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Saturday, May 24, 2014

Urgent appeal to the Iranian Government: Halt the scheduled execution of Ahwazi Arab men

GENEVA (21 May 2014) – A group of United Nations human
rights experts* today urged the Iranian authorities to halt the scheduled execution for tomorrow, Thursday 22 May, of two Ahwazi Arab farmers and cultural rights activists, after their death sentences were reportedly upheld by the Iranian Supreme Court.
The UN experts expressed alarm over the case of Ali Chebeishat and Sayed Khaled Mousavi, who were arrested in November 2012 and sentenced to death on charges of Moharebeh (enmity against God) by a Revolutionary Court in September 2013.
Both men have reportedly been subjected to severe mistreatment and beatings, possibly amounting to torture. They have now been held incommunicado for over two months, and neither their lawyer nor family members have been able to obtain official information regarding their current whereabouts or the status of their cases.
The human rights experts expressed further serious concern over reports that the accused were not afforded due process or fair trial standards in accordance with both domestic and international law.
“First and foremost, the Iranian authorities must stop the executions and the accused should be permitted a new, fair trial,” they said. “The authorities must also cease any and all retribution against family members for allegedly speaking with international organizations, including the United Nations.” 
“The Iranian authorities must promptly inform Messrs. Chebeishat and Mousavi’s families of their whereabouts, and allow their families and their lawyers’ access to details regarding the status of their cases, in accordance with both international and Iranian law,” the experts stressed.

Urgent appeal to the Iranian Government: Halt the scheduled execution of Ahwazi Arab men



GENEVA (21 May 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today
urged the Iranian authorities to halt the scheduled execution for tomorrow, Thursday 22 May, of two Ahwazi Arab farmers and cultural rights activists, after their death sentences were reportedly upheld by the Iranian Supreme Court.
The UN experts expressed alarm over the case of Ali Chebeishat and Sayed Khaled Mousavi, who were arrested in November 2012 and sentenced to death on charges of Moharebeh (enmity against God) by a Revolutionary Court in September 2013.
Both men have reportedly been subjected to severe mistreatment and beatings, possibly amounting to torture. They have now been held incommunicado for over two months, and neither their lawyer nor family members have been able to obtain official information regarding their current whereabouts or the status of their cases.
The human rights experts expressed further serious concern over reports that the accused were not afforded due process or fair trial standards in accordance with both domestic and international law.
“First and foremost, the Iranian authorities must stop the executions and the accused should be permitted a new, fair trial,” they said. “The authorities must also cease any and all retribution against family members for allegedly speaking with international organizations, including the United Nations.”
“The Iranian authorities must promptly inform Messrs. Chebeishat and Mousavi’s families of their whereabouts, and allow their families and their lawyers’ access to details regarding the status of their cases, in accordance with both international and Iranian law,” the experts stressed

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Breaking news: The General Attorney of Mohamareh city was shot today

According to news received by the media Center of the Ahwazi
Democratic Popular Front, this morning the general Attorney of Mohamareh city ((last capital of Alahwaz)) were shot.
 The sources also stressed that when Alireza Bawi "general Attorney of Mohamerah city" was on the way to his work, where an unknown car came closer and start fire to him and he was shot in the head.
There is no exact news that confirms Alireza Bawi’s health conditions where Iranian occupier’s media has confirmed that Alireza has been shot and he is admitted in Alahwaz capital’s hospital and his physical condition is dire.
In recent years occupier regime execute innocent Ahwazi Arab people without any fair trial and even access to lawyer where it made anger among Arabs in particular and other nations in geographic so called Iran in general.
 Iran is second largest country after China in executions according to Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, where they execute all freedom of speeches and oppositions with false accusations like drug dealer and corruptions on earth.