South Azerbaijan Human Rights Watch

PUBLIC
AI Index: MDE 13/060/2008
26 March 2008

Further Information on UA 58/08 (MDE 13/040/2008, 6 March 2008) Fear of Torture
IRAN, Reza Daghestani (m), aged 27, Azerbaijani rights activist, student, journalist
Azerbaijani rights activist Reza Daghestani was released on 19 March, on a bail of around 40,000 US dollars.
He had been arrested on 21 February 2008 at his family [...]

PUBLIC
AI Index: MDE 13/050/2008
17 March 2008
UA 74/08
Prisoner of conscience/Torture
IRAN, Abbas Lisani (or Leysani) (m), activist for Iranian Azerbaijani rights
Prisoner of conscience Abbas Lisani was moved to a new prison on 6 March so that his flogging sentence can be carried out. He is now in imminent danger of being flogged, which is cruel and inhuman [...]

PUBLIC
AI Index: MDE 13/045/2008
10 March 2008
Further Information on UA 61/07 (MDE 13/027/2007, 09 March 2007) and follow-up (MDE 13/067/2007, 7 June 2007and MDE 13/035/2008, 7 February 2008) - Prisoners of conscience/Torture
IRAN, Jelil Ghanilou (m) - Azerbaijani cultural and linguistic right activist
Jelil Ghanilou, an Azerbaijani cultural and linguistic right activist, was released on 27 February and [...]

PUBLIC
AI Index: MDE 13/040/2008
6 March 2008
UA 58/08
Fear of Torture
IRAN, Reza Daghestani (m), aged 27, Azerbaijani rights activist, student, journalist
Azerbaijani rights activist Reza Daghestani was arrested on 21 February 2008 at his family’s house in the city of Oroumiye. His house was searched and his computer, CDs, papers and books were confiscated, along with printouts of [...]