UPDATE 5: ARBITRARY SENTENCE AGAINST MR. METINPUR
BayBak, Azerbaijan | 1771 days ago | Wednesday, 13th August , 2008 , 13:27 [pm] | Azerbaijan
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. | It is regrettable that while our backlogs were piling up, we missed to issue many important updates. To illustrate this and compensate for our shortfall, we start with the case of Mr Seid Metinpur. 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. Metinpur, his family members or anyone representing their interests. We have to state this to manage reprisal risks against the victims by the Iranian authorities. |
No: 502/2008
Date: 10 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 update is of interest to:
• The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
• Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
• 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 5: ARBITRARY SENTENCE AGAINST MR. METINPUR
Further to our Communication 2 (Ref: 458/2007 on 22 July 2007) and its Update No 4 (Ref: 480/2008 on 21 January 2008), please find enclosed Update No 5 to safeguard human rights of Mr. Seid Metinpur, a distinguished human rights defender of Southern Azerbaijan persecuted arbitrarily by Iranian authorities. Attached information comprises*:
Table 1: presents a chronology of the arbitrary treatments that he suffered, in particular he was released on 27 February 2008, after 279 days of arbitrary detention and torture.
Table 2: presents the translation of a succinct and witty letter of thanks by Mr. Metinpur to those who campaigned for him and therefore this is for your attention too.
Table 3: presents the report by Reporters Without Borders on the outcome of the arbitrary sentence, passed on 10 June 2008: (i) 7 years of punitive sentence for “maintaining relations with foreigners†and (ii) one year sentence for “publicity against the Islamic Republic.†He was never indicted and therefore we learned of these arbitrary charges for the first time. We failed to make sense of Charge 1; perhaps you are more successful than us! Normally Amnesty International maintains such charges are void in international courts.
Table 4: presents the log of our communications and updates in campaigning for Mr. Metinpur.
It is regrettable that while our backlogs were piling up, we missed to issue many important updates. To illustrate this and compensate for our shortfall, we start with the case of Mr Seid Metinpur. 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. Metinpur, 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 for the use of your mandates to spoil the Iranian authorities order on gagging Southern Azerbaijani activists, e.g. Mr. Metinpur. We hope you will make a strong representation to the Iranian authorities against their futile attempt undermining 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 [1] click here
, Voice of a Nation[2] Print
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- 23/12/2007 UPDATE NO 3 ON MR. SEID METINPUR
- 13/08/2008 UPDATE 5: ARBITRARY SENTENCE AGAINST MR. SALEH KAMRANI
- 29/12/2009 COMMUNICATION NO 3 ON MR. SEID METINPUR
- 12/12/2007 UPDATE NO 2 ON MR. SEID METINPUR
- 08/12/2007 UPDATE NO 1 ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER AND JOURNALIST MR. SEID METINPUR
- 23/03/2011 CDRWA (DUNAZHAK) concerned about condition of Seid Metinpur, a Southern Azerbaijani prisoner of conscience
- 13/08/2008 UPDATE 1: ARBITRARY SENTENCE AGAINST MR. ILQAR MERENDLI
- 21/01/2008 UPDATE 4: MR. METINPUR WAS TORTURED WITH URGENT NEED TO MEICAL CARE
- 25/08/2008 UPDATE 2: ARBITRARY SENTENCE AGAINST MR. JELIL QENILU
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azeribaybak[at]gmail.comURLs used in the text:
[1] click here: http://www.baybak.com/depo11007/DUNAZHAK502SeidMetinpur20080813.pdf
[2] Print : http://en.baybak.com/update-5-arbitrary-sentence-against-mr-metinpur.azr?print=1