PART
2
The
Profile of Some of the Activists Known to be in Life threatening Conditions
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1.
The Profile of Mr. Abbas
Leysanli (Lisani) |
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· Health: After a total of 51 days of hunger strikes he is now in a life threatening condition see below for the chronology of the events since his imprisonment |
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· Arrested: 3 June 2006 at his home by 30 plain-cloth agents · Prison: the Erdebil Prison, solitary confinement Wing 4 or the secure unit of the hospital attached to the prison; File No.: Unknown ·
The City of · Age: 39 · Marital Status: Married with two children · Occupation: self-employed |
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A
visionary activist, poet, writer, and publisher who promotes only
democratic means to secure national rights of |
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Reverse
Chronology of the Ordeal on Mr. Leysanli
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July 2006 |
Mrs.
Ruqeyye Leysanli, the wife of Mr. Leysanli was finally allowed to visit
her husband in the secure unit of the Erdebil Prison. She showed him a
letter undersigned by prominent Southern Azerbaijani activists (including
the Society of Southern Azerbaijani Academics (AzBilTop) and the
Committee for the Defence of Political Prisoners of Southern Azerbaijan
ASMEK) to break his hunger strike. Finally, Mr. Leysanli obliged to
the delight of the nation. |
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26
July 2006 |
Mr.
Leysanli was taken to the trial court. He challenged all the charges
against him and emphasised that he only advocates civil approaches and
democratic means for the attainment of the national and human rights of |
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22
July 2006 |
The
Message from Mr. Leysanli smuggled out of Prison: The
purpose behind my hunger strike including my refusal for the intake of
water is to convey the message of the nation of (Southern) |
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21
July 2006 |
A
statement issued by 19 Members of the European Parliament (MEP), asking |
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16
July 2006 |
Mr. Leysanlis family has finally managed to visit him lately in the
Erdebil Prison. His conditions were described as deeply worrying, as he
was even unable to stand up or sit on a chair. He has been transferred
to the hospital in Erdebil and being injected continually with IV drips
after being on hunger strike for 35 days with a further 11 days he has
even refused the intake of water/liquid. He is extremely pale; his
vision is impaired; and due to his continuous hunger strikes, his
digestion and kidney systems are extremely upset. His weight is now 85
kg, reduced by 30 kg within 46 days of hunger strike. |
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8
July 2006 |
After
approximately 20 days of hunger strike, his physical conditions was
reportedly grave and at this time he was transferred for a secure unit
in the prison hospital and the prison authorities prevented him to be
transferred to a hospital. |
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3
July 2006 |
Mr.
Leysanli resumes his hunger strike, as a protest against the behaviour
of the prison authorities in mistreating the political prisoners of |
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30
June 2006 |
Mr.
Leysanli breaks his hunger strike after the insistence of friends and
his family members. |
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27
June 2006 |
Mr.
Leysanli smuggles a message out of prison on the occasion of the Babek
Assembly: Freedom
or Death, as I know of no other way. |
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23
June 2006 |
Mr.
Leysanli was transferred to a Secure unit of the Erdebil Prison. |
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June 2006 to 14
June 2006 |
Statements
issued or questions raised by various European parliamentarians
including: Jonas Sjostedt and Eva-Britt Svensson
in Sweeden,
European Parliament and Amnesty International. |
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11
June 2006 |
Mr.
Leysanli is forced fed by Intravenous
(IV) Drips. |
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10
June 2006 |
He
is banned from receiving any visitor (due to being tortured). |
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9
June 2006 |
Mr.
Leysanli refuses the intake of water on top of his hunger strike. |
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8
June 2006 |
Mrs.
Ruqeyye Leysanli was threatened and was ordered not to campaigning for
her husband. |
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5
June 2006 |
The
authorities shut down Mr. Leysanlis business. |
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4
June 2006 |
Mr.
Leysanli starts his hunger strike. |
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3
June 2006 |
Mr.
Leysanli was arrested after security agents broke into his home midnight
and subjected him to torture in front of his young children and wife and
confiscated his computers, poems, writings and his personal belongings. |
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31
May 2006 |
He
gave a long telephone interview to GunAzTV and predicted that he would
be imminently arrested. |
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27
May 2006 |
He
gave a moving speech to the mass protesters in Erdebil, where 200,000
people were participating and he called them for calm in their
anti-apartheid movement. |
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24
May 2006 |
A
leaflet was distributed in Erdebil calling them to take part in a mass
protest on 27 May 2006. |
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2.
The Profile of Mr. Hesen |
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· Health: Hunger strikes in detention, suffers from known heart problems |
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· Arrested: 26 May 2006 (he has also suffered imprisonment 3 years ago) · Prison: the Tebriz Prison; File No.: Unknown ·
The City of · Age: 65 · Marital Status: Married, with 3 children · Occupation: A successful businessman; singer, musician and composer |
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With
a lifelong devotion to the Azerbaijani music, Mr. |
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3.
The Profile of Mr. Saleh
Kamrani |
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· Health: known to suffer from heart problems |
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Arrested: was kidnapped on 14
June 2006 at approx. 3.00 p.m. Prison: a detention centre in ·
The City of · Age: 34 years old · Marital Status: married · Occupation: human rights lawyer |
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A
human rights defender from Southern Azerbaijan, who sees no boundaries
for applying his skill in defending human rights; who selects his
clients not for a material return but for safeguarding human rights. He
is now subject to the arbitrary treatments. |
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4.
The Profile of Mr. Elyaz
Yekenli |
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· Definitely in a life threatening condition see his letter smuggled from the prison, see Letter 5, Part 6. He describes his conditions as follows: I was subjected to both severe physical
and psychological torture. Having sustained tens of different methods of
psychological and physical tortures in this period and due to being
poorly in the past, I have now lost my balance and my composure with
their systemic impacts on my heart conditions, kidney and passing water,
digestion systems and on my impaired hearing and vision. |
Waiting for his picture |
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· Arrested: 17 (or 16) June 2006 · Prison: solitary confinement in the Tebriz Prison and now in the Qirkhlar Prison in Merend · Merend or Urmu · Age: · Marital Status: Married 3 children, · Occupation: Journalist, publisher |
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He
contributed to the publication of the newspaper: Urmu Sesi (the
voice of Urmu) in 2000. ·
He
has prepared the publication of 3 or 4 Turkic Azerbaijani calendars ·
He
has prepared numerous posters and published on a variety of topics
including distinguished Azerbaijani personalities, Azerbaijani places to
see, Azerbaijani castles, etc. ·
Early
this year, he worked with others on a project to screen the event of
Temurlane which took place in Qala Daghi (translated as the |
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5.
The Profile of Mr. Chingiz
Bekhatver |
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Health: in a life threatening
condition due to being tortured and undergoing repeated hunger strikes |
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· Arrested: 24 May 2006; he was imprisoned in the past · Prison: the Tebriz Prison, Wing 5; just transferred back to the Tebriz Prison from the Evin Prison ·
The City of · Age: 50 · Marital Status: married with 1 daughter and 2 sons, one in captivity · Occupation: Civil servant in the National Powers, Tebriz |
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A
cultural activist who has suffered a previous 5 years of imprisonment
and two years ago while all his family members were scaling up to Babek
Castle on the occasion of the Babek Assembly, security agents looted
their musical instrument saz. Mrs. Bekhtaver had shouted take
me or my son but never my sacred saz. |
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6.
The Profile of Mr.
Jahanbekht Bekhtaver |
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Health: he has been savagely
tortured and because of being in a life threatening condition; kept in
secure unit with no access to visit him. |
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· Arrested: 27 June 2006 by plain-cloth agents raiding his home · Prison: the Tebriz Prison, Wing 5; File No.: Unknown ·
The City of · Age: 35 · Marital Status: · Occupation: a civil servant in the Bank of keshaverzi |
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This
cultural activist is a victim of someone elses confession under
torture. He has been tortured to reveal his fellows taking part in the
Babek Assembly and he is known to be in a life threatening condition. |
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7.
The Profile of Mr. Javad
Abbasi |
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· Health: developed throat problems while in captivity and he is known to be tortured and be in a life threatening condition |
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· Arrested: 24 May 2006, tortured, in a life threatening condition; was also arrested two years ago for taking part in the Babek Assembly · Prison: the Urmu (apparently now in Salmas) Prison; No access to lawyer ·
The City of · Age: approx 37 · Marital Status: married, 2 sons Atabek 8 yrs and Babek 5 yrs · Occupation: a teacher in Arabic in Salmas, Kung-fu trainer, musicologist |
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Now
we know that the reason for not releasing this honourable teacher and an
expert of music even after meeting the bail of 10 million Tumen, was
that he is in a secure unit for being severely tortured. |
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8.
The Profile of Mr. Eli
Bedeli |
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· Health: it has just come to attentions that he has been tortured for sometimes and his conditions have been described as very poor. |
No photo available |
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· Arrested: 1 June 2006; this was found out only recently. · Prison: the Tebriz Prison; No access to lawyer ·
The City of · Age: · Marital Status: ·
Occupation: a university
student in Tebriz ( |
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9.
The Profile of Mr. Hesen
Rashidi |
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· Health: he suffers from stomach problems |
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· Arrested: 2 July 2006, based on a confession under torture; ·
Prison: the Evin Prison, kept
in Wing 209 and now transferred to Wing 77; File No.: 1/ DT / 7918 | |
