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In accordance with information obtained from the most reliable sources, on 08 April 2007 the office of the society of teachers of Hamadan Province was forcefully dispersed and a total of forty five teachers were arrested. At 8 pm of the same evening, the societies building was surrounded by the police whereupon all participants

Amnesty International, London

CC. The Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva,

Please circulate this letter to Independent Expert on Minority Issues and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions

Re: Suppression in South Azerbaijan Province of Hamadan

The democratic movement of teachers in South Azerbaijan’s Hamadan Province has become another victim of the ruthless policies of the Iranian regime.

In accordance with information obtained from the most reliable sources, on 08 April 2007 the office of the society of teachers of Hamadan Province was forcefully dispersed and a total of forty five teachers were arrested.

At 8 pm of the same evening, the societies building was surrounded by the police whereupon all participants were arrested including seven coordinators of Hamada Teachers Union. Also those members who were not present in the meeting were attacked and arrested in their homes and taken to unknown places.

In support of the above, the original and the translation of the statement dated 11 April 2007 and issued by the Teachers Union of Tabriz, are attached for your kind attention.

Furthermore, on 24 February 2007, his Honourable Taleh Niki-Nam the Member of Parliament for Hamadan Province highlighted the national rights of South Azerbaijan’s Turkic population. As expected, matters have not improved in this aspect.

Based on the information received today, 37 individuals out of the 45 arrested have been released on bail and as for the others, such as the committee members of the teachers union are still in detention.

We will be grateful if you could provide every possible support towards the release of the above mentioned teachers who constitute the most respectable sector of our society and whose human rights have been so tragically violated.

With kind regards : Boyuk Rasuloglu
The Committee for the Defence of the Rights of World Azerbaijanis

The Indiscriminate attack by armed troops sent by Tehran’s fascist regime to the central office of the Teachers Union of Hamadan province on the 08th April 2007, resembled the atrocities of infamous Apartheid governments on one of the most sacred institutions in the country.

During the last five years, many teachers in different Iranian cities, particularly in South Azerbaijan have suffered savage attacks by the military and security forces of the regime. So far, hundreds of teachers have been detained and tortured.
On many occasions teachers have lost their jobs merely for expressing their opinion or demanding their salaries.

During the mass demonstrations of April and May 2007 which swept across fifty towns and cities of South Azerbaijan in opposition to the fascist and apartheid style government of Iran, hundreds of students and their teachers were arrested, humiliated and severely tortured.
It is unimaginable that many students after being arrested and tortured were expelled from their schools and universities.

The National Movement of South Azerbaijan considers teachers as symbols of morality and human decency who tirelessly pioneer our nation’s struggle against poverty, corruption and fascism.
Undoubtedly the lack of social and financial security of tens of thousands of teachers will result in reducing the quality of education for millions of students thus resulting in profound damage to society in general.

The National Movement of South Azerbaijan hereby supports the demands of teachers who claim nothing more than justice, national identity and unconditional release of all the arrested teachers and lecturers who are some of the most hard working, yet least paid citizens in our society.

The National Movement of South Azerbaijan was based on peaceful and non aggressive demonstrations under the advice and directions of our teachers and educationalists. Indeed the success of the teachers in this important struggle, will also pave the way for our mass movement.

The National Movement of South Azerbaijan hereby declares its full support for the struggle of the teachers of South Azerbaijan and all teachers across the country.

South Azerbaijanis, have throughout their history proven that they have always fought and triumphed against those aggressors who have tried to silence the just requests of the people.

Organisation of teachers and activists of National movement of South Azerbaijan 11 April 2007

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