فراخوان برای آزادی عبدالفتاح
سلطانی
به کمیسیون حقوق بشر
سازمان ملل،
پارلمان اروپا
و مسئولین قضایی
جمهوری اسلامی ایران
امروز پروفسور نوم چامسکی برجسته ترین
روشنفکر معاصر و خانم شیرین عبادی برنده جایزه صلح نوبل به دهها استاد و محقق
دانشگاهی پیوستند که خواستار آزادی دکتر عبدالفتاح سلطانی از زندان جمهوری اسلامی
شده اند. در این فراخوان آزادی بدون قید و
شرط آقای سلطانی که اکنون بیش از شش ماه است بدون تفهیم اتهام مشخص در زندان بسر
می برد درخواست شده است. در بیانیه آمده
است که بازداشت ایشان بر اساس شواهد موجود اهداف سیاسی را دنبال می کند و باید
هرچه زودتر خاتمه یابد. امضا کنندگان
فراخوان ضمن اعتراض به محدودیت ملاقات عبدالفتاح سلطانی با وکیل مدافع و خانواده
اش به مقامات جمهوری اسلامی یادآوری کرده اند تا براساس کنوانسیون های جهانی حقوق
بشر که ایران از امضا کنندگان آن است و طبق "اصول قانون اساسی" حقوق
زندانی باید رعابت گردد. لازم به ذکراست
که اخیرا مقام قضایی مربوطه با تعیین وجه الضمان غیر منطقی که معادل 870 هزار دلار
برآورد گردیده و پرداخت آن در توان خانواده وی نیست عملا مانع آزادی مشروط وی شده است.
در این فراخوان با اشاره به روند بازداشت
آقای سلطانی به طور اخص و تهدیدات و تهاجماتی که به آزادی عمل فعالین حقوق بشر به
طور عام در ایران به عمل می آید درخواست شده جمهوری اسلامی ایران به بیانیه سازمان
ملل در محترم شمردن حق فعالیت و آزادی عمل مدافعین حقوق بشر توجه مقتضی مبذول
دارد، تا ایشان بتوانند فعالیت‌های قانونی خود در ترویج و حراست از حقوق انسان را
بدون هراس از هرگونه آزار، تهدید یا انتقام به پیش ببرند.
هفته گذشته سازمان عفو بین الملل نیز در
اطلاعیه ای عبدالفتاح سلطانی را براساس شواهد موجود به عنوان یک زندانی عقیدتی مورد
حمایت قرار داده و خواستار آزادی وی شد. سازمان عفو بين‌الملل اظهار داشت كه
"ادامه‌ی بازداشت عبدالفتاح سلطانی انگيزه سياسی دارد تا با
دلسردی بقيه مدافعان حقوق بشر آنان را از پيگيری شكايات عليه آنانكه حقوق
بشر را پايمال می‌كنند ؛ و همچنين دفاع از مردمی كه بدلايل سياسی مجازات می‌شوند، باز دارد".
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http://freesoltani.blogspot.com
Petition to United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights, European Parliament and Iranian Authorities:
Ayatollah
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Ministry of Justice, Park-e Shahr,
Tehran, Islamic
Republic of Iran
Email via website:
www.iranjudiciary.org/feedback_en.html
Her Excellency
Louise Arbour
High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Fax: + 41 22 917 9022
E-mail: tb-petitions@ohchr.org
His Excellency Josep Fontelles Borrell
President of the European Parliament
Division for Correspondence with Citizens
L-2929 LUXEMBOURG
Fax: (352) 4300 27072
We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned about the continuing detention of Dr.
Abdolfattah Soltani, a defense attorney who has been imprisoned without formal
charge in Tehran's Evin prison since July 30th 2005. He is allegedly detained
in connection with disclosing information in a nuclear espionage case in which
he was acting as defense counsel.
As Amnesty
International declared in a recent press release (MDE 13/009/2006 February 1st,
2006) it is widely believed that “the continued detention of Abdolfattah
Soltani is politically motivated and designed to discourage other Human Rights
Defenders (HRDs) from pursuing cases against those responsible for committing
human rights abuses, or defending people being prosecuted for political
reasons. If so, he should be released
immediately and unconditionally. At the very least, he must be given the
earliest opportunity to defend himself against any charges the Iranian
authorities intend to bring against him.”
Mr Soltani was
denied access to his lawyer for more than five months and was just recently
allowed to visit his wife. Last month he
was given an option of being freed on bail, but the amount of bail was so
unreasonably high ($870,000) that no one could afford to put.
We demand that
authorities offer him the due process of law as prescribed by Iranian
constitution and universal declaration of human rights to which Iran is a
signatory. Mr. Soltani as a prisoner of
conscience and a Human Rights Defender should have the right to regular visits
with his family and defense attorneys.
Furthermore, we
urge the Iranian judicial authorities to develop national plans of action to
implement the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (HRD) as an important
first step to ensure that HRDs are able safely to carry out their legitimate
activities for the promotion and protection of human rights free from
harassment, fear or retaliation.
We demand that
Dr. Abdolfattah Soltani be released immediately and unconditionally.
1.
Afrasiabi Ladan, Scotsdale, AZ
2.
Afshar, Haleh, University of York, UK
3.
Ahmadi Ramin Yale
university USA
4.
Ahmadian,
Mohammad Senior Research Scientist WA, USA
5.
Alamdari, Kazem, California State
University Los Angeles, USA
6.
Amirahmadi,
Hooshang, Rutgers University,
USA
7.
Ansari. Nazanin.
Journalist Kayhan-London, UK
8.
Ardalan Ashkan Canada
9.
Ashkan Canada
10.
Ashouri, Daryoush
Writer, former lecturer at University
of Tehran Creteil, France
11.
Atri, Kia, UK
12.
Baghai Fariborz MD, Frankfurt
Germany
13.
Bahadori, Atefeh,
Holland
14.
Bardshiri Esfandiar U.K
15.
Bayat, Asef, Leiden University,
Netherland
16.
Behmanesh Ramin,
Malaysia
17.
Behrooz Maziar San Francisco State University USA
18.
Bijnen, Lucy,
Human Rights Advocate, Netherland
19.
Bonakdarian,
Mansour, Hofstra University,
USA
20.
Boroujerdi,
Mehrzad, Syracuse University,
USA
21.
Chomsky, Noam,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
USA
22.
Cobra
Ghassemi Holland
23.
Dadvar,
Faramarz, Center in Defense of Freedom & Democracy in Iran-Chicago
24.
Darabi, Firouzeh, USA
25.
Darvishi france
26.
Davari Nouredin Iran
27.
Dehghan, Mohammad, Germany
28.
Ebadi, Shirin,
Nobel Peace Laureate, 2003.
29.
Ebrahimi Amir Tehran
30.
Eghtedari,
Goudarz, Voices of the Middle East, USA
31.
Ehsani, Kaveh,
Middle East Research and Information Project,
USA
32.
Entessar, Nader, Spring Hill College, USA
33.
Eskandari,
Mohammad, Clark University,
USA
34.
Etebari David Tarzana
35.
Fani Yazdi
Reza Berkeley, California
36.
Farhang, Mansour,
Bennington College, USA
37.
Farhi, Farideh, University of Hawai’I, USA
38.
Ganjbakhche, Amir
Hossein, Natiopnal Institute of Health,
USA
39.
Ghaffari Mahmoud Devry University USA
40.
Ghahari, Keivandokht, Journalist, Germany
41.
Habibi Ray USA
42.
Hashemi S.
University of Washington United
States
43.
Hashemi, Nader,
Northwestern University, USA
44.
Hassanpour Binesh University
of Toronto Canada
45.
Homayoonfar Hossein Los angeles, CA
46.
Hosseini, Reza, France
47.
Jahanfard Ali Iceland
48.
Javid Jahanshah
Publisher, iranian.com California
49.
Joodaki, Saideh, Iran
50.
Kamel, Ossama, Egypt
51.
Kar, Mehrangiz, Harvard University, USA
52.
Karimi-Hakkak
Ahmad University of Maryland
USA
53.
katouli enayat
free all political prisoners in Iran USA
54.
Keshtkar, Fazel, University of Ottawa, Canada
55.
khodadad usa
56.
Kian-Thiébaut,
Azadeh, University
of Paris VIII, France
57.
Lavaei, Mehrdad, Iran
Future Foundation, Netherlands
58.
Mary SWEDEN
59.
Mashayekhi,
Mehrdad, Georgetown University,
USA
60.
Massod Medical
Doctor Austin -Texas-USA
61.
McDougall, James,
Princeton University
and MERIP, USA
62.
Moeini, Mohammad
R., University of Massachusetts,
USA
63.
Mohammadi Monireh
Toronto, Canada
64.
Mohammadi, Monireh, Canada
65.
Mojtahedi Hamid
Attorney-at-Law Canada
66.
Montassori,
Arthur, McMaster University,
Hamilton, ON
Canada
67.
Moshaver, Bijan, Iran Future Foundation, Netherlands
68.
Moussavi Seyed
Information Technologist USA
69.
N. Rahni David,
University Professor and Scholar New
York
70.
Naguib, Rim,
Northwestern University, USA
71.
Nakisa, Australia
72.
Nikfar Mohammad Reza Germany
73.
Osanloo Arzoo University Washington U.S.A.
74.
Pakroo Bahman, Iran
75.
Palmer, Michelle, UK
76.
Parsa, Misagh, Dartmouth College, USA
77.
Partyka, Joanna, USA
78.
Pashapour Mahasty
Usa
79.
Perkovich,
Michael J., USA
80.
Peykar Neil, Los Angeles
81.
Pirzad Katayoon,
Germany
82.
Postel Danny
openDemocracy.net Chicago
83.
Roshandel, Jalil,
Duke University, USA
84.
Saberi Hengameh Harvard
University Cambridge, MA USA
85.
Sadri, Mahmoud, Texas Woman’s University, USA
86.
Sadrpour Haleh CA - USA
87.
Shabani, Omid, University of Guelph, Canada
88.
Sheybani, Lida, London
89.
Shokouhi Alireza Long Beach/US
90.
Siassi, Jilla,
University of Applied Sciences Berlin,
Germany
91.
Soltani, Maede, Germany
92.
Taati, Poopak,
Professor and Journalist, USA
93.
Taborosi, Danko, Hokkaido University, Japan
94.
Toensing, Chris,
Middle East Research and Information Project,
USA
95.
Tohidi, Nayereh, University of California
Los Angeles, USA
96.
Vahdati Soheila USA
97.
Vossoughi Siamak San
Francisco, CA
98.
Vossoughi Majid, kirkland,washington,USA
99.
Wiesmueller Beate Cologene, Germany
100.
Zangeneh, Suzanne, USA
