6 death row political prisoners kept in state of limbo

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From left to right: Ali Saremi, Jafar Kazemi, Ahmad Daneshpour and Mohsen Daneshpour

After the Supreme Court denied a requested re-trial by the lawyer of death row political prisoner Jafar Kazemi, and after his case was referred to the Sentence Implementation Department, the Keyhan state-run daily said that six prisoners are awaiting execution. Their families and lawyers have said that the state of their cases is unclear. Abdolreza Qanbari, Mohsen and Ahmad Daneshpour Moqadam, Ali Aqayari and Ali Saremi are some of these death row political prisoners. Ali Aqayari’s lawyer, Mehdi Hojati, said, “The case of my client was referred to the Supreme Court with the case of Mr. Kazemi and I also requested a re-trial for my client but I have not received an answer and I still do not know if it has been refused or accepted”. “My client’s case is in the 31st branch of the Supreme Court and I went to the branch today to see about the state of my client’s case and I hope that in light of the evidence and documents that we presented they will accept our request for re-trial”. Mohsen and Ahmad Daneshpour Moqadam are a father and son who have been sentenced to death. The Tehran Prosecutor said before that this father and son and Abdolreza Qanbari had requested amnesty. Meisam Daneshpour Moqadam, another son of Mohsen Daneshpour Moqadam said, “Despite the fact that the prosecutor announced that my father and brother had requested amnesty, their case is still in an undetermined state and we do not have any news on the results of the amnesty”. “The sentence of my brother and father was confirmed by the court of review but unfortunately we have not seen the sentence and they have not given my father or brother or us a copy of the sentence so that we could send it to the Supreme Court and request a re-trial and we are still waiting to see about the result of the amnesty request”, he added. “My mother’s lawyer is Mr. Sharif”, Meisam said. The death sentences for three of his other family members including his mother were lowered to prison terms.“Despite all our efforts and the efforts of Dr. Sharif they have not allowed him to represent my father and brother. He sent his power of attorney inside the prison three times to be signed by my brother and father but unfortunately, the power of attorney never came out of prison”. “Their cases are still in an undetermined state and they do not tell us anything. After the prosecutor announced that they had requested amnesty, 80 people were granted amnesty but my father and brother were not among them… We are extremely worried especially about my father who is 70 years old and is not even able to walk and others in the case testified in court that he was innocent. But it is very surprising that neither the initial court nor the court of review did not pay any heed to this matter and issued and upheld the sentence”, he added. Abdolreza Qanbari, is a teacher who has been sentenced to death and the Tehran Prosecutor also said that he had requested amnesty. A person close to him said, “We do not have any news on the results of the amnesty request and his case is in an undetermined state and we do not have a copy of the sentence to protest to the Supreme Court”.“His lawyer was appointed for him and we do not even have any news on his lawyer”, he added. “Unfortunately, Mr. Qanbari’s appointed lawyer is not from the Justice Department Lawyer Center and is a lawyer who got his permit from the Judiciary according to article 187 of the Economical Development Program and not from the Center of Lawyers and we do not even have access to him to see about the measures that have been taken or will be taken or even if he has a copy of the sentence so that we could request a re-trial. On the other hand we do not know about the circumstances of the amnesty request and we have not received any answers and are extremely worried”, he added.

تکليف پرونده هاي شش زنداني سياسي محکوم به اعدام مشخص نيست

پس از رد درخواست اعاده دادرسي وکيل جعفر کاظمي از سوي ديوان عالي کشور و ارجاع پرونده اين زنداني سياسي به شعبه اجراي احکام، روزنامه کيهان خبر داد که 6 زنداني در انتظار اعدام هستند اما خانواده ها و وکلاي اين زندانيان سياسي گفته اند تکليف پرونده هاي ايشان مشخص نيست.عبدالرضا قنبري، محسن و احمد دانش پور مقدم، علي آقاياري و علي صارمي ازجمله افرادي هستند که به اعدام محکوم شده اند.مهدي حجتي، وکيل علي آقاياري به "روز" مي گويد:" پرونده موکل من به اتفاق پرونده آقاي کاظمي به ديوان عالي کشور ارجاع شده بود و من درخواست اعاده دادرسي براي موکلم کرده بودم اما تاکنون هيچ پاسخي نداده اند و هنوز نميدانيم درخواست ما مورد پذير قرار گرفته يا رد شده است."وي مي افزايد:" پرونده موکلم در شعبه 31 ديوان عالي کشور است و من امروز به اين شعبه مراجعه خواهم کرد تا ببينم تکليف پرونده موکلم چيست و اميدوارم با توجه به مستندات و مدارکي که ارائه کرده ايم با تقاضاي ما براي اعاده دادرسي موافقت شود."محسن دانش پور مقدم و احمد دانش پور مقدم، پدر و پسري هستند که به اعدام محکوم شده اند. دادستان تهران پيش از اين از درخواست عفو از سوي اين پدر و پسر و هم چنين عبدالرضا قنبري خبر داده بود.ميثم دانش پور مقدم فرزند ديگر محسن دانش پور مقدم مي گويد:" بعد از اينکه دادستان اعلام کرد پدر و برادرم درخواست عفو کرده اند، پرونده آنها همچنان مسکوت مانده و ما هيچ خبري از نتيجه درخواست عفو آنها نداريم."وي مي افزايد:" حکم پدر و برادرم در دادگاه تجديد نظر تاييد شده اما متاسفانه ما حکم را نديده ايم و نسخه اي از حکم را نه در اختيار پدر و برادرم و نه در اختيار ما قرار نداده اند که بتوانيم به ديوان عالي کشور ارسال و تقاضاي اعاده دادرسي کنيم و همچنان منتظريم ببينيم نتيجه درخواست عفو چي مي شود."آقاي دانش پور که حکم سه عضو ديگر خانواده اش از اعدام به حبس تبديل شده مي افزايد:" وکيل مادرم آقاي شريف است و با تمام تلاش هاي دکتر شريف و ما اجازه ندادند که ايشان وکالت پدر و برادرم را بر عهده بگيرند. ايشان سه بار وکالت نامه را به داخل زندان فرستادند و پدر و برادرم امضا کردند اما متاسفانه وکالت نامه از زندان بيرون نيامد."وي مي افزايد:" هنوز پرونده ها بلاتکليف است و به ما هم چيزي نمي گويند. بعد از اينکه دادستان اعلام کرد درخواست عفو کرده اند، 80 نفر عفو شدند که پدر وبرادرم جزو اين 80 نفر نبودند..به شدت نگران هستيم بخصوص براي پدرم که يک پيرمرد 70 ساله است و حتي قدرت راه رفتن هم ندارد و ساير هم پرونده اي هاي ايشان نيز رسما در دادگاه شهادت داده اند که او بي گناه است اما در کمال تعجب هم دادگاه بدوي به اين مساله توجهي نکرد و هم دادگاه تجديد نظر و حکم اعدام را صادر و تاييد کردند."عبدالرضا قنبري، معلمي است که به اعدام محکوم شده و دادستان تهران درباره او نيز خبر از درخواست عفو داده بود.يکي از نزديکان اقاي قنبري مي گويد:" همچنان از نتيجه درخواست عفو بي خبريم و پرونده نيز بلاتکليف مانده است و ما کپي حکم را نيز نداريم که به ديوان عالي کشور اعتراض کنيم و وکيل ايشان نيز تسخيري بود و هيچ خبري حتي از وکيلشان هم نداريم."وي مي افزايد:" متاسفانه وکيل تسخيري آقاي قنبري از وکلاي کانون وکلاي دادگستري نيست و بلکه جزو وکلايي است که براساس ماده 187 قانون برنامه توسعه اقتصادي ، از سوي قوه قضائيه پروانه وکالت گرفته و نه از کانون وکلاي دادگستري و ما حتي دسترسي هم به ايشان نداريم که بدانيم چه اقدامي کرده اند يا خواهند کرد و آيا کپي حکم را دارند که بتوانيم تقاضاي اعاده دادرسي بکنيم يا نه. از طرفي خبر نداريم درخواست عفو نيز به چه صورتي بوده و هنوز هيچ جوابي نداده اند و به شدت نگران هستيم.” (هرانا – 10/5/89