A letter to South African "human rights" activists.

Perhaps you could get a couple of eminent South African judges to join you? Dennis Davis and Edwin Cameron, assuming that they are not too busy?

http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/03/evin-prison-visiting-political-pr...

I attach a comment posted on the site;
EHZAD AHMADI
Mar 4, 2010 22:09
As a fairly recent prisoner at Evin,s solitary & public wing i can certainly empathize with the prisoners & their family. police Amniat broke my door down & in a very violent manner arrested me in front of my 2 year old daughter. They accused me of Spying for U-S- & Israel. I was detained @ amniat detention near LASHGAR SQ. TAKEN TO ENGHELAB Court several times and finally taken to Solitary wing # 231?
My family could not find where i was held for several months. these people are worse than animals and these psychotic individuals who for the most part enjoy their jobs.
My life is completely ruined; i have not seen my daughter for 3 years and have not been able to adjust myself to what expired in Evin.__ MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE PRISONERS & THEIR FAMILIES.__ YOU NEVER COME OUT OF THIS EXPERIENCE THE SAME & YOUR LIFE IS AFFECTED GREATLY BY YOUR TREATMENT AT THE HANDS OF THESE PSYCHOTIC INDIVIDUALS.

I also draw your attention to the attacks on the Iranian judiciary. Of course, this sort of news does not appear in the South African press, so I doubt whether Edwin Cameron or Dennis Davis have heard about it.

http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/03/disqualification-of-lawyers-and-i...

"Distinguished Iranian attorney Abdolsamad Khorramshahi is one of 36 attorneys who were recently disqualified by the Judges Court for membership in the Board of Directors of the Iranian Bar Association. In an interview with theInternational Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, he expressed concern over the disqualifications, stating that this action will seriously weaken the power and position of this old civil organization.

According to Abdolsamad Khorramshahi, the law does not stipulate an appeal process for decisions made by the Judges Court where questions or complaints may be taken, and therefore this decision is final. Even so, Mohammad Jandaghi Kermanipour, Chairman of the Tehran Bar Association who himself is among those disqualified, wrote a letter to the Judges Court, objecting to the widespread disqualifications."

"Most of these people have defended the rights of political prisoners, but there are also a few who have never been involved with such cases, for example Dr. Tavana, these people have never had a political case or have never defended a political case. There may have been other reasons. It appears that other things, such as political thinking, the attorneys’ viewpoints, and issues like this may have been instrumental in the disqualifications. But a disqualification is not because these colleagues may have had moral or financial problems or criminal records."

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