- Target:
- United Nations and Government and International Organizations
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- GLOBAL
- Website:
- persian2english.com
Arman Rezakhani is a student protester who has been held in various sections of Evin Prison, including sections 2A, 7 and intelligence unit 350, since September 2009.
Mr. Rezakhani has also spent some time in solitary confinement, and faced with false promises of freedom and safety for his family, was forced to submit a false confession.
Based on this forced confession, the initial trial held in branch 28 in April sentenced him to a two-year jail term for insulting the leadership, another one year for insulting the regime and a 100 USD monetary fine for insulting the president.
At the present time, Mr. Rezakhani’s physical condition is not satisfactory. He has lost a lot of weight, and like other prison inmates he is suffering from continuous dry coughs, which is indicative of a recurring illness, largely ignored by prison authorities.
During last winter and spring, following the interruption of heating, many inmates, including Mr. Rezakhani, suffered from the flu, and prison authorities did not show any effort in remedying the situation.
Source: http://www.ihrv.org/inf/?p=4255
We, the undersigned, condemn the imprisonment of student Arman Rezakhani who was arrested on December 18, 2009 and charged with insulting the government system. He was issued a three year prison sentence.
On July 6, 2010, branch 54 of the Appeals Court upheld the sentence for the IT student based on articles, 514, 500 and 609 of the Islamic Penal Code. He was also fined approximately $960 USD.
His mother Mrs. Rezakhani was banned from visiting her son in prison, but she eventually received a permit from the Tehran Prosecutor (Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi).
On June 27, 2010, after Mrs. Rezakhani visited her son, she was detained and taken to an undisclosed location.
This is not the first time a family member was detained after visiting a jailed relative. Previously, a family member of Ashura detainee Kiarash Kamrani was imprisoned.
The Iranian human rights group HRANA reports that Arman Rezakhani has spent some time in solitary confinement and his physical condition is not satisfactory. He has lost a lot of weight, and like other prison inmates he is suffering from continuous dry coughs, which is indicative of a recurring illness, largely ignored by prison authorities.
During last winter and spring, following the interruption of heating, many inmates, including Arman Rezakhani, suffered from the flu, and prison authorities did not show any effort in remedying the situation.
We call on all human rights organizations to condemn the imprisonment of student Arman Rezakhani. We call on the United Nations and other international bodies to take action to end unjust prison sentences issued to innocent Iranian citizens based on false confessions.
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The Free Student Arman Rezakhani from Prison petition to United Nations and Government and International Organizations was written by Maryam and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.