Iran: Further information on prisoners of conscience / torture
Date Published: 7 February 2008
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All of those named in the earlier urgent action, except Jelil Ghanilou have been released. Safar Ali Kho’ini was released on 11 March 2007, Esma’il Javadi and Ebulfezl Alilu on 12 March and 30 April respectively and Ramin Sadeghi on 15 March 2007. Azerbaijani cultural and linguistic rights activist Jelil Ghanilou continues to face torture and interrogation. Amnesty International believes that Jelil Ghanilou is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression.
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Iran: Further information on UA 137/07: Concern for safety / torture/ill-treatment
Index Number: MDE 13/019/2008
Date Published: 30 January 2008
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Sa’id Metinpour (m) was arrested on 25 May 2007, in the north-western city of Zenjan, and is held in Section 209 of Evin prison, Tehran. In attempts to obtain a videotaped confession the authorities tortured him. On 28 August, the Ministry of Intelligence summoned and arrested his brother, Elirza Metinpour (m), who was also transferred to Evin prison and subsequently tortured. The brothers are not known to have been formally charged with any offence.
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Iran: Torture/possible prisoners of conscience/medical concern
Index Number: MDE 13/015/2008
Date Published: 25 January 2008 Download: RTF HTML PDF
Iranian Azerbaijani Behrouz Seferi, who has campaigned for Iran’s Azerbaijani minority to be given greater rights to use their mother tongue, is now known to have been detained without charge or trial since late May or early June 2007. His wife, Layla Heydari, has been detained since 28 August. Both are held in Tehran's Evin Prison, where they have allegedly been tortured. Neither has been allowed to consult a lawyer.
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Iran: Fear of torture
Index Number: MDE 13/016/2008
Date Published: 25 January 2008
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Jamshid Arazpour and Haji Aman Khadivar were detained in the first week of January 2008, during or after unrest that followed the killing of a Turkmen fisherman by the security forces. They are believed to be held incommunicado in Bouyeh Prison by officials from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence in the city of Gorgan, the capital of the north-eastern province of Golestan. They are at risk of torture.
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