Kianoosh Sanjari (m), aged
24, student activist and blogger
PUBLIC
AI Index:
MDE 13/121/2006
23
October
2006
UA
284/06 Fear for safety/ Fear of
torture and ill-treatment
Student
activist and blogger Kianoosh Sanjari was
arrested on 7
October whilst reporting on clashes between security forces and
supporters of Shi'a cleric Ayatollah Sayed
Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi.
Kianoosh
Sanjari is being held incommunicado at an unknown location and Amnesty
International
fears that he may be at risk of torture or ill-treatment.
Kianoosh
Sanjari, a member of a group known as the United Students Front, had
allegedly gone to the home of Ayatollah Boroujerdi
in the capital,
Kianoosh
Sanjari has been arrested several times in the past. When he was only
17 years old in July 1999 he was arrested during student-led
demonstrations against the closure of the newspaper Salam (Peace). He was subsequently held in
solitary confinement for many months. Prior to his recent arrest, he lived in
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Sh'ia cleric Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi reportedly
advocates the separation of religion from the political basis of the state. He was
arrested at his home in Tehran
RECOMMENDED
ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as
possible, in Persian, Arabic, English or your own language:
- expressing concern for the
safety of Kianoosh Sanjari;
- asking for clarification of his whereabouts and of the
reasons for his arrest, including any charges
against him,
which should be made public and communicated to him and his lawyer
without delay;
- calling for his
immediate
release if he is not to be charged with a recognizably criminal
offence;
- calling for him to be
granted immediate and unconditional access to his lawyer,
family members, and any medical treatment he may require;
- seeking assurances that he
is not being tortured or ill-treated in detention.
APPEALS TO:
Leader of the Islamic Republic
His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei, The Office of the Supreme Leader
Email: info@leader.ir OR istiftaa@wilayah.org
Fax: +
98 251 774 2228 (mark "FAO the Office of His
Excellency, Ayatollah al Udhma Khamenei")
Salutation: Your Excellency
Minister of Intelligence
Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie
Ministry of Intelligence, Second
Email: iranprobe@iranprobe.com
Salutation: Your
Excellency
COPIES TO:
President
His Excellency Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The Presidency,
Email: dr-ahmadinejad@president.ir
via website: www.president.ir/email
Speaker of Parliament
His Excellency Gholamali
Haddad
Adel
Majles-e Shoura-ye Eslami,
Email: hadadadel@majlis.ir
and to diplomatic representatives of
PLEASE
SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.
Check with the
International Secretariat, or your section office, if sending appeals after 4 December
2006.