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Verzonden: woensdag 8 augustus 2007 21:45
Aan: secretariat@iranembassy.be
Onderwerp: Please forward to president Ahmadinejad
Urgentie: Hoog
To Ambassador Pour:
Your Excellency,
Please take note of this message from the PEN
International:
The news that the death sentence against Iranian
Kurdish journalist Adnan Hassanpour was confirmed in Tehran has come as a
deep shock to International PEN. As International President and
International Secretary of International PEN, and as International Chair
of its Writers in Prison Committee, it is our opinion that it is a case of
utmost gravity when a colleague is sentenced to death for the peaceful
exercise of the right to advocate his or her opinions and to disseminate
information.
Yours sincerely,
Jiri Grusa, International President
Eugene Schoulgin, International Secretary
Karin Clark, International Chair, Writers in Prison
Committee
Your Excellency,
As a member of the Writers in Prison Committee of
International PEN am sending you my concern about the death sentence
handed down to Iranian Kurdish journalist, writer and human rights
activist Adnan Hassanpour on 16 July 2007, which was reportedly confirmed
by an appeals court on 31 July 2007. Hassanpour, who was arrested on 25
January 2007, is believed to have been convicted of being a mohareb (enemy
of Godı), possibly for expressing his views on the Kurdish issue.
International PEN is urgently seeking details of the charges against him,
and calls for his immediate and unconditional release if held in
violation of Article 19 of the United Nations International Covenant
of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Iran is a signatory.
According to PENıs information, Adnan Hassanpour,
journalist and advocate of cultural rights for Iranian Kurds, was detained
on 25 January 2007 in Marivan, a small city in the northwestern
province of Kurdistan. He was reportedly held incommunicado without
charge in a Ministry of Intelligence facility in Marivan, and
transferred to Marivan prison on 26 March 2007. He appeared before
the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj on 12 June 2007, in the
presence of his lawyer.
Adnan Hassanpour was reportedly taken from Marivan
prison to an unconfirmed place of detention, possibly the detention
facility run by the Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj, the
capital of Kurdistan province, early in the morning of 15 July 2007.
On 16 July 2007 he was told that he had been sentenced to death on charges
of espionage and Moharebeh (being at enmity with God). The sentence was
confirmed on appeal on 31 July 2007, and must now to be further confirmed
by the Supreme Court.
I am dismayed that a fellow writer is sentenced to
death for his opinions and plead with you to follow international law and
practice. I oppose the death sentence in all cases and sincerely
hope that you will take this into consideration,
Respectfully yours,
Hilde Keteleer
On behalf of the Writers in prison Committee Flanders
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