September 4th, 2011 – [Jaras] In the past few days tens of civil and political activists across a number of cities in Azarbaijan have been arrested as a result of their civil protest in support of saving a drying national treasure, lake Orumiyeh.
According to reports by Human Rights Activist News Agency (HARANA) the following activists from Maragheh county were arrested on Wednesday August 31st, 2011 by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in Maragheh:
-Siyamak Karimi
-Behzad Aghdasi
-Mostafa Ghalizadeh
-Morteza Foroughi
-Farhad Saali
-Vali Hossein Nejad
In addition, Majid and Tohid Javadi were arrested at their father’s house on the night of September 1st, 2011 and reportedly transferred to the 5th branch of the Revolutionary Court in Orumiyeh presided over by Judge Hosseini Azar today.
Other detainees include:
-Erahim Nouri (from Ahar County in Eastern Ajarbaijan)
-Hamid Manafi Nazarlou (Orumiyeh)
-Aziz Yekanlou (Orumiyeh)
-Javid Nouri (Orumiyeh)
– Rahman Nouri (Orumiyeh)
-Mohammad Haghi (Orumiyeh)
-Naser Abedini (Orumiyeh)
-Mehdi Bargoshadi (Orumiyeh)
-Hassan Azimi (Orumiyeh)
-Naser Haghi (Orumiyeh)
-Kiyan Peyghami (Tabriz)
According to HRANA, Abbas Lasani one of the leaders of the 2006 Azarbaijan protests has been summoned by phone to the Office of Investigations at the Intelligence Ministry, but has not turned himself in to date.
The Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR) has also reported that Faranak Farid a womens rights activist was also arrested during the protests in Orumiyeh.
To date, the exact number of citizens arrested in yesterday’s civil protests in support of Lake Orumiyeh has not been announced and much like the aftermath of last week’s protests, judicial and security officials continue to remain silent. This while after last week’s protests, those arrested were reportedly released in two groups of 70 and 120 individuals from the central prison in Orumiyeh by the Intelligence Ministry and Security Forces.
By banooyesabz
Source: Jaras: http://www.rahesabz.net/story/42154/