Hassan Zarezadeh Ardeshir
Following reports that protests are planned for the International Mother Language Day, on February 21, 2007, a number of Iranian political and cultural activists, and journalists across the country have been detained and then released on bail. There are reports that groups plan to hold peaceful rallies on the occasion in various Iranian towns, including those in Azerbaijan. This has prompted the arrest of a number of activists by security and intelligence agents.
According to human rights activists in Tabriz, these arrests and detention have taken place without formal arrest warrants and the victims have reported mistreatment at the hands of interrogators and official agents.
Alireza Javanbakht, the spokesperson for the Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan province, told Rooz, “Since the July demonstrations in the towns of Azerbaijan province, the government has been taking various preventive measures to contain similar protests in the future. This is the reason why many activists have been arrested since then. This policy has been pursued for different events, he added. For example, there have been wide arrests in Azerbaijan on the first day of school in September of last year and now for the International Mother Language Day. According to this human rights activist, “Those arrested are treated as principal figures in such demonstrations, while we see that the demonstrations comprise the public in general and are not orchestrated by any individual.”Link
سهشنبه، اسفند ۰۱، ۱۳۸۵
یکشنبه، بهمن ۲۹، ۱۳۸۵
Jailed Student Leader Batebi Suffers Brain Stroke
In a background of increasing intimidation against student activists, yesterday, jailed student leader Ahmad Batebi suffered a second brain stroke and was taken to the hospital. Link
From Regime Spokesperson to Demands for Democracy
Recent student gatherings and protests indicate that student organizations across Iran have adopted a new perspective, role and ways which are a significant departure from the original role that had been envisioned for them.
After the 1979 revolution, every party and political group in the country had a base in every university across the country, and thus supporters. After the cultural revolution, however, when universities were shut and reopened in 1984, only Islamic student associations survived the purges and thus re-activated their presence and work on campuses. But because of the new atmosphere in the universities and student movement peculiarities on one hand, and the general conditions of the country where differences among the ruling factions of the Islamic Republic were on the rise on the other, the nature of the student movement too changed. Link to Article
After the 1979 revolution, every party and political group in the country had a base in every university across the country, and thus supporters. After the cultural revolution, however, when universities were shut and reopened in 1984, only Islamic student associations survived the purges and thus re-activated their presence and work on campuses. But because of the new atmosphere in the universities and student movement peculiarities on one hand, and the general conditions of the country where differences among the ruling factions of the Islamic Republic were on the rise on the other, the nature of the student movement too changed. Link to Article
چهارشنبه، بهمن ۱۸، ۱۳۸۵
Iranian, Georgian, Iraqi Writers Receive Rights Award
February 6, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Seven Iranians, a Georgian, and an Iraqi are among the recipients this year of an international human rights award.
The writers are among a group of 45 people from 22 countries to receive Hellman/Hammett grants, which are administered by Human Rights Watch.
The annual grants go to writers around the world who have been targets of political persecution.
In a statement today, Human Rights Watch's Middle East director, Sarah Leah Whitson, said the past year was particularly difficult for Iranian writers, who had to work in an "ever-more restrictive atmosphere of new publishing rules and policies."
Some of the recipients have asked to remain anonymous because of possible risks to them and their families.
The named recipients from Iran, Georgia, and Iraq are: Irakli Kakabadze (Georgia), Ali Afshari (Iran), Hassan Zarezadeh Ardeshir (Iran), Ali Ashraf Darvishian (Iran), Roozbeh Mir Ebrahimi (Iran), Ensaf Ali Hedayat (Iran), Shahram Rafizadeh (Iran), Arash Sigarchi (Iran), and S.S. Ali (Iraq).
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/2/FE4766B0-3D0D-4F21-99B2-13BADA353EA5.html
سهشنبه، بهمن ۱۷، ۱۳۸۵
Seven Iranian Writers Receive Hellman/Hammett Grants
Iran: Writers Struggle to Uphold Freedom of Expression
Seven Iranian Writers Receive Hellman/Hammett Grants
(New York, February 6, 2007) – Human Rights Watch announced today that seven Iranians are among the 45 writers from 22 countries who are receiving the prestigious Hellman/Hammett prize, an award that recognizes writers globally who have been victims of political persecution.
"Hassan Zarezadeh Ardeshir, 29, journalist, has written extensively on the political environment and human rights issues in Iran. He has been arrested several times and spent nearly eight months in Evin prison in 2003. In 2005, he was forced into exile, but continues to report on human rights violations in Iran from abroad. " link to hrw report
Seven Iranian Writers Receive Hellman/Hammett Grants
(New York, February 6, 2007) – Human Rights Watch announced today that seven Iranians are among the 45 writers from 22 countries who are receiving the prestigious Hellman/Hammett prize, an award that recognizes writers globally who have been victims of political persecution.
"Hassan Zarezadeh Ardeshir, 29, journalist, has written extensively on the political environment and human rights issues in Iran. He has been arrested several times and spent nearly eight months in Evin prison in 2003. In 2005, he was forced into exile, but continues to report on human rights violations in Iran from abroad. " link to hrw report
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