Ahmadi Batebi’s wife letter to UN Human
Rights Council*
Respected
chairman of the commission of the Human Rights of the UN: This letter is being forwarded to
you by the wife of Ahmad Batebi a student arrested during the student uprising of 1999 and
condemned to the capital punishment by the Islamic Revolutionary Courts a sentence commuted to
15 years of imprisonment.
After serving six
years of his sentence he fell ill and doctors appointed by the judiciary system judged his
condition as severe and
granted him a sick leave for a short time, during his short release we
noted that his
ailments included severe kidney, spinal and intestinal problems that were not treated
properly and needed an urgent attention.
Physicians appointed by the
court reported that his general condition could deteriorate if he was to be jailed again and urged the
court to order his release since he could die or be crippled for life.
Therefore he was
released from jail to seek
proper medical attention.
On 27/7/2006
unknown armed persons conducted
a house search and arrested Ahmad Batebi and drove him to an undisclosed location.
During his arrest
my husband declared that he would go on a hunger strike immediately our lawyer tried to
locate him and was unsuccessful
in his attempts, and considering his physical conditions we are deeply worried about his health.
Needless to say
that my husband's friend
Mr. Akbar Mohammadi who also participated in the student uprising is
being kept in a
similar condition and died of hunger strike nine days later in Evin jail.
I am deeply
concerned about the fact that my husband's actual mental and physical conditions could lead
to the same fate.
Despite numerous attempts to
contact him through the judiciary system and the Evin jail by means of letters and telephone calls I
am still in doubt over the whereabouts of my husband and I fear him dead.
Following the
creation of the human rights
council in the United Nations which is giving us new hopes for exploring new avenues in human
rights and has raised our expectations for getting a team of experts to come to Iran and evaluate
the actual state of human rights which would enable us to expect to get the most basic right
for my husband to get out
of jail for his medical treatment.
Hoping
to have attracted your attention
to my desperate plea.
Best regards
Somaie baiienat
(wife of Ahmad
Batebi a student in the jail since 1999)
6/8/2006
Bcc
To: 1. All organizations which defend the human rights.
2. Non-bound Journalists.
3. Global Organization of watching human rights.
4. Global Organization of International Excuse
5. Iranian Human Rights Activists Groups in EU and
*We are publishing this
letter as is. The only change is that we added the title.
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Immediate creation and expedition of an
international forensic commission
to visit Iranian prison is the only
way to save the lives of political prisoners
Condemn
widespread, planned, and systematic violations of Human Rights in Iran
IHRAG
(Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and
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