Iran: in and out

Dutch Minister Verdonk sent a letter to parliament, saying that homosexual asylumseekers in fear of prosecution or ill-treatment, are granted special asylumrights.
Furthermore it is decided to extend a moratorium for Iranian Christian asylum seekers to remain in the Netherlands until May 19th 2007.




The estafette-action for Abdullah al-Mansouri is in its third week. It is still unknown where al-Mansouri is. Amnesty International thinks he is in Karounprison, in Ahwaz City, Khuzestan province.

Lawyer Gerard Spong did October 16th apply for a visum for Iran. He wants to defend Abdullah al-Mansouri, if there is a case against him.In two weeks he'll hear if a visum is granted.




Unconfirmed reports from Baku, Azerbaijan say that iranian journalist Reza Abbasi has been sentenced to one year in prison for insulting state officials and conducting antigovernment propaganda.

Abbasi was detained in the northwestern Iranian city of Zenjan in June after he reportedly refused to comply with a verbal summons to be questioned by Iranian security officials.
September 12th, Amnesty International reported that Abbasi's trial was under way and said the defendant was at risk of torture and ill treatment.
Abbasi is a member of the Association for the Defense of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners (ASMEK) and of the Alumni Association of Iran, an organization that has been active in promoting democracy and human rights.



During the last few weeks Iran has detained at least 40 people from the Kurdish cities of Sanandaj, Saghez, Kamiaran, Divandareh and Degolan in Kurdistan province.

Following are the names of some of the detainees that PDKI’s Bureau of International Relations has received:
Eghbal Javanmardi, Javamirawa
Asad Khani, Degolan
Kouroosh Ranjbar, Degolan
Mrs. Sorraya Ghasemi, Degolan
Vahed Gharibi
Many of the detainees are transferred to unknown locations, and their families have no information about their whereabouts.



In Iran deathpenalty is in use. Also for child offenders.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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