UPDATE 1: ARBITRARY SENTENCE AGAINST MR. ILQAR MERENDLI
BayBak, Azerbaijan | 1740 days ago | Wednesday, 13th August , 2008 , 13:48 [pm] | Azerbaijan
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. | Mr. Merendli was detained on 31 October 2007 but without known charges, although he is a well-known Southern Azerbaijani human rights defender and a prolific writer. He was released on 19 December 2007 on bail for a surety of 80 million Tumen (approximately $80,000). He was tried in a closed court on 11 May 2008 in Branch 115 of the Revolutionary Court, Tehran, and the sentence was passed |
No.: 504/2008
Date: 11 August 2008
The Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva,
Please circulate this Communication to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders, also this is of interest to:
• Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
• The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
• Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
• Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
• The Independent Expert on Minority Issues
CC: Mr. Dyke and Mrs. Harrison, Amnesty International, London
Also: Human Rights Watch and Human Rights Server
Dear Sir/Madam;
UPDATE 1: ARBITRARY SENTENCE AGAINST MR. ILQAR MERENDLI
Further to our Communication (Ref: 471/2007; Date: 9 December 2007), please find enclosed Update 1 to safeguard human rights of Mr. Ilqar Merendli (his official name is Yaqub Saliki-niya), a prominent Southern Azerbaijani human rights defender, who was persecuted earlier by the Iranian authorities.*
Mr. Merendli was detained on 31 October 2007 but without known charges, although he is a well-known Southern Azerbaijani human rights defender and a prolific writer. He was released on 19 December 2007 on bail for a surety of 80 million Tumen (approximately $80,000). He was tried in a closed court on 11 May 2008 in Branch 115 of the Revolutionary Court, Tehran, and the sentence was passed on 10 June 2008 ([1] haqqimiz1.blogfa.com/post-22.aspx, please see also Table 1) comprising an arbitrary punitive sentence of one year for the charge of “publicity against the Islamic Republic.†The sentence was suspended for five years, effectively gagging him for an unintelligible charge.
We would like to stress that the compilation and submission of this Update is due to our initiative and we have not consulted with Mr. Merendli, his family members or anyone representing their interests. We have to state this to manage reprisal risks against the victims by the Iranian authorities.
Once again we appeal to your kind attention to this case, requesting your campaign against the gagging order of Iranian authorities against Southern Azerbaijani activists and Mr. Mərəndli. We hope you will make a strong representation to the Iranian authorities against their futile attempt to undermine national and human rights of the nation of Azerbaijan in Southern Azerbaijan. Thank you in advance for your care.
Yours faithfully;
Eli Tashkent
The Committee for the Defence of the Rights of World Azerbaijanis
* For details please [2] click here
, Voice of a Nation[3] Print
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azeribaybak[at]gmail.comURLs used in the text:
[1] haqqimiz1.blogfa.com/post-22.aspx: http://haqqimiz1.blogfa.com/post-22.aspx
[2] click here: http://www.baybak.com/depo11007/DUNAZHAK504IlqarMerendli20080813.pdf
[3] Print : http://en.baybak.com/update-1-arbitrary-sentence-against-mr-ilqar-merendli.azr?print=1
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