Say (No.) : 463/ 2007

Tarix (Date): 7 Sept 2007

BMT, İnsan Haqları üzrə Ali Komissarlığı, Cenevrə

Lütfən bu İlətişməni Öz-xoşuna tutuqlular üzrə Çalışan Qrupa çatdırasınız. Eləcə də bu İlətişmə aşağıdakılara da dəxli var:

· Qazıların müstəqilliyi üzrə Özəl raporter;

· Çağdaş irqçilik, irqi ayrı-seçkilik və qatlaşmazlıq üzrə Özəl Raporter;

· Qadınlara qarşı zorakılıq üzrə Özəl Raporter

Üzü Dyke bəy vəXanım Harrison, Amnesty International, London

Sayın cənablar,

HALƏN TEHRAN HAKİMLƏRİNİN DUSTAĞINDA OLAN, SƏFƏRİ AİLƏSİ HAQQINDA BİRİNCİ İLƏTİŞMƏ

Xanım Səfəri və onun həyat yoldaşı Behruz bəyin insan haqlarını qorumaq üçün bu İlətişmə 1-i Öz-xoşuna Tutuqlular üzrə Çalışan Qrupun hüzurlarına sunuruq, ki adı verilən fərdlər İran yetgililəri tərəfindən öz sərbəstliklərindən yoxsun edilmişlər. Behruz Səfəri bəyin özəllikləri Cədvəl 1-də və xanım Leyla Səfərininki Cədvəl 2- də təqdim olunur.

Təqribən 3 ay qabaq Səfəri bəy İran yetgililəri tərəfindən Güney Azərbaycanın Zəngan şəhərində yaxalanmış imiş və elə o andan etibarən ailəsini də qara-qorxu ilə sakit qalmağa məcbur etmişdilər. Xanım Səfəri öz ərini zindanda mülaqat edərkən yaxalandıqdan sonra Səfəri bəyin tutuqlu olması aydınlaşdı. İndi bəlli olmuş ki, xanım Səfərini həyat yoldaşı ilə görüşmə hesabına xamsıdıb və bir dövlət idarəsində yaxalamışlar. Belənçi olaraq, dostların və milli hərəkət çalışanlarının çoxdankı şübhələri gerçəklənmişdir. Bu günədək heç birisinin haqqında hələ də bir rəsmi bəyan yoxdur.

Behruz bey Səfəri və onun həyat yoldaşı Leyla xanımın Güney Azərbaycanda insan haqlarının və milli haqların pozulduğuna etiraz etdikləri üçün tutulduqları aydındır. İran polisinin bu davranışı açıqca göstərir ki, Güney Azərbaycanda ədalət və azadlıq uğrunda demokratik mübarizə aparanları sındırmaq üçün onların ailələrinə də təzyiq olunub və hədələnməkdədirlər. Bu günahsız ailənin nəcatı, eyni halda Fars hakimiyyətinin başlatdığı bu qeyri insani oyunun qarşısının alınması sizin münasibətinizdən çox asılıdır.

Biz bu qənaətdəyik ki, xanım Səfərinin qaçırılması heç də igidliyə yaraşan bir hərəkət deyil; yetgili adı daşıyan varlığa yaxışan deyil; və əslində qüdrət kələfcəsinin ucunu itirmiş bu günün irqçilərindən bundan da artıq ummaq olmaz. Ümid edirik ki, bu çirkin hərəkətin qarşısında sakit qalmayacaqsınız.

Vurğulamaq istəyirik ki, bu İlətişmələri dərləmək və sunmaq bizim təşəbbüsümüzdür və bunun üçün Səfəri gil və yaxud onların təmsilçiləri ilə biz heç məşvərət etməmişik. Bu bəyanı ifadə etmək bizcə gərəkdir ki, bu yol ilə Səfəri ailəsindən məsuliyyət götürülmüş olsun və İran yetgililəri onları daha basqıya məruz edə bilməsin.

Ən sonda qayğılı diqqətinizə müraciət edirik ki, Səfəri ailəsinin insan haqlarını qorumaq üçün təcili hərəkət edib və kampaniyanızı səfərbər edəsiniz. Qayğınız üçün qabaqcadan təşəkkür edirik.

Hörmət ilə:

Böyük Rəsuloğlu

Dünya Azərbaycanlılarının Haqlarını Müdafiə Komitəsinin sədri

Say (No.) : 463/ 2007

Tarix (Date): 7 Sept 2006

The Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva

Please circulate this letter to the Working Group on arbitrary detention. Also this Communication is relevant to the following:

· Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges;

· Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance.

· Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences

CC Mr. Dyke and Mrs. Harrison, Amnesty International, London

Mrs. Leyla Seferi and Mr. Beruz Sefəri

Dear sir/madam,

Re COMMUNICATION No. 1 ON MR AND MRS. SEFERI

Please find enclosed Communication No. 1 submitted for the attention of the Working Group on arbitrary detention to safeguard human rights of Mr. and Mrs. Seferi, who are deprived of their liberty by Iranian authorities. The particulars of the case of Mr. Seferi are presented in Table 1 and of Mrs. Seferi in Table 2.

Nearly three months ago Mr. Seferi was arrested by Iranian authorities in the Southern Azerbaijani city of Zengan and at the same time had succeeded to silence the victim’s brother and wife through threats and intimidation. The suspicion of friends and Southern Azerbaijani activists on the missing victim was verified when Mrs. Seferi was abducted in government premises approximately 10 days ago after being allured to visit her arbitrarily detained husband. Even now there is no official communiqué on their whereabouts.

We hold that the abduction of Mrs. Seferi was ungentlemanly and unworthy of any entity to be called as the authority but we hope you agree with us that this futile act is only a fitting attribute of racists of today fearful of their grip on power. We trust that you will act swiftly against this outrageous act.

We would like to stress that the compilation and submission of these Communications are our initiative and we have not consulted with the victims, their family members or anyone representing their interests. We state this to manage reprisal risks against the victims by the Iranian authorities.

Once again we appeal to your kind attention to this case and hope you will act swiftly in mobilising your campaign for the release of Mr. and Mrs. Seferi. Thank you in advance for your care.

Yours faithfully,

Boyuk Resuloglu

For and on behalf of

The Committee for the Defence of the Rights of World Azerbaijanis

Table 1 The COMMUNICATION CASE OF MR BEHRUZ SEFERI

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

"No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile."
(Article 9, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
VII. Model questionnaire to be completed by persons alleging arbitrary arrest or detention

I. Identity of the person arrested or detained

1. Family name: Mr. Seferi (the transcription of the name from Farsi could be Safari)

2. First name: Behruz (the transcription of the name from Farsi could be Behrouz or Behrooz)

3. Sex: Male ......................................................................

4. Birth date or age (at the time of detention):

No information is available

5. Nationality/Nationalities: Southern Azerbaijani national; a citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran

6. (a) Identity document (if any): not available ..................................................

(b) Issued by: He is a resident of Zengan (or Zenjan or Zanjan) but originally from the Southern Azerbaijani city of Beyjar in the Hemedan province

(d) No.: The data not available ..................................................

7. Profession and/or activity (if believed to be relevant to the arrest/detention): the victim’s profession is not relevant to the arbitrary treatment suffered by him.

8. Address of usual residence: His city of normal residence is the Southern Azerbaijani city of Zengan

II. Arrest

1. Date of arrest: This is understood to be on 20 June 2007 or thereabouts (see the reference: http://haqqimiz.blogfa.com/post-474.aspx but his absence was noticed by friends and the activists of the national movement of Southern Azerbaijan ).

2. Place of arrest: The available information is yet to be consolidated but apparently he was arrested in his workplace.

3. Forces who carried out the arrest or are believed to have carried it out:

Normally security agents carry out the act of arresting in every obnoxious way and we believe this case was no exception. ........

4. Did they show a warrant or other decision by a public authority?

Almost certainly No. In fact, security agents pressurized the victim’s wife and brother to keep quiet about the victim’s ordeal. The whole issue became certain, when the victim’s wife was abducted, see the companion communication in Table 2.

5. Authority who issued the warrant or decision: Security agents are normally above law and they arrest as and when they wish. ..................................

6. Relevant legislation applied (if known):

Almost certainly this is arbitrary arrest aimed at creating an atmosphere of tension and fear among other activists and also to beat out forced confession from the victims. ..............................................

III. Detention

1. Date of detention: It is difficult to know when and at what stage the victim was detained, as in Iran these are highly nebulous concepts due to arbitrary acts of the authorities.

2. Duration of detention (if not known, probable duration):

It is nearly three months that the ordeal against the victim is going on.

3. Forces holding the detainee under custody:

During the detention, they would be held by the prison authority but the Ministry of Information, the Internal Ministry or the Ministry of Justice would all collude with each other. Therefore, it is highly likely that the prison authorities (if he is in prison) are manipulated directly by the Ministry of Information.

4. Places of detention (indicate any transfer and present place of detention):

As per (http://haqqimiz.blogfa.com/post-581.aspx) still there is no information on victim’s whereabouts.

5. Authorities that ordered the detention: As in III.3 .....................................................

6. Reasons for the detention imputed by the authorities:

There is no official indictment or communiqué.

Our opinion is that, Iranian authorities are desperate to force out false confessions from Southern Azerbaijan prisoners of conscience. The urgent action by Amnesty International (http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engmde131062007) also holds a similar statement in relation to the case of Mr. Metinpur, a Southern Azerbaijani human right defender who is a prisoner of conscience now. For a long time Iranian authorities were hoping to have a “fruitful torture,” as a result of which at least some of Southern Azerbaijani prisoners of conscience would yield and agree for confession under torture. However, the resolve of our prisoners of conscience has defeated the Iranian authorities.

As the companion Communication on the fate of the victim’s wife, the Iranian authorities have now abducted the wife of the victim, and who know what will happen next.. We do not have any information on the fate of both victims and therefore can only make deductions. The fact is that the Iranian authorities have violated their own laws by illegally arresting the victim and abducting his wife; as well violating human rights of the victims. The Iranian authorities have also violated international law by not issuing any official information on the victims. We are now very concerned about the fate of both victims.

7. Relevant legislation applied (if known):

As there are no imputed charges, relevant legislation underpinning the victim’s ordeal are not known.

IV. Describe the circumstances of the arrest and/or the detention and indicate precise reasons why you consider the arrest or detention to be arbitrary

Building on our various reports, Communications and letters to yourselves and Amnesty International as well as on a host of Urgent Actions and General Statements issued by Amnesty International provide a wealth of information that Iranian authorities are acting in anger towards spearheading their racist policies and uprooting the Turkic culture of Southern Azerbaijanis.

V. Indicate internal steps, including domestic remedies, taken especially with the legal and administrative authorities, particularly for the purpose of establishing the detention and, as appropriate, their results or the reasons why such steps or remedies were ineffective or why they were not taken

We have consistently argued that any victim affiliated to the national movement of Southern Azerbaijan is treated arbitrarily by Iranian authorities. In this case, the authorities had succeeded in silencing the victim’s family members and therefore the campaign for safeguarding his human rights has been undermined.

VI. Full name and address of the person(s) submitting the information (telephone and fax number, if possible) ^(d)

Mr. Boyuk Resuloglu

On behalf of:

The Committee for the Defence of the Rights of World Azerbaijanis

Address:

Ayna, Sherifzade 1, Baki, Azerbaijan; Tel/Fax +47-99399225; Email: Boyuk_Resuloglu@hotmail.com or bo-diza@online.no

Date: 6 September 2007 ................................ Signature:

This questionnaire should be addressed to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, OHCHR-UNOG, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, fax No. (41-22) 917.90.06.

OHCHR-UNOG
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