New false charges brought against political prisoner as an excuse for longer jail term
On Sunday, December 12, political prisoner Arjang Davoudi was taken to the 6th branch of the Revolutionary Court and the head of his court branch, Mohammadyari, accused him of strange and false charges. This court, which started in the morning continued to about 3 pm in the Karaj Revolutionary Court.
Some of the charges made against Davoudi include, ‘acting against national security, instigating public opinion against the government by way of websites and foreign media and insulting government officials’. Mohammadyari also told Davoudi that he would sentence him to another 15 years of prison so that ‘he would stay in prison for life’.
This is while Davoudi has already been jailed for 8 years and has been under the most severe pressure, torture and abuse. One has to ask intelligence interrogators who act under the guise of judges how someone who is jailed and under control can act against the government, insult officials or instigate public opinion by way of websites and foreign media from prison? (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Dec. 12, 2010)
Political prisoner threatened by prison judicial official
Ali Mohammadi, the Judicial Assistant of the Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj who has a long history in abusing and harassing political prisoners, summoned political prisoner Saleh Kohandel to his office this morning and insulted and threatened him.
According to reports, Ali Mohammadi demanded that he deny his membership in a political organization and not to leak news from inside prison to the outside.
Ali Mohammadi has harassed and abused many political prisoners in recent years. He was a member of the Revolutionary Guards Forces in the 80’s but after participating in the suppression of political prisoners he was appointed as the Judicial Assistant and assistant head of prison.
Notably, another political prisoner, Farzad Madadzadeh was transferred to cellblock 8 in this prison and was beaten. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Dec. 13, 2010)
Political prisoner hospitalized on 6th day of dry hunger strike
According to reports, political prisoner Mohammad Nourizad who is on his sixth day of hunger strike was transferred to the hospital on the early morning of December 16 as a result of his hunger strike. His wife had said before this that her husband was not only on hunger strike in protest to the illegal and immoral measures carried out against him but also in protest to the cruelty carried out against all political prisoners and will not break his hunger strike. (Norouz Website – Dec. 16, 2010)
Don't forget Iran's political prisoners
In February 1979, one day after protesters in Iran declared victory for the Islamic Revolution, they stormed Evin prison, which had long been a symbol of the Shah's tyranny.
Emadeddin Baghi, a prisoners' rights advocate, was among the jubilant revolutionaries who inspected the cells maintained by Savak, the Shah's secret service, and vowed that the prison would become a museum where everyone could see the injustice of the fallen regime.
What Baghi did not know was that the jail, far from becoming a museum, would resume its old use and that he himself would be imprisoned in the same cells decades later.
I remember him saying once that Block 209, a special area for political prisoners - where he has been incarcerated for at least four years out of the last 10, and is still being kept today - has not changed much since he visited it during the revolution, though the cells - originally constructed by the Israelis - have become tighter and darker with narrower windows.
Since the revolution, Evin prison, in the foothills of the mountains north-west of Tehran, has accommodated thousands of political and human rights activists. Its most gruesome days came in 1988 with the massacre authorised by Ayatollah Khomeini.
Today, Evin houses hundreds of students, along with Iran's most educated activists and political figures. There are so many students inside that protesters have dubbed it a university; they shout: 'Iran has become a prison, Evin has become a university’.
Most of Evin's political prisoners have been incarcerated as a result of trials lasting just a few minutes - sometimes without the presence of their lawyers. The charges are usually vague - 'acting against national security' or 'propaganda against the regime'. Many, however, are not tried at all and are kept in solitary confinement for years on end.
Ironically, the lawyers who represented Evin's political prisoners are now also becoming victims of the unjust judicial system that sent their clients to jail.
Among them is Nasrin Sotoudeh, a 45-year-old human rights lawyer who represented several prisoners arrested in the aftermath of the disputed election in 2009. She is now on hunger strike. Several other Evin prisoners have also been on hunger strike, among them, Mohammad Nourizad, a documentary filmmaker, Isa Saharkhiz, a journalist and Hassan Shahabi, a member of the union of workers.
Two of Sotoudeh's colleagues, Sara Sabbaghian and Maryam Kian Arasi, were released this week but many still remain in Evin. Shadi Sadr, another human rights lawyer, told me that when she was taken to Evin last year, she was kept in the same cell where her client, Shiva Nazar Ahari, was kept the night before…
Most of the arrested journalists are also kept in Evin. Seven were arrested only last week. More than 100 journalists and bloggers have been imprisoned in Iran since the disputed election last June, making it the world's leading enemy of free expression. At least 65 remain in jail - a greater number than any single country has kept imprisoned since 1996.
Last week the parents of protesters killed in the post-election turmoil were arrested in Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, Tehran, while celebrating the birthday of Amir Tajmir, who is buried there. The mother of Sohrab Araabi and the father of Ramin Ramezanifar, who also died in the unrest, were detained. Arabi's mother, Parvin Fahimi, has become politically active since the death of her son and has repeatedly spoken out in support of those in prison but, sadly, she has reportedly been taken to Evin, the prison from which she received the dead body of her young son after he had been tortured in custody.
Very little information has been come out of Evin since last year but a few prisoners have succeeded in sending out letters, giving accounts of their ordeals. Some letters were written from the prison hospital.
One shocking account came from Hamzeh Karami, a former commander of the Revolutionary Guards who supported the OPPOSITION during the election last year. Karami wrote that his head was pushed into a toilet bowl several times to make him confess that he had sexual affairs with relatives of OPPOSITION leaders.
Some of the ministers, deputy ministers and governors who had worked under the former reformist president, Mohammad Khatami, were taken to Evin last year. Four out of five main figures who took US diplomats hostage shortly after the revolution have also been kept in Evin since last year.
Recently, Leila Tavassoli, who saw a protester run over and killed by a police car during last year's demonstrations - and spoke out about the incident - was taken back to Evin to serve a two-year prison term. She will spend the first two years of her marriage in Evin. (Guardian – Dec. 17, 2010)
Prison sentence
Human rights activist sentenced to 7 years of prison
http://www.chrr.biz/spip.php?article12032
The head of the 26th branch of the Revolutionary Court, Judge Pir Abbasi, sentenced Ali Kalayi, a member of the Committee for Human Rights Reporters and social political activist to 6 years of prison. With the one year of suspended prison he was sentenced to by the head of the 10th branch of the Revolutionary Court in 2007, he has been sentenced to a total of 7 years of prison.
In the new sentence which was given to his lawyer Mina Jafari yesterday, he was been sentenced to one year of prison on charges of ‘propagating against the government’ by publishing false news and reports on political prisoners and giving interviews and five years of prison on charges of ‘assembling and conspiring with the intention of committing crimes’ by membership in the Committee of Human Rights Reporters. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Dec. 13, 2010)
Student activist sentenced to seven years of prison
http://www.rahana.org/archives/32097
The seven year prison term for student and human rights activist Mehdi Khodayi was upheld by the Tehran court of review and has been implemented.
This human rights activist was sentenced to four year of prison in one case and three years of prison in another case.
Khodayi has been detained since March 3, 2010 and was sentenced to three years of prison by the 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Moqiseh.
He was charged with ‘propagating against the government and acting against national security’ for which he was sentenced to three years of prison. This sentence was upheld in the court of review and was announced to his lawyer. In 2009 he was sentenced to another four years of prison by Judge Salavati on charges of ‘acting against national security by holding assemblies and propagating against the government’…
Khodayi is the former head of the Shahre Rey University’s Islamic Association. Since his arrest 10 months ago he has been kept in 2A Cellblock in Evin Prison which is run by the Revolutionary Guards Corps. Despite receiving his final sentence of seven years of prison, he has not been transferred to the public cellblock. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Dec. 15, 2010)
Iran sentences lawyer to 3 years of prison
http://www.hra-news5.info/00/5684-1.html
Dr. Vahid Ahmad Fakhroddin who is a lawyer, university professor and human rights activist was sentenced to three years of suspended prison.
According to reports, this lawyer who used to work with the Human Rights Activists in Iran was arrested in March by Revolutionary Guards Corps intelligence agents. He was released on bail after months of solitary confinement.
Fakhroddin was sentenced to three years of suspended prison by the 26th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Pir Abbasi on charges of acting against national security, and propagating against the government by being a member of the Human Rights Activists in Iran. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Dec. 15, 2010)
شرايط زندان
اتهام سازي و پرونده سازي جديد بازجويان وزارت اطلاعات عليه زنداني سياسي ارژنگ داودي
يكشنبه ، 21 آذر 1389 ، 13:22 بنابه گزارشات رسيده به "فعالين حقوق بشر و دمکراسي در ايران" روز يکشنبه 21 آذر ماه زنداني سياسي ارژنگ داودي به شعبه 6 بازپرسي دادگاه انقلاب برده شد و توسط فردي بنام محمدياري رئيس اين شعبه اتهامات واهي و وعجيبي به او نسبت داده شد.بازپرسي که از صبح شروع شده بود تا ساعت 15:00 در دادگاه انقلاب کرج ادامه يافت.
اتهاماتي که محمدياري به زنداني سياسي ارژنگ داودي نسبت داده است عبارتند از ؛اقدام عليه امنيت نظام،تهيج افکار عمومي عليه نظام از طريق سايتها و رسانه هاي خارجي و توهين واهانت به مسئولان نظام مي باشد. محمدياري در ادامه تهديداتش به آقاي داودي گفت :15 سال ديگر بهت مي دهيم تا اينکه تا ابد اينجا بماني .
در حالي اين اتهامات به آقاي داودي نسبت داده مي شود که او نزديگ به 8 سال است در زندان در اسارت بسر مي برد و در طي اين مدت تحت شديدترين شکنجه ها فشارها و اذيت وآزارها قرار داشته است.حال بايد از بازجويان وزارت اطلاعات که تحت عنوان بازپرس و قاضي، قوۀ قضايي را به گروگان گرفته اند پرسيد، چگونه، کسي که در زندان است و تحت کنترل شديد مامورين شما مي باشد مي تواند از درون زندان عليه نظام اقدام کند ؟به مقامات اين نظام توهين کند و يا افکار عمومي و سايتها و رسانه هاي خارجي را تهيج کند؟(فعالين حقوق بشر و دمکراسي در ايران – 21/9/89)
تهديد صالح کهن دل توسط معاونت قضايي زندان
علي محمدي معاونت قضايي زندان رجايي شهر که در آزار و اذيت زندانيان سياسي سابقه طولاني دارد صبح امروز با احضار صالح کهن دل به دفتر خود وي را مورد توهين و تهديد قرار داد.
بنا به اطلاع گزارشگران خبرگزاري مجموعه فعالان حقوق بشر در ايران (هرانا)، علي محمدي ضمن توهين و تهديد اين زنداني از وي خواست که عضويتش
علي محمدي در طي سالهاي اخير بسياري از زندانيان سياسي را مورد آزار و اذيت قرار داده است، وي که در دهه 60 يک پاسدار ساده بوده است به دليل شرکت در سرکوب زندانيان سياسي به پست معاونت قضايي زندان و معاونت زندان دست يافته است.
شايان ذکر است روز گذشته فرزاد مددزاده نيز توسط وزارت اطلاعات به بند8 منتقل و ضرب و شتم شده است. (هرانا – 22/9/89)
وخامت حال نوري زاد موجب بستري شدن او در بيمارستان شد
طبق گزارش هاي دريافتي محمد نوري زاد که در ششمين روز از اعتصاب غذاي خشک خود به سر مي برد، دچار عوارض اعتصاب غذاشده به طوري که در ساعات بامدادي عاشورا مأموران او را به زور به بيمارستان منتقل کرده اند. همسر نوري زاد پيش از اين گفته بود که همسرش تنها معترض به اقدامات فراقانوني و غيرانساني و غيراخلاقي با خود نيست بلکه معترض به ظلمي است که برهمه زندانيان سياسي مي رود و با روحيه اي که دارد اعتصابش را نخواهد شکست. (نوروز – 25/9/89)
زندانيان سياسي ايران را فراموش نکنيد
در فوريه 1979 يک روز پس از اينکه تظاهر کنندگان اعلام پيروزي جمهوري اسلامي را کردند، آنها به زندان اوين، که براي مدت طولاني سمبل استبداد شاه بود، حمله کردند…
هفته گذشته والدين تظاهر کنندگان کشته شده در ناآراميهاي پس از انتخابات، در قبرستان بهشت زهرا درحاليکه روز تولد امير تاج مير که در آن دفن شده را برگزار ميکردند، دستگير شدند. مادر سهراب اعرابي و پدر رامين رمضاني فر که آنها نيز در اين ناآرامي کشته شدهاند نيز دستگير گرديدند.
پروين فهيمي، مادر اعرابي از هنگام مرگ پسرش بهلحاظ سياسي فعال شد و طبق گزارشات در حمايت از آنهايي که در زندان هستند بيپرده سخن ميگويد، اما متاسفانه گزارش شده است که او به اوين برده شده است، همان زنداني که جسد پسر جوانش را بعد از اينکه شکنجه شده بود از آنجا تحويل گرفت…
برنامه اتمي ايران ممکن است در سال آينده بهعنوان مهمترين نگراني براي جامعه بينالمللي باقي بماند، اما آنچه روشن است اينکه موضوع مهم براي ايرانيها برنامه اتمي که احمدينژاد معمولاً براي منحرف کردن توجهات از نقض حقوقبشر در ايران از آن استفاده ميکند نيست، بلکه موضوع مهم سرنوشت زندانيان و آنهايي که حقوق انسانياشان نقض شده، ميباشد. حقوقبشر در ايران را فراموش نکنيد. (سايت گاردين- 26/9/89)
حكم زندان
علي کلايي به ۷ سال حبس تعزيري محکوم شد
http://www.chrr.biz/spip.php?article12032
قاضي پيرعباسي، رييس شعبه ۲۶ دادگاه انقلاب، علي کلايي عضو کميته گزارشگران حقوق بشر و فعال سياسي اجتماعي را به ۶ سال حبس تعزيري محکوم کرد. علي کلايي با احتساب يک سال حکم تعليقي که پيشتر از سوي وثوقي، رييس شعبه ۱۰ دادگاه در خصوص پرونده بازداشت سال ۸۶ براي او صادر شده بود در مجموع به هفت سال حبس محکوم شده است.
در حکم جديدي که روز گذشته به صورت کتبي به مينا جعفري، وکيل علي کلايي ابلاغ شد، او به يک سال حبس تعزيري براي اتهام «تبليغ عليه نظام» از طريق نشر اخبار کذب و گزارشات مربوط به زندانيان سياسي و انجام مصاحبه و پنج سال حبس تعزيري براي اتهام «اجتماع و تباني به قصد ارتکاب جرم» از طريق عضويت در کميته گزارشگران حقوق بشر محکوم شده است. (كميته گزارشگران حقوق بشر- 22/9/89)
تأييد و اجراي حکم هفت سال زندان مهدي خدايي فعال دانشجويي
http://www.rahana.org/archives/32097
حکم هفت سال زندان مهدي خدايي فعال دانشجويي و فعال حقوق بشر با تاييد در دادگاه تجديدنظر استان تهران به اجرا درآمده است.
مهدي خدايي فعال دانشجويي و فعال حقوق بشر که طي دو پرونده به چهار و ۳ سال حبس تعزيري محکوم شده بود با تاييد حکم خود محکوم به سپري کردن هفت سال زندان است.
به گزارش خبرنگار رهانا، سامانه «خبري خانه حقوق بشر ايران» اين فعال دانشجويي که از تاريخ ۱۲ اسفند ماه سال گذشته در بازداشت به سر ميبرد در مهر ماه سال جاري از طرف شعبه ۲۸ دادگاه انقلاب به رياست قاضي مقيسه به سه سال زندان محکوم شده بود.
«تبليغ عليه نظام و اقدام عليه امنيت ملي» از جمله اتهامات اين فعال دانشجويي است که در دادگاه بدوي بدان خاطر به سه سال زندان محکوم شده است. اين حکم عينا در دادگاه تجديدنظر به تأييد رسيده است. اين حکم طي روزهاي گذشته به وکيل وي و خانواده خدايي ابلاغ شده است. همچنين خدايي در اسفند ماه سال ۸۸ نيز بابت پرونده قبلي خود نيز به چهار سال زندان محکوم شده بود. اين حکم از سوي شعبه ۱۵ دادگاه انقلاب به رياست قاضي صلواتي به اتهام «اقدام عليه امنيت ملي از طريق برپايي تجمعات و تبليغ عليه نظام» صادر شده بود...
خدايي دبير اسبق انجمن اسلامي دانشگاه آزاد شهر ري، از ابتداي بازداشت خود که نزديک ۱۰ ماه از آن ميگذرد تا کنون در بند ۲ الف زندان اوين که زير نظر سپاه پاسداران اداره ميشود، به سر برده و هم اکنون نيز عليرغم گرفتن حکم سنگين هفت سال زندان به بند عمومي زندان منتقل نشده است. (رهانا – 24/9/89)
دکتر احمد فخرالدين وکيل دادگستري به سه سال حبس محکوم شد
http://www.hra-news5.info/00/5684-1.html
دکتر وحيد احمد فخرالدين وکيل پايه يک دادگستري، استاد دانشگاه و فعال حقوق بشر از ديگر قربانيان سناريو دستگاه امنيتي خاصه مجموعه فعالان حقوق بشر در ايران به سه سال حبس تعليقي محکوم شد.
بنا بر اطلاع گزارشگران خبرگزاري مجموعه فعالان حقوق بشر در ايران، اين وکيل دادگستري و از همکاران سابق مجموعه فعالان حقوق بشر در ايران در اسفند ماه سال گذشته و در پي يورش سازمان يافته اطلاعات سپاه پاسداران به منازل فعالان حقوق بشري بازداشت شد، وي پس از تحمل ماهها انفرادي با قرار وثيقه از زندان آزاد شد.
دکتر وحيد احمد فخرالدين از سوي شعبه 26 دادگاه انقلاب به رياست قاضي پير عباسي به اتهام اقدام عليه امنيت ملي و تبليغ عليه نظام از طريق عضويت در مجموعه فعالان حقوق بشر در ايران به سه سال حبس تعليقي محکوم شده است. (هرانا – 24/9/89)
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