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Action Alert: Support a Kurdish human rights activist
Written by Simon on June 10, 2008 – 10:44 pm -
What? Send a mail to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei to express your concern for the medical condition of the Kurdish journalist and human rights activist, Mohammed Sadigh Kabodwand.
When? Now!
Where? Email or fax the letter below the “more” tag to:
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic:
His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei,
Faxes: + 98.21.649.5880 / 21.774.2228
E-mail: info@leader.ir or istiftaa@wilayah.org
How? Just copy the letter below and paste it to your email.
Why? There are serious concerns for the health of Iranian Kurdish human rights activist and journalist Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand, who suffered a stroke in Evin prison on 19 May 2008 and has been denied access to adequate medical care. He has been held since 1 July 2007 on charges of “acting against national security”.
He was reportedly been denied access to medical help before and was held in very bad conditions in solitary confinement as well as being subject to torture.
Last month, two other Kurdish men (Kaveh Aziz Poor and Ebrahim Lotf Allahi) died while in government detention. It is suspected that both were beaten to death by government authorities. AKR again asks the international community to condemn these vicious acts.
Who is organizing the action? The campaign is lead by the lately relaunched Alliance for Kurdish Rights. The AKR is an independent and self-funded project started by a group of students and youth activists who wish to campaign for change and address the issue of Kurdish rights in the Middle East and abroad.
via Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Copy and paste this mail, then send it to the above adress of Ayatollah Khamenei:
Your Excellency,
I am writing you to express my concerns for the medical condition of Mr. Mohammad Sadigh Kabodwand. I am asking that the Iranian government give assurances that they will do what is necessary to restore his health. His condition is the result of long imprisonments and being subject to torture.
I am calling for his immediate and unconditional release on humanitarian grounds and in accordance with Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Iran is a signatory. Likewise, I am very concerned about the apparent pattern of repression against journalists and human rights activist in Kurdistan region of Iran.
Two examples of such brutal repression are the deaths of death of Kaveh Aziz Poor and Ebrahim Lotf Allahi. I am urgently asking the Iranian government to do a full investigation into the cause of the deaths of these two men and to bring the people responsible to justice.
Sincerely,
(your name, signature, and address)
Tags: Iran, Mail Campaign, Mohammed Sadigh Kabodwand
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