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Tehran^s Wedding Planners Vedud Asadi, an Azeri-Iranian minority rights activist, was recently arrested by Iranian authorities in Rasht. He was among hundreds of Azeri-Iranians who have been detained since May. While authorities have not announced the charges against him, human rig
Iran: Arbitrary Detention and Ill-Treatment of human rights defenders Hemid Valai, Sejjad Radmehr and Vedud Esedi Front Line is concerned following reports that human rights defenders Hemid Valai, Sejjad Radmehr and Vedud Esedi have been arbitrarily detained and subjected to ill-treatment and torture. Hemid Valai is a human rights lawyer. Hemid Valai, Sejjad Radmehr a
Three Azeri Students Arrested In Iran The families of three Tabriz University students say they have not been able to get any information about their whereabouts or the reason for their arrest on July 17. Saccad Radmehr, Feraz Zehtab, and Aydin Xacei were arrested at the entrance to the unive
Traditional Azeri Wedding Leads To Groom^s Arrest In Iran Vedud Asadi is well-known for his work promoting the cultural and language rights of Iran^s Azeri minority, so it^s little surprise that he celebrated his wedding with a nod to his ethnic heritage. Guests sang folk songs and danced traditional dances -
School boy condemned 6 months imprisonment for insulting the Leader Moham Reza Avazpoor, a schoolboy has been charged with insulting the Leader and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment by the 118th branch of the penal Court.
Azeri-Iranians Arrested The human rights monitoring organization Amnesty International reports that hundreds of Azeri-Iranians have been arrested by Iranian authorities since May.
Two journalists get suspended jail terms for “publicity” against the government Reporters Without Borders condemns the suspended prison sentences that have been passed on journalists Said Matinpour and Yaghoub Salaki Nia in separate cases.
Fear for safety / Fear of torture and other ill-treatment / Possible prisoners of conscience - Azerbaijani cultural rights activists IRAN Hasan Asadi, (or Hesen Esedi) (m), aged 30 ] Ali Sadeqi (or, Eli Sediqi) (m), aged 35 ] Hojjat Tarverdian (m) aged 40 ] Akbar Hosseinzadeh (m), aged 3
ADAPP Calls on Iranian Authorities to Respect the Freedom of Assembly as Azerbaijani Iranians Mark the Anniversary of the May, 2006 Demonstrations VANCOUVER, CANADA: At the anniversary of the May, 2006 demonstrations by Azerbaijani Iranians against the publication of a cartoon degrading and threatening them as an ethnic group, the Association for the Defence of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners in Iran
AN OPEN LETTER TO : International Linguistics Center As a group of Iranian and Azerbaijani scholars and human rights activists, we the undersigned would like to express our deepest gratitude to you and all the individuals involved in publishing and maintaining Ethnologue, the most objective and scholarly bod
UA 74/08 Prisoner of conscience/Torture -IRAN Abbas Lisani (or Leysani) (m), activist for Iranian Azerbaijani rights Prisoner of conscience Abbas Lisani was moved to a new prison on 6 March so that his flogging sentence can be carried out. He is now in imminent danger of being flogged, which is cruel and inhuman treatment amounting to torture; Iran is a state party to th
In defense of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners, Speech of Fakhteh Zamani in U.S. Congress I am here to address the plight of Azerbaijanis living in Iran, whose basic human rights have been consistently violated and whose voices have been silenced.
Abbas Lisani At Risk Friends and relatives of Azerbaijani-Iranian human rights activist Abbas Lisani fear for his life. He has reportedly been transferred from Ahar prison to a prison in central Iran. Mr. Lisani’s wife, Rugeyye, says the transfer was illegal and her husband wa
US Congress to focus Iranian Azerbaijanis Washington. Husniyya Hasanova –APA. US Congress has held a hearing on the situation of Azerbaijanis and other ethnics residing in Iran, as well as Kurds, Bahais, Arabs, Belujis, APA US Bureau reports.
Report of Amnesty international about Reza Daghestani, South Azerbaijani right activist, student and Journalist Azerbaijani rights activist Reza Daghestani was arrested on 21 February 2008 at his family^s house in the city of Oroumiye. His house was searched and his computer, CDs, papers and books were confiscated, along with printouts of his newsletters. He is in d