No. 460/2007
Date: 5 August 2007
The Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva

Please circulate these Communications to:

• Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
• The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (also for Fair Trials)
• The Independent Expert on Minority Issues
• Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

CC Mr Dyke and Mrs. Harrison, Amnesty International, London

Dear sir/madam,

Re: COMMUNICATION ON FIVE SOUTHERN AZERBAIJANI ACTIVISTS SUFFERING ARBITRARY TRIALS AND ARBITRARY DETENTIONS

Please find enclosed five separate Communications for safeguarding human rights of five Southern Azerbaijani activists suffering from arbitrary sentences brought against them by the relevant authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The documents enclosed are as follows*:

Table 1: A log of our past correspondences on the victims
Table 2: A reverse chronology of the ordeal experience by the victims since their arrest
Table 3: The translation of a letter by the victims to the General Director of the Eastern Azerbaijan Judiciary, serving as the authoritative source for these five Communications
Table 4: Communication 1 for safeguarding human rights of Mr. Hamid Yeganepur
Table 5: Communication 1 for safeguarding human rights of Mr. Yashar Hekkakpur Maraghi
Table 6: Communication 1 for safeguarding human rights of Mr. Davud Ezimzade
Table 7: Communication 1 for safeguarding human rights of Mr. Mejid Pejuhfam
Table 8: Communication 1 for safeguarding human rights of Mr. Elirza Heqqi

We would like to stress that the compilation and submission of these Communications are our initiative and we have not consulted with the victims, their family members or anyone representing their interests. We state this to manage the risk of reprisal against the victims by the Iranian authorities.

The submitted Communications bring to focus once again the issues of collusion among different state departments and security machineries; racist policies are spearheaded by the Iranian authorities; the authorities are inventive in devising new mechanism for arbitrary acts; and gagging the activists of the National Movement of Southern Azerbaijan is widespread. Within this context, the comprehensive initiatives of the victims to defend their human rights and secure justice for themselves remains in vain.

The defence of the human rights of the victims lies before you and we thank you in advance for your care.

Yours faithfully,
Boyuk Resuloglu

For and on Behalf of
The Committee for the Defence of the Rights of World Azerbaijanis

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