Plea from a prisoner of conscience to all human rights advocates

Translated by: Shadi Paveh

 Kazemani Broujerdi, an Iranian cleric who advocates the separation of religion and government and has been imprisoned under medieval conditions, wrote a letter describing some of his inhumane treatment and his poor conditions. This letter has been sent to “Human rights activists and Democracy for Iran” and has been published by media through human rights organizations. The text of the letter is as follows

Deteriorating of Mr. Boroujerdi Physical Condition and denial of medical care

 

According to a recent report from Tehran to  the Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran the status of Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi, the prisoner of conscience who advocates the separation of religion from state and the establishment of peace and justice, has deteriorated. Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi has been refused all medicine and medical care by the Special Cleric's Court in Tehran that his family requested.

According to this report in recent days the physical and mental health condition of Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi, the prisoner of conscience and opposed to religious supreme leadership, has been worsening because of the unsuitable conditions of the prison and  the intensifying psychological pressures.

Intensifying pressures and threats against the supporters of the imprisoned pro-democratic cleric, Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi, After the funeral ceremony

Countless numbers of supporters of the imprisoned pro-democratic cleric, Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi, attended the funeral ceremony of his late brother, Seyed Hassan Kazemeini Boroujerdi. After the ceremony, eight of Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi’s followers were summoned to the Special Court for Clergy for taking part in the ceremony.

According to the report of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran, although the eight supporters of Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi had been previously summoned for a third time to the Special Cleric's Court in Tehran, they were summoned to the Court for the fourth time via telephone on Monday, January 7, 2013.

Abduction of the corpse of Kazemeini Boroujerdi's brother, imprisoned religious leader

According to recent reports from Tehran to 'Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran‘, on 30 December 2012, Mr. Seyed Hassan Kazemeini Boroujerdi, 59 years old, apparently died of a heart attack just one day after visiting his brother, Mr. Seyed Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi, who has been jailed since 2006 in Evin Prison.

A Letter from Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi to Pope Benedict 16th at Christmas Time

Your Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI,

Greetings to you, dear representative of Jesus Christ on Earth, the light of God, the harbinger of peace and justice.Greetings to all Christians during this blessed time of year.

The Status of Mr. Kazemi Boroujerdi’s family in Iran

Mr. Kazemeini Boroujedi has suffered enormous losses because of his campaign against the Velayat-e-Faghih and for the separation of the state from religion. This has included the government’s murder of his mother, it’s persecution and mass arrests of his supporters, it’s numerous home and property confiscations, and it’s permanent surveillance, restrictions and pressures on his children and other family members.

Iran's Iron Guard religious dictators have stifled every scream

Kazemeini Boroujerdi’s letter addressed to the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly has been released by the "Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran"

 

To Maina Kiai, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association,

Greetings to you. What is happening today in Iran is absolute repression and censorship of the media and press, with no free and independent news sources available to the oppressed Iranian people.

attempted assassinations of Kazemeini Boroujerdi’s relatives and supporters

According to reports sent to 'Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran,' Intelligence forces have created a climate of terror in Iranian society, especially against pro-Democracy activists. Recently, there have been a number of assassination attempts against supporters and relatives of Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi, a major opposition leader in Iran.

10 supporters of Mr. Boroujerdi were summoned to the Special Court for Clergy

According to reports, ten supporters of Mr. Kazemaini Boroujerdi, who had all been previously summoned twice to the Special Cleric's Court in Tehran on Zafaraniyeh Street, were summoned to that Court once again for the third time via telephone on November 19, 2012.

Those summoned included Roya Araghi, Mariam Azimi, Tayebeh Hosseini, Narges Ghaffarzadeh, Zahra Abdullah Vand, Zohreh Sharif, Maryam Ghasemi and two men named Mohammed Reza Sadeghi and Mohamad Mehmannavaz. Earlier in both April and May of this year, the same people had been summoned to the same Court while Mr. Kazemi Boroujerdi was present in Court.Further news developments about this will be published at the same site.

The second-in-command of this oppressive system is not aware of what is going on Evin Prison!

Recently, some voices from Evin were published in censored media already lacking in freedom and independence. The head of state for this fascistic regime wants to visit this model prison for punishing crimes under Iran’s so-called Sharia Law. Although the Judiciary is the main perpetrator of the evil cruelty and betrayal here, it did not agree to this visit.

Open letter to the Secretary- General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki moon, on behalf of Roya Araghi deputy of Mr.Boroujerdi

Your Excellency Dr. Ahmed Shaheed,

The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran

Your Excellency,

I appreciate your humanitarian figures, particularly the third special report on the terrible situation of human rights in Iran and would like to attract your kind attention to the following points:

Please take the message of the Protesters against the Velayat-e-Faqih Dictatorship to all the people of world.

During this critical and tragic time, the Iranian people are suffering enormously from intense economic pressures now aggravated by new external sanctions on the country, suffocating political and social restrictions, and complete media censorship.

Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi, spiritual leader and prisoner of conscience, has constantly defended the Iranian people and their right to freedom, justice and peace. Yet he continuously stresses that without extensive media coverage of the Iranian people’s plight, as well as their demonstrations and my and the campaigns of others for freedom, justice and peace, the crimes and violence of this illegitimate and brutal regime will continue unabated, and the severely troubled situation of the Iranian people will never improve. He has bravely sent this message from within the prison to request that all reporters, journalists and media administrators regularly broadcast news about the Iranian people to the world. Their perceived silence is actually the result of media censorship within the country and the fear of brutal retaliation for anyone speaking against the regime.