Say (No.)              : 392/ 2006

Tarix (Date): 30 September 2006

 

 

BMT İnsan Haqları Ali Komissarlığı, Cenevrə

            Lütfən bu məktubu Qeyri Qanuni Tutuqlananlar üzrə Çalışqan Qruplara çatdırarsınız

 

Üzü     Xanım Harrison, Amnesty International, London

 

 

Dear sir/madam,

 

Müraciət:    ŞİKAYƏT – GÜNEY AZƏRBAYCANLI MAHMUD HƏSƏNPUR GÖRƏ İRANIN BİR QAZISININ ÖZ-XOŞUNA KƏSDİYİ HÖKM

 

Güney Azərbaycanlı tutuqluları barədə İranın dəxli olan yetgililəri tərəfindən öz-xoşuna davranışlarını  qabaqkı şikayətimizdə (Say: 382/2006, Tarix: 17 Septambr 2006) əks etdirdik. Buna əlavə, bir tutuqlu şəxs durumunda dəqiq bilgi ələ gəlmiş və bu Mahmud Həsənpur Şeyx Rəcəbin dosyesidir, ki zahirən hökm 9 Avqust 2006-da buraxılmış, lakin biz onun üzü bizim 14 Septambrda əlimizə yetişdi (ki 15 Septambrda Azərbaycan vebsitələrində yayımlandı). Təəssüflə, onun önəmi bizim nəzərimizdən qaçırılmışdı, necə ki yuxarıdakı şikayətimizi əsaslandırmaq üçün bu bir möhkəm bəlgədir. Deməli bu möhkəm bəlgəni işlədərək, bu duruma həsr olaraq bir şikayət dosyesi hüzurlarınıza təqdim edirik.

 

Bir daha ekid edirik ki, bu şikayət bizim öz təşəbbüsümüzdür və Həsənpur bəy ilə, vəkili yaxud ailəsi ilə məşvərət etməmişik. Bunu bilərək deyirik, ta bəlki hakim qüvvələrin bu fərdlərə qarşı qisas alma riskini azalda bilək.

 

Dosyenin Özəllikləri

Qazı Vəhdət, Təbrizdə Cinayət Məhkəməsinin Şöbə 110-un başqanı, bu dosyeyə yetişmiş 2 Avqust 2006 divan tutmuş və zahirən 9 Avqust 2006 hökm kəsmiş. Onun üzü tərcüməsi ilə bərabər hüzurlarınıza təqdim olunur. Diqqətinizi aşağıdakı söz-qonularına tuşlamaq istəyirik:

 

  1. Suç: Ümumi dincliyi pozma
  2. Hökm: 6 ay zindan və 50 qamçı
  3. Qamçılama Gedişatı:

(i)                 Tibbi Mülahizə: tibbi  cavaz alınız

(ii)               Hava Durumu: Yaxşı bir gün seçin

(iii)             Cəzalandırma Yeri: (Məhkumu götürün) ümumi göz qabağından uzaq bir yerə

(iv)             Geyim Təyinatı: adı geyinmə (soyunma gərək deyildir).

(v)               Cəzalandırma: başına, üzünə və “övrəteyninə” dəymədən bədəninin hər bir yerinə qamçılansın.

 


Biz arxayın deyil ki, qamçılama gedişatı niyə bu qədər dəqiqləşmişdir, hökmün icrasını yumşaltma üçünmü, ya qazının ‘rəhm-könül’ olduğu üçün? Bu şikayətə dəxli olmasa da, bu şikayəti nəzərə alaraq, Xatəmi və Rəfsəncanı bəylərin (İranın qabaqkı prezidentləri) tərəfindən yürüdülən sivilizasiya dialoqu xatırlamamaq olarmı? Nə isə, İranın din-bəyliyini yoxlamadan, şikayətimizi bu əsaslarda ortaya qoyuruq:

1.      Mahmud Həsənpur Şeyx Rəcəb bəy Güney Azərbaycanı bürüyən kütlə etirazlarında tutuqlanmış və o vicdan dustağıdır. Onun cinayət məhkəməsində mühakiməsi onun haqlarının pozulması deməkdir

2.      Biz biləsi o vəkil haqqından yoxsun olmuşdu və bu kimi məhkəmələr qapalı olaraq  aparılır. Bu baxımdan təəssüflə əlimizdə dəqiq bilgi yoxdur, lakin inanırıq ki, o bu haqlardan yoxsun olmuşdu.

3.      Qamçılama hökmü onun göz-görəki insan haqlarının tapdanması deməkdir.

 

Bu vasitə ilə sizdən xahiş edirik ki, lütfən Mahmud Həsənpur bəyin insan haqlarını müdafiə edəsiniz ta ən azı qamçılama hökmü dayandırılsın.

 

 

 

Hörmət ilə:

 

Böyük Rəsuloğlu

Dünya Azərbaycanlılarının Haqlarını Müdafiə Komitəsinin sədri

 

 


 

                                                                                                                                                                             

Say (No.)              : 392/ 2006

Tarix (Date): 30 September 2006

 

 

The Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva ,

 

Please circulate this letter to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (also for Fair Trials)

 

CC                        Mrs. Harrison, Amnesty International, London

 

Dear sir/madam,

 

Re    COMPLAINT – Mr. MAHMUD HESENPUR A VICTIM OF ARBITRARY SENTENCE ISSUED BY AN IRANIAN JUDGE

 

Further to our Complaint (Ref: 382/2006 on 17 September 2006) regarding arbitrary treatments of detained activists of Southern Azerbaijan by relevant authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we have further evidence on one particular case. This is the Case of Mr. Mahmud Hesenpur Sheikh Rejeb, whose sentence was actually issued on 9 August 2006 and we received a copy of it on 14 September 2006 (subsequently published on 15 September 2006 in various Azerbaijani websites). Regrettably, we overlooked this case but have just rediscovered the significance of this sentence as it is firm evidence to some of the points we have made in our above Complaint. We therefore use this firm evidence and lodge a Complaint purely for this particular case.

 

We would like to emphasise that it is our own initiative to lodge this Complaint. Thus, we have not consulted with Mr. Mahmud Hesenpur Sheikh Rejeb, his family or his lawyer. We purposely mention this to manage the risk of authorities’ reprisals against the individuals concerned.

 

The Particulars of the Case

The Case concerns the Sentence issued by the Prosecutor, Mr. Vahdat, the Chief of Department 110, Criminal Court of Tebriz, on 2 August 2006 and apparently issued on 9 August 2006. The copy of the original is attached together with its translation for your perusal. We would like to draw your attention to the following issues:

  1. The Charge: Disturbing public order
  2. The Sentence: 6 months imprisonment together with 50 lashes
  3. The Procedure for Lashing:

(i)                 Medical Procedure: obtain medical certificate;

(ii)               The Weather Conditions: (select)** a fine pleasant day;

(iii)             Place of Punishment: (Take the convict to a place) out of the public view;

(iv)             The Clothing Condition: normal clothing (without stripping);

(v)               Application of the Punishment: apply lashing to all over the body with exception of his head, face and private parts;

** The expressions within the brackets are ours to assist the rephrasing in the source text.

 


 

We are not sure if the unusually detailed specification of the procedure for carrying out the sentence makes up a mitigation basis for the victim or it is the prosecutor’s discretion. Even if it is not relevant to the case, the above procedure exposes the substance of dialogue of civilizations, as promoted by Messrs Khatami and Rafsanjani, two former presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, irrespective of the ideology of the Iranian theocracy, we wish to lodge our complaint on the following basis:

  1. Mr. Mahmud Hesenpur Sheikh Rejeb was arrested in relation to mass protests which swept throughout Southern Azerbaijan and therefore he should have been viewed as a prisoner of conscience and enjoyed appropriate rights. His trial in a criminal court is a breach of his right and judiciary procedures
  2. We understand that his right of access for a lawyer was denied to him and normally these courts are carried out in closed sessions and unfortunately we have not been able to clear this matter but believe that this was the case.
  3. The sentence of lashing is a flagrant violation of human rights

 

We therefore request you to kindly defend human rights of Mr. Mahmud Hesenpur to avert the sentence, at least the lashing.

 

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Boyuk Resuloglu

 

 

The Committee for the Defence of the Rights of World Azerbaijanis


 



No

The Translated Documents

 

 

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R

A

N

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The Translation of the Verdict:

 

Emblem of the Judiciary of Islamic Republic of Iran

Judicial Report of The Court

 

Dossier Number:                         Criminal 314-85/110

Judicial Number:                          523-85/5/11

Access Number:                          716589

Section Dealing with the Case:     Department110, Criminal court of Tebriz

Plaintiff:                                       Report

Accused:                                     Mahmud Hesenpur Sheikh Rejeb, son of Mehemmad, resident of Tebriz, Akher-Khiaban-e-Hafiz, Kuye-Fatihiyan, No. 95.

Accusation:                                  Disturbing public order

Description of Proceedings:          After receiving the dossier and filing it under the above reference number, and following the legal stages of the court on 2 August 2006 during the extraordinary time (outside the courts usual working hours), by declaring the end of the hearing, the following sentence was issued:

 

Court’s Sentence:                        In the present criminal dossier filed under number 31485/110 of the accused, Mr Mahmud Hesenpur Rejeb son of Mehemmed, age: 36 years old, Profession: jeweller, Resident of: Akhere-Khiyabane- Hafiz, Kuye-Fatihiyan, Number 95 has been bailed by  providing a guarantor.

 

The above named is accused of participating in disturbing the public order and the court, by taking into consideration of relevant documents and the contents of the dossier and the reports of relevant officials and  confessions of the accused and his insufficient defence, and other evidences in the said dossier, the accused has been found guilty as charged. Therefore, in accordance with Section 618 of Islamic Penal Law passed in 1996, the accused has been sentenced to 6 months imprisonment together with 50 lashes which will be carried out after obtaining medical certificate. The lashing will be carried out over his normal clothing, out of the public view and in a fine pleasant day. The punishment will be applied to all over his body with exception of his head, face and private parts (testicles).

 

The courts sentence will be carried out with him being present and within 20 days from the date of issuing the acceptance of his appeal. 1% 180585 (Translator’s Note: we guess this is date and transformed as 9 August 2006)

 

Chief of Department 110 of Criminal Court of Tebriz

Vahdat   


 

The Source Documents

The Sentence against Mr. Mahmud Hesenpur Sheikh Rejeb

 

 

 


 



No

The Translated Documents

 

 

T

R

A

N

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L

A

T

I

O

N

 

The Translation of the Verdict:

 

Emblem of the Judiciary of Islamic Republic of Iran

Judicial Report of The Court

 

Dossier Number:                         Criminal 314-85/110

Judicial Number:                          523-85/5/11

Access Number:                          716589

Section Dealing with the Case:     Department110, Criminal court of Tebriz

Plaintiff:                                       Report

Accused:                                     Mahmud Hesenpur Sheikh Rejeb, son of Mehemmad, resident of Tebriz, Akher-Khiaban-e-Hafiz, Kuye-Fatihiyan, No. 95.

Accusation:                                  Disturbing public order

Description of Proceedings:          After receiving the dossier and filing it under the above reference number, and following the legal stages of the court on 2 August 2006 during the extraordinary time (outside the courts usual working hours), by declaring the end of the hearing, the following sentence was issued:

 

Court’s Sentence:                        In the present criminal dossier filed under number 31485/110 of the accused, Mr Mahmud Hesenpur Rejeb son of Mehemmed, age: 36 years old, Profession: jeweller, Resident of: Akhere-Khiyabane- Hafiz, Kuye-Fatihiyan, Number 95 has been bailed by  providing a guarantor.

 

The above named is accused of participating in disturbing the public order and the court, by taking into consideration of relevant documents and the contents of the dossier and the reports of relevant officials and  confessions of the accused and his insufficient defence, and other evidences in the said dossier, the accused has been found guilty as charged. Therefore, in accordance with Section 618 of Islamic Penal Law passed in 1996, the accused has been sentenced to 6 months imprisonment together with 50 lashes which will be carried out after obtaining medical certificate. The lashing will be carried out over his normal clothing, out of the public view and in a fine pleasant day. The punishment will be applied to all over his body with exception of his head, face and private parts (testicles).

 

The courts sentence will be carried out with him being present and within 20 days from the date of issuing the acceptance of his appeal. 1% 180585 (Translator’s Note: we guess this is date and transformed as 9 August 2006)

 

Chief of Department 110 of Criminal Court of Tebriz

Vahdat   


 

The Source Documents

The Sentence against Mr. Mahmud Hesenpur Sheikh Rejeb