Say (No.): 328 / 2006

                                                                                       Tarix (Date): 29 May 2006

Amnesty International, London

CC                 High Commiserate of Human Rights, Geneva

 

Dear Mrs. Harrison

 

Re                 THE CASE OF MRS. ZOHRE VEFAI AND MANY OTHER ACTIVISTS

 

Mrs. Zohre Vefai is a distinguished Southern Azerbaijani female activist, arrested today on 29 May 2006.  Intelligence agents raided her house at 3.00 p.m. as per time in Tebriz and transferred her to an undisclosed location. A poetess and highly-accomplished writer, she has a long track record on her distinguished contributions into the Azerbaijani culture and literature. The chauvinist mindset entertained with burning our books is now harassing our writers.

 

Dear Mrs. Harrison we are persistently requesting you to mobilise your support to prevent the ongoing savagery.

 

Maragha: According to our latest authentic information the following arrest were carried out here:

  1. Mr. Yashar Hekkak pur was raided and arrested on 25 May 2006. This young engineer was arrested earlier and was only set free after paying a bail of 80 million Tumen, a case for which we kept you informed and you duly responded by issuing an Urgent Action.
  2. Mr. Hemid Yegane pur’s house was raided on Friday 26 May 2006 at 7.00 a.m. and arrested.
  3. Mr. Davud Ezimzade was also arrested yesterday on 28 May 2006, about whom you also campaigned by issuing an Urgent Action.
  4. Mr. Mejid Pijuhi is another of our compatriot who has been arrested.

 

Erdebil: On top of the above, others have been arrested in this city including:

  1. The 25 years old Mr. Huseyn Sebebi was arrested on 25 May 2006 in relation to mass protests in Erdebil accused of distributing CDs and leaflets.
  2. A well known musical performer and actor called Boyuk Agha was arrested and his crime was that the sale of his CDs had reached five thousand last week and apparently his CDs have played a role in the emergence of the mass protests.

 

Our latest information indicates that the conditions of two of our compatriots under arrest is grave and therefore intelligence agents deny of arresting them in the first place and a have a threatening response to the families of the victims.

 

Once again, please do not maintain indifference to the conditions of these innocent people.

 

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

Boyuk Resuloglu

 

For and on behalf of

The Committee for the Defence of the Rights of the World Azerbaijanis