اعتراض پن جهانی کورد به محافل جهانی پیرامون فشار بر روزنامه نگاران کرد

Dear Cathy,
thank you for your intervention!

The news that we have are being provided by our
members from Iranian Kurdistan. It may well be that
not of details would be revealed by the Iranian
authorities. Nevertheless I refer mostly to Mrs.
Shamzin Jihani.
The death sentence has been given to 2 Kurdish male
journalists:
1) Adnan Hassanpour
2) Hiwa Butimar

The case of Mr. Hassanpour is known to us and the
WiPC. Mr. Hiwa Butimar is of Kurdish origin but worked
mostly for the Persian-speaking mass media. He also
used to work for the official newspapers. The news of
his sentence came to us relatively late, therefore we
did not mention him.

Mr. Adnan Hassanpour was arrested 7 months ago, he was
not allowed to have access to a defending lawyer (Mr.
Butimar had got the same prohibition). Mr. Hassanpour
was originally arrested because of his cooperation
with the hostile powers (meaning his interview to the
Voice of America). However, there has been no official
charge. Only a couple of weeks ago both Hassanpour and
Butimar have been charged with action against Islam
that leads to the death sentence in Iran. It is
remarkable that first there was no talk of
anti-Islamic actions, the charge has been imposed on
them later, probably to justify their detention. 
According to our members, all the data concerning both
persons are incomplete and inofficial. Their relatives
and friends have no access to them. 
I shall tell you more as the news reach us.

Thank you again.
Warmly,
Zorab
   
--- Cathy McCann
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> Thank you Zorab for this sad news. In order to
> prepare an alert I need
> more details about the charges against him and the
> reason for the harsh
> sentence - looking forward to your urgent response
> and thank you for
> your help.
> 
> Warmly,
> Cathy  
> 
> 
> Cathy McCann
> Researcher, Asia/Middle East
> International PEN Writers in Prison Committee
> Brownlow House
> 50-51 High Holborn
> London WC1V 6ER.
> Tel.[phone]
> Fax: [phone]
> www.internationalpen.org.uk
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: zourabi aloiane [mailto:[e-mail]] 
> Sent: 17 July 2007 20:30
> To: Sara Whyatt; Cathy McCann; Lucina Kathmann
> Cc: Caroline McCormick; "Joanne" "Leedom-Ackerman";
> Karen Efford; Eugene
> Schoulgin; Zaradachet Dr. Hajo; Mustefa Rechid;
> Berivan Dosky
> Subject: URGENT: Mr Adnan Hassanpour has been
> sentenced to death
> 
> Dear Sara, Cathy, Lucina and all friends, 
> 
> today we got a tragic news from Iran. 
> According to our member Mrs. Shemzin Jihani (who
> currently lives in
> Belgium but stays in touch with Iranian and Kurdish
> intellectuals and
> human rights activists), Mr. Adnan Hassanpour has
> been sentenced to
> death by the Iranian court. 
> The WiPC has been demanding Mr. Hassanpour's release
> all along (e.g. the
> Rapid Action of the 28th February, 2007, RAN 11/07).
> Recently there was
> a declaration adopted in Dakar requesting Mr.
> Hassanpour' s release.
> Unfortunately, Mr. Adnan Hassanpour, an Iranian
> Kurdish journalist with
> no connection to violence or criminal offence, has
> been so severely
> punished. 
> We feel outraged and helpless.
>  
> Let me quote RAN 11/07:
> "Adnan Hassanpour is a former member of the
> editorial board of the
> Kurdish-Persian weekly journal, Aso (Horizon), which
> was closed by the
> Iranian authorities in August 2005. Adnan Hassanpour
> had previously
> reportedly been tried in connection with articles
> published in the
> journal.
> According to PEN's information, Adan Hassanpour's
> arrest may have been
> motivated by a recent interview he gave to the Voice
> of America. No
> charges against him have been made known." 
> 
> Yours very sincerely,
> Zorab, Kurdish PEN Centre
> 17.07.2007
> 
> 
>        
>



       
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