Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran
1. In its annual report, The Institution of Census, publications and activities of the human rights in Iran, provided and published the names of 150 prisoners who are sentenced to death. From the time of coming of the new government in Iran, until March 2014, nearly 470 people have been executed in Iran.
Women’s Rights
1. Last week, Maryam Shafi’Pour, a student who has been imprisoned since 27th July 2013, was transferred to a hospital outside the prison whilst being handcuffed, without notification to her family.
Workers and vulnerable citizen
1 .On Friday 2nd May 2014, a number of labour activists, who were mostly members of the Mechanics and Metalworkers’ union, while planning to hold a private celebration in Barghan of Karaj, were arrested.
2. Last week, Bahnam Ebrahim-Zadeh, an imprisoned labour activist held in section 350 of Evin Prison, was transferred to the solitary confinement in section 209.
3. The head of the engineering department of Iran said: “Five people loose their lives daily on building and construction sites”.
4. Furthermore on Tuesday 6th May a number of taxi drivers in Bijar demonstrated opposite the City Taxi Union office demanding increase in the taxi fare rates.
5. On Wednesday 7th May Aghayar Hosseini, exclusive secretary of the workers house in Khuzestan, announced delayed payment of the workers of the Soap Factory in Khorramshahr ranging from 5 to 20 months.
6. Reports indicate that since Monday 5 May nearly 400 workers of Dashtestan Cement factory have sanctioned eating in the factory in order to be given their trade union rights.
Sentences: death, flogging, amputation, imprisonment and detention
1. According to reports, on Monday 5th May, retirement pension of Parvin Samimi a retired teacher who is a mother to one of the objectors of the election of 2009 was suppressed by court order.
2. On Monday 5 May death sentence of a prisoner convicted of murder was carried out in central prison of Semnan.
3. On 21st December Hamid Babaie a government scholarship PhD student from the University of Liege in Belgium who travelled to Iran to visit his family, in the branch 15 of the revolutionary court presided by judge Salavati was sentenced to 10 years in prison with the charges of Spying and collaborating with hostile foreign governments.
Followers of the rights of ethnic diversity – of conscience in Iran
1. Since two months ago, Baha’i cemetery in Ahvaz city has been blocked with concrete blocs to prevent burial of the baha’i citizens.
2. On Wednesday 7 May 2014, two seminary students of “Imam Shafi’i School” in the city of Ooz by the names of Nour Agha Vakili and Mohammad Nikzad, were arrested.
3. On Saturday 3rd May 2014, despite the fact that order was given to halt the destruction of Baha’i’s cemetery of Shiraz, loaders are still demolishing.
4. It is over two months since the arrest of the Balouch Sunni believer Ahmad Sohrabi and he is still being kept in prison in limbo.
5. Furthermore on Sunday 4th May 2014, Amanallah Mostaghim, a member of Baha’is scientific institution, despite of having a certificate from the coroner indicating that he is too weak to be imprisoned, was returned back to Rajai Shahr Prison.
6. On Monday 5 May 2014, Shahram Ahmadi, a Sunni prisoner who had been sentenced to death was summoned to the court.
7. A Baha’i citizen, Nasim Ashrafi who was earlier charged to one year in prison by the court, was sentenced on Thursday morning, 6th May 2014.
8. On Tue, 6th May 2014 Ali Karami, one of the Dervishes of Nematollahi Gonabadi who was charged in the Tehran revolutionary Court, accused of congregating and colluding in order to disturb national security, was sentenced to three years in prison.
9. On Wednesday 7 May 2014 the graduation ceremony of students in the Sunni Seminary of Imam Shafi-ee’s school in city of Gorgan was cancelled due to the pressure from the Ministry of information.
10. Mustafa Daneshjo, an imprisoned lawyer of Gonabadi Dervishes who was hospitalised in Shohadai-Tajrish hospital, has been transferred to the CCU due to the severe stress, heart problem and respiratory complexions after sudden attack of prison guards and the security staff to the central infirmary of the Evin prison where he was held.
11. On Wednesday 6th May Salah Waisi, a Kurdish backpacker-trader in the village of Bazmirabad was killed by border guards. Each year lots of people who, due to poverty, have resorted to backpacking-trade between the border towns are killed while border crossing.
Press and cyberspace
1. News suggests that Humayun Amir-zadeh, the Chairman of the Committee of investigating occurrence Infractions by the Publishers in Tehran book exhibition announced that 12 books have been dispatched from the exhibition. Mr Amir-zadeh added that: “Most of these books were unauthorized and did not have publication licence”.
2. Ghanoon Newspapers seized from publication has been charged with a criminal law. The order for closure was issued on Wednesday 7th May 2014 by a court.
Other human rights violations
1. On Saturday, 3rd May 2014, Hayat Balideh-ee, also known as Naser Raeesi died from HIV infection which he had caught in Chabahar prison.
2. Furthermore, Arjang Davoudi, a political prisoner in the section 8 of Evin prison was transferred to solitary confinement of the ward 240 of Evin prison.
3. It is13 days since the detention of Kaveh darolshafah, following the black Thursday incidents in the Evin prison and there is no information available his whereabouts.
4. From a week ago, ward 7 and 240 which is for solitary confinements of Evin prison have been deprived of hot water for showers, and this has resulted to prisoners to catch cold.
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