and there are fears thet his health condition might be Worsened. \u201cFaleh Mansouri citizen of Netherland and<\/p>\n
Rasoul Mazraeh accepted as a refugee to Norway plus Taher Mazraeh\u201d*** accepted as a refugee in Sweden could be the eldest detainees,<\/p>\n
being over 65 years old; their families have raised concerns over their health as well. In addition, they still suffer from the effects of<\/p>\n
torture, as stated in the report of the Ahwazi Human Rights groups including the \u201cAhwazi Centre For Human Rights\u201d. It’s not expected that<\/p>\n
medical care will be provided to them if needed at the prison, as was made evident in previous cases.<\/p>\n
Many prisoners, including those held in infamous Caroon and Sapidar prisons and the Health center17 in the city of Ahwaz, are going<\/p>\n
through a same suffering\u00a0 if not one worse than another. The families of the political prisoners have also complained of lack of adequate<\/p>\n
attention by the international organizations of the situation experienced by the Ahwazi prisoners in prisons and detention premises in<\/p>\n
various parts of the province.<\/p>\n
Ahwazi Centre For Human Rights holds the international community responsible for the consequences on the lives of the activists and<\/p>\n
political prisoners joining the peaceful demonstration and assemblies. The Ahwazi Centre For Human Rights calls for immediate urgent<\/p>\n
action and makes the following demands:<\/p>\n
– The immediate release of all political detainees who have been detained tortured and sentenced in unfair military trials for practicing a basic right and peacefully protesting.<\/p>\n
– A stop to the continuing violation of human rights, including the violent suppression of peaceful protests, continued arbitrary detention, and unfair trials and sentencing.<\/p>\n
The most previous Ahwazi Arab activists arrested by Iranian authority in southwest of Iran (January 2012arrests).<\/p>\n
1 – Adnan Juma\u00a0 Saedi, 25,<\/p>\n
2 – Ayyub\u00a0 Juma Saedi, 23 years old<\/p>\n
3 – Muhammad Adnan Helfi<\/p>\n
4 – Karim Majid Fijay Dahimi<\/p>\n
5 – Jamal Nazzal Abayat<\/p>\n
6 – Jalil Nazzal Abayat<\/p>\n
7 – Ali Haidari<\/p>\n
8 – Hadi Manabi<\/p>\n
9 – Haider Obaidawi<\/p>\n
10 –\u00a0 Abbas Thamer<\/p>\n
11- Ashour Dbat (20 years) with his son<\/p>\n
12- Hamaid Kaabi (21 years) from the village of Kaab El- Mola<\/p>\n
13- Jassim\u00a0 Kaabi and his children, Khadija, Mohammed and Ahmed & Sajad<\/p>\n
14- Ahmed Zaghibi (21 years)<\/p>\n
As published on many media stations news agencies including Alarabya.net, in the city of Hamidiya Ghalib Mnabi an Ahwazi artist and singer\u00a0 was arrested and his brother Hassan Mnabi just few weeks before new year.<\/p>\n
*** This three Ahwazi Arabs and many more were extradited to Iran by Syrian authorities in 2006<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.unpo.org\/article\/13145<\/p>\n
For more Information<\/p>\n
Ahwazi Centre for Human Rights<\/p>\n
asaedi25@yahoo.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n 00447864555134<\/p>\n We propose to present to you new updates regarding number of Ahwazi Arab (South and Southwest of Iran) prisoners who have been<\/p>\n captured and imprisoned during 2011, with no appropriate prosecution neither salient advocacy.<\/p>\n According to our sources, these people had in different cases attempted to refuse the racial discrimination exercised against them by the<\/p>\n Iranian authorities. Their grievances include low life standards, poverty, unemployment and persecution. They protested against the<\/p>\n systematic population transfer taking place in Ahwaz provinces (Khuzestan, Bushehr and Hermozkan). These provinces dominated by Arab<\/p>\n ethnic population and the government\u2019s policies are continuously aiming to change their demography.<\/p>\n These prisoners include:<\/p>\n 1- Zuhair Mojaddam<\/p>\n 2- Naser Mojaddam<\/p>\n 3- Omtaier Mojaddam<\/p>\n 4- Ali Mojaddam<\/p>\n 5- Mansoor Mojaddam<\/p>\n 6- Fajer Sahaghi<\/p>\n All the above list is from one family.<\/p>\n 1- Hadi Rashedi (Bin-Mir Hamza) [Habib-Allah\u2019s brother], 37 years old, ethnic rights activist, single, bachelor of science in chemistry, works<\/p>\n as teacher in Sar-Bandar and Khalaf-Abad, arrested in February 2011<\/p>\n Reportedly, due to torture and pressure Hadi\u2019s health deteriorated and the authorities have taken him to hospital several times in May last<\/p>\n year. According to our sources, Hadi\u2019s pelvis was broken during the investigation and he suffers heart issues and digestive difficulties.<\/p>\n 2- Rahman Asakerah (Bin-Habib), 33 years old, ethnic rights activist, married with five children, and has a Masters degree in Social Science<\/p>\n and BSc in Chemistry.<\/p>\n Of note, that Rahman\u2019s son, Hamed was killed two months ago by the local authorities. Hamed is 14 years old.<\/p>\n 3- Hashem Sha\u2019abani, (Bin Khalaf), 31 years old, ethnic rights activist, married and has one child, Masters in Political Science and Bachelor in Arabic Literature. Arrested in February 2011 from his house in Khalaf-Abad<\/p>\n 4- Hassan Manabi, Masters degree from Tehran University in History, Works as teacher in Ahwaz and active in Human Rights,<\/p>\n Hassan had fled to Turkey, in 2009, seeking refuge in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. However, he did not tolerate<\/p>\n the intense living conditions as well as the long delay in his profile in UNHCR, and returned to Iran after awhile, despite the risk he was<\/p>\n expecting in his arrival. The Iranian authorities have arrested him, few days after he arrived. Reportedly, torture and psychological<\/p>\n pressure is being exercised against him in the prison.<\/p>\n 5- Mohammad Ali Amoori (Bin-Abdolzahra), arrested in February 2011 in Khalaf-Abad, 34 years old and have Master degree in Fishery<\/p>\n and Agriculture, of note, that Mohammad and two of his fellows, Fares Silawi and Shahid Sha\u2019abani (Amoori) had fled to Iraq in 2010.<\/p>\n However, the Iraqi authority had arrested them and heavily tortured, Reportedly, Fares died in the prison in Iraq. Despite international<\/p>\n enquiries, including Amnesty International call\u00a0\u00a0 on the Iraqis government, Mohammad Amoori and Shahid Sha\u2019abani were extradited to<\/p>\n Iran, early 2011.<\/p>\n This wave of arrest in Khalaf-Abad started eight days after the arrival of the prisoners from Iraq. We highly believe these arrests are connected to that event.<\/p>\n 6- Jaber Alboshkeh, 27 years old, married and have one child, arrested in March 2011 in Khalaf-Abad.<\/p>\n Jaber has faced intensive torture and pressure and reports state that his weight has considerably dropped.<\/p>\n 7- Mokhtar Alboshokeh (Jaber\u2019s Brother), 25 years old, was serving his conscription, arrested same day as his brother, Jaber, and reports state that he suffers mental issues due to torture and pressure.<\/p>\n Added to the above list, some others have been released on heavy bails. These are:<\/p>\n 8-\u00a0 Seyed Baqer Alboshokeh, 41 years old, works as a coach in Ahwaz provincial boxin team, arrested in March 2011 and has been released after three months on bail.<\/p>\n 9-\u00a0 Shahid Sha\u2019abani (Amoori), Hashem Sha\u2019abani\u2019s uncle (listed above), Ahwazi poet, 42 years old, married and have three children,\u00a0 arrested in February 2011 and has been released four months later on bail.<\/p>\n 10- . Aqil Aqili, 30 years old, Bachelor of Computer Science, arrested in February 2011 and released two months later on bail.<\/p>\n 11-\u00a0 Ali Badri, 30 years old, ethnic rights activist, married and has one child. Ali has an accounting degree and works in the Awqaf<\/p>\n Organization in Ahwaz. He is an ethnic rights activist and an active blogger on the internet with a focus on Ahwazis ethnic rights. The<\/p>\n authorities released him recently after receiving a heavy bail but Awqaf has sacked him from his job due to his activism.<\/p>\n 12-\u00a0 Habib-Allah Rashedi (Bin-Mir Hamza), 42 years old, human rights activist, married with 3 children, works as engineer in Bandar-<\/p>\n Emam Khomeini Petrochemical Company in Mahshahr. He was the head of the city council in Khalaf-Abad in some stages.<\/p>\n We also raise concerns regarding two of these prisoners, who had recently been shown in Press TV. Reportedly, the Iranian authority, had<\/p>\n forced them to sign confession sheets under torture and pressure and fraudulently testify in fabricated interviews broadcasted via Press TV.<\/p>\n These are:<\/p>\n 13-\u00a0 Hadi Rashedi,<\/p>\n 14-\u00a0 Hashem Sha\u2019abani<\/p>\n This council call on the international community to respond to this appeal by pressurizing Iran to immediately release these innocent<\/p>\n people. We call upon the United Nation and other interest groups and entities, to raise this issue with relevant polities and help<\/p>\n internationally condemn the persecution exercised against Ahwazi people by Iranian authorities.<\/p>\n For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us on the details stated above.<\/p>\n Ali Saedi (Ahwazi Centre for Human Right)<\/p>\n For more Information<\/p>\n Ahwazi Centre For Human Rights<\/p>\n asaedi25@yahoo.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n 00447864555134<\/p>\n A copy of this Alert letter will be sent to<\/p>\n 1- Mr. Ahmad Shahid, the Special Rapporteur of UN to Iran<\/p>\n 2- Human Rights Watch, New York<\/p>\n 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor<\/p>\n New York, NY 10118-3299 USA<\/p>\n Email: hrwpress@hrw.org<\/a><\/p>\n 3- Amnesty international, London<\/p>\n 4- EU Human Right Commission, Brussels<\/p>\n 5- ARAB ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS \u2013 AOHR Cairo, Egypt<\/p>\n aohrarab@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n 6- Arab Commission for Human Rights- ACHR, Paris<\/p>\n