South Azerbaijan Human Rights Watch


South Azerbaijan Human Rights Watch

For uptodate infromation, please visit: BayBak



Iran: Election amid repression of dissent and unrest

Date of publication for: Iran: Election amid repression of dissent and unrest, is June 10th, 2009June 10th, 2009

MDE 13/053/2009
9 June 2009
Iran: Election amid repression of dissent and unrest

The Iranian presidential elections are to be held this month on 12 June. The candidates are: the incumbent President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Mohsen Rezaei, a former commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps; Former Prime Minister, Mir Hossein Mousavi (backed by former president, MohammadKhatami); and Mehdi [...]

Close
  • Social Web
  • E-mail
E-mail It
Share This | More...

Category: .News

Sponsor

Recent Posts

  • Iran: Election amid repression of dissent and unrest
  • Risk of Imminent Execution, Ahle-Haq prisoners
  • Further Information on Fear for safety, fear of torture and ill treatment of Azerbaijani students
  • Further Information on Fear of torture and other ill-treatment/incommunicado detention of Azerbaijani activists
  • Further Information on Fear for safety, fear of torture and ill treatment of Azerbaijani students
  • Further Information on Abbas Lisani
  • Further Information on Fear of torture and other ill treatment/Incommunicado detention of Azerbainanis
  • Fear of torture or ill treatment / possible prisoners of conscience of Azerbaijani students
  • Nine Azerbaijani activists have been held incommunicado
  • Fear for safety, fear of torture and other ill-treatment, possible prisoners of conscience of Azerbaijani activists
  • Azerbaijani rights activist Reza Daghestani was released on 19 March, on a bail of around 40,000 US dollars
  • IRAN, Abbas Lisani (or Leysani) (m), activist for Iranian Azerbaijani rights
  • IRAN, Jelil Ghanilou (m) - Azerbaijani cultural and linguistic right activist
  • IRAN, Reza Daghestani (m), aged 27, Azerbaijani rights activist, student, journalist
  • Further Information on Jelil Ghanilou and other prisoners of Conscience/Torture in Azerbaijan
  • IRAN Sa’id Metinpour (m), journalist, Azerbaijani cultural rights activist and Elirza Metinpour (brother)
  • Urgent Action: Torture/possible prisoners of conscience/medical concern about Behrouz Seferi and his wife Layla Heydari
  • Urgent Action: Amir Abbas Banayi Kazimi (m), Azerbaijani language rights activist, Prisoner of conscience/fear of torture
  • Saleh Kamrani (m), aged about 35, lawyer and human rights defender, Prisoner of Conscience/Fear of torture or ill-treatment/Medical concern
  • Fear of torture or ill-treatment/ Possible prisoner of conscience, Sa’id Metinpour (m), journalist, Azerbaijani cultural rights activist