Iran: gatherings

The appeals court in the city of Sanandaj confirmed 17 february the sentencing of Habibullah Latifi.
Latifa was sentenced to death in a courtsession behind closed doors.
His lawyer reports that Latifi, a student activist on Ilam Independent University was tortured while he was held in the Ministry of Intelligence detention center.


The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reports that two female labouractivists Sussan Razani and Shiva Kheirabadi were flogged for their participation in May Day celebrations on May 1 2008.
Originally both women were sentenced to respectively 9 months suspended jail and 70 lashes and 4 months suspended jail and 40 lashes.
The appeals court reinstated the lower court’s sentence for Razani but reduced Kheirabadi’s sentence from 40 lashes to 15 lashes.
The sentence was carried out Februar 118 in the prison of Sanandaj.
The court also sentenced two other labor activists, Abdullah Khani and Syed Ghalib Husseini, for participating in the same event to prison terms and flogging.
Also last year were in February labouractivists sentenced to fines and lashes for participating in the May Day 2007 celebration.
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran calls on the government of Iran to honor Article 22 of the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) of which Iran is a signatory. This article recognizes workers’ fundamental rights to freedom of association and to form unions to protect their interests.
(Photo Labourstart)


One day after the demolition of the Sufi worshiphouse in Isfahan several dervishes are injured and some 30 are arrested.
This happened when they gathered next to the tomb of dervish poet Naser Ali where their house of worship was located.
The Gonabaddervishes have announced they will gather on February 21 in front of the Iranian parliament in Tehran to protest.


In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

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