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iran-emrooz.net | Sat, 14.04.2007, 20:37
ایران: معلمان بازداشت شده را آزاد کنید
آزادی انجمنها حق قانونی معلمان است
(نیویورک، 14 آوریل 2007) – سازمان حقوق بشر امروز با انتشار بیانیه‌ای از دولت ایران قویا خواست که از انجمن معلمان همدان و دیگر انجمنها رفع توقیف کند و معلمانی که به دلیل فعالیت‌هایشان در انجمن دستگیر شده‌اند را نیز آزاد کند.
انجمن معلمان همدان یکی از 34 انجمن حرفه‌ای محلی است که زیر پوشش حمایتی انجمن "شورای ملی معلمان" فعالیت می‌کند. طی دو ماه گذشته، انجمن‌های معلمان برای سازماندهی تجمعات مسالمت‌آمیز به منظور وادار کردن دولت به افزایش دستمزدها وبهبودشرایط کاری در سطح کشور فعال بوده‌اند. در نتیجه این فعالیت‌ها، مقامات ایرانی انجمن معلمان همدان را توقیف، تجمعات یادشده را سرکوب و معلمان در چندین شهر را دستگیر کرده‌اند.
سارا لی ویتسون، مدیربخش خاورمیانه و شمال آفریثای سازمان دیده‌بان حقوق بشر در این زمینه گفت: "قدغن کردن فعالیت‌های انجمن معلمان همدان و بازداشت اعضای آن نشان دهنده نادیده انگاری آشکار و ننگین دولت از قوانین خود و تعهدات دولت نسبت به قوانین حقوق بشر بین‌المللی است."
تقریبا نزدیک به ساعت هشت شب هفتم آوریل 2007، ماموران امنیتی شهر همدان 33 تن از معلمان را بعد از برگزاری جلسه هفتگی انجمن معلمان همدان دستگیر کردند. کمی پس ازآن در همان شب، ماموران امنیتی به خانه دوازده نفر دیگر از اعضای انجمن معلمان رفتند و آنها را در محل سکونتشان دستگیر کردند. اعضای دستگیر شده شامل همه اعضای شورای مرکزی "انجمن معلمان همدان" است.
روزسه شنبه، سخنگوی قوه قضاییه، علی‌رضا جمشیدی، به مطبوعات ایران گفت که دولت ایران فعالیت‌های انجمن معلمان همدان را ممنوع کرده بود و معلمان در نتیجه ادامه فعالیت‌هایشان دراین انجمن دستگیر شدند. او تایید کرد که سی نفر ازمعلمان آزاد شده‌اند و 21 نفر از آنهایی که آزاد شده‌اند زیر 24 ساعت بازداشت بوده‌اند. براساس اظهارات انجمن معلمان همدان، حداقل 9 تن از معلمان همچنان دربازداشت به سر می‌برند.
ماده 26 قانون اساسی ایران حقوق شهروندی مبنی برتشکیل انجمن‌های حرفه‌ای و تخصصی را تضمین می‌کند. ماده 27 قانون اساسی ایران اظهار می‌دارد که تجمعات مسالمت‌آمیز می‌تواند به صورت آزاد برگزار شود.
به علاوه، ایران عضوی از کنوانسیون بین لمللی حقوق مدنی و سیاسی (ICCPR) است و به همین جهت از نظر حقوقی بایستی از آزادی انجمنها، آزادی بیان و آزادی تجمعات محافظت و از دستگیری‌های خودسرانه، مانند دستگیری‌هایی که به دلیل اعمال و انجام یکی از حقوق یاد شده بوده، خودداری کند.
در ماه گذشته، معلمان، در بیشتر شهرهای ایران در تجمعات مسالمت آمیزی به منظور درخواست برابری در پرداخت حقوق و مزایا با دیگر کارکنان دولت شرکت داشته‌اند. در سوم ماه مارس، معلمان تجمع مسالمت‌آمیزی را در جلوی مجلس ایران در اعتراض به نادیده انگاری وضعیتشان توسط دولت آغاز کردند. این تجمعات درطی دو هفته پس ازآن ادامه یافت. معلمان در دیگر شهرها همچون کرمانشاه، زنجان، و اردبیل نیز همزمان تجمعاتی را برای نشان دادن همبستگی خود با معلمان مرکز برگزار کردند.
در روز چهاردهم مارس، پلیس شورش و ماموران امنیتی در میان تجمع حضور پیدا کردند و صدها تن از هزاران معلمی که در این تظاهرات حضور داشتند را در جلوی مجلس ایران دستگیر کردند. مقامات امنیتی پس از آن همه زندانیان را آزاد کردند. اگرچه، دولت به آزار و اذیت معلمانی که در انجمن‌های حرفه‌ای شان فعال هستند ادامه می‌دهد.
در نهم آوریل، ماموران امنیتی با در دست داشتن مجوز به جستجوی خانه‌های چندین تن از معلمان انجمن معلمان تهران پرداختند و چندین تن از آنها را به دادگاه احضار کردند.
براساس گزارش‌های مطبوعات ایرانی، کمیته انظباطی وزارت آموزش و پرورش اعضای انجمن‌های محلی معلمان را برای پاسخ دادن به سوالاتی در مورد شرکت درتظاهرات یاد شده، احضار کرده است.
در اعتراض به آزار و اذیت فعالان انجمن های معلمان در سراسر ایران، انجمن شورای ملی معلمان از معلمان برای انجام تجمع در دوم می ماه ، مصادف با روز معلم، دعوت به عمل آورده است. هدف این تجمع درخواست معلمان برای استعفای وزیر آموزش و پرورش و درخواست برای عذرخواهی رسمی دولت به دلیل رفتاری که با معلمان داشته می‌باشد.
ویتسون در همین زمینه گفت: " دولت باید معلمانی را که در همدان دستگیر شدند را آزاد کند و بی‌قانونی و پیکار خودسرانه خود علیه انجمن‌های معلمان، اعضای آنها و فعالیت‌های مسالمت آمیز آنها متوقف کند."
For Immediate Release
Iran: Release Detained Teachers
Teachers Arrested for Peaceful Assembly and Association
(New York, April 14, 2007) – The Iranian authorities should immediately lift the ban on the Hamedan Teachers Association and release teachers detained as a result of their work with the association, Human Rights Watch said today.
The Hamedan Teachers Association is one of 34 local professional organizations that work under the umbrella of the National Council of Teachers Association. During the last two months, Teachers Associations nationwide have been active in organizing peaceful demonstrations to rally the government for better wages and benefits. As a result of these activities, Iranian authorities have banned the Hamedan Teachers Association, cracked down on these gatherings, and have arrested teachers in several cities.
“The government’s banning of the Hamedan Teachers Association and the arrest of its members demonstrate Iran’s flagrant disregard for its own laws and its obligations under international human rights law,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch.
At approximately 8 p.m. on April 7, security forces in the city of Hamedan arrested 33 teachers after the weekly meeting of the Hamedan Teachers Association. Later that evening, security forces went to the homes of 12 other Association teachers and arrested them at their residences. The detainees included the entire governing board of the Hamedan Teachers Association.
On Tuesday the spokesperson of the Iranian Judiciary, Alireza Jamshidi, told the Iranian press that the government had banned the Hamedan Teachers Association and that the teachers were arrested as a result of continuing their activities with the Association. He confirmed that 30 of the teachers had been freed, 21 of whom were released within 24 hours of their arrest. According to the Hamedan Teachers Association, at least nine of the teachers remain in detention.
Article 26 of the Iranian Constitution guarantees citizens the right of forming professional associations. Article 27 states that peaceful gatherings may be freely held.
In addition, Iran is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and as such is legally bound to protect freedom of association, expression, and assembly, and prohibit arbitrary detention, such as detention resulting from the exercise of one of these rights.
In the last month, teachers in numerous cities have been participating in peaceful demonstrations to call for equity in pay and benefits with other governmental employees. On March 3, in Tehran, teachers began a peaceful gathering in front of the Iranian parliament protesting governmental neglect of their situation. These demonstrations continued over the course of two weeks. Teachers in other cities such as Kermanshah, Zanjan, and Ardibil held simultaneous demonstrations in solidarity.
On March 14, riot police and security forces appeared and arrested hundreds from the thousands of teachers demonstrating in front of the Iranian parliament. The authorities have since released all of the detainees. However, the government continues to harass teachers who are active in their professional associations.
On April 9, security forces with warrants searched the homes of several members of Tehran’s Teachers Association and served them with summonses to appear in court.
According to reports in the Iranian press, the Disciplinary Committees of the Department of Education and Training have summoned members of local Teachers Associations to appear before them in order to answer questions about their participation in demonstrations.
In protest of the continued harassment of activist teachers throughout Iran, the National Council of Teachers Associations has called for demonstrations on May 2, National Iranian Teachers Day. The purpose of this gathering will be to demand the resignation of the Minister of the Department of Education and Training and to ask for a formal apology from the government for the manner in which it has treated the teachers.
“The government should immediately release the teachers in Hamedan and cease its lawless and arbitrary campaign against teachers’ associations, their members, and their peaceful activities,” said Whitson.
For more information, please contact:
In New York, Hadi Ghaemi (English, Persian): +1-917-669-5996 (mobile); or +1-212-216-1231 (office)
In London, Tom Porteous (English): +44-79-8398-4982 (mobile)
For Immediate Release
Iran: Release Detained Teachers
Teachers Arrested for Peaceful Assembly and Association
(New York, April 14, 2007) – The Iranian authorities should immediately lift the ban on the Hamedan Teachers Association and release teachers detained as a result of their work with the association, Human Rights Watch said today.
The Hamedan Teachers Association is one of 34 local professional organizations that work under the umbrella of the National Council of Teachers Association. During the last two months, Teachers Associations nationwide have been active in organizing peaceful demonstrations to rally the government for better wages and benefits. As a result of these activities, Iranian authorities have banned the Hamedan Teachers Association, cracked down on these gatherings, and have arrested teachers in several cities.
“The government’s banning of the Hamedan Teachers Association and the arrest of its members demonstrate Iran’s flagrant disregard for its own laws and its obligations under international human rights law,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch.
At approximately 8 p.m. on April 7, security forces in the city of Hamedan arrested 33 teachers after the weekly meeting of the Hamedan Teachers Association. Later that evening, security forces went to the homes of 12 other Association teachers and arrested them at their residences. The detainees included the entire governing board of the Hamedan Teachers Association.
On Tuesday the spokesperson of the Iranian Judiciary, Alireza Jamshidi, told the Iranian press that the government had banned the Hamedan Teachers Association and that the teachers were arrested as a result of continuing their activities with the Association. He confirmed that 30 of the teachers had been freed, 21 of whom were released within 24 hours of their arrest. According to the Hamedan Teachers Association, at least nine of the teachers remain in detention.
Article 26 of the Iranian Constitution guarantees citizens the right of forming professional associations. Article 27 states that peaceful gatherings may be freely held.
In addition, Iran is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and as such is legally bound to protect freedom of association, expression, and assembly, and prohibit arbitrary detention, such as detention resulting from the exercise of one of these rights.
In the last month, teachers in numerous cities have been participating in peaceful demonstrations to call for equity in pay and benefits with other governmental employees. On March 3, in Tehran, teachers began a peaceful gathering in front of the Iranian parliament protesting governmental neglect of their situation. These demonstrations continued over the course of two weeks. Teachers in other cities such as Kermanshah, Zanjan, and Ardibil held simultaneous demonstrations in solidarity.
On March 14, riot police and security forces appeared and arrested hundreds from the thousands of teachers demonstrating in front of the Iranian parliament. The authorities have since released all of the detainees. However, the government continues to harass teachers who are active in their professional associations.
On April 9, security forces with warrants searched the homes of several members of Tehran’s Teachers Association and served them with summonses to appear in court.
According to reports in the Iranian press, the Disciplinary Committees of the Department of Education and Training have summoned members of local Teachers Associations to appear before them in order to answer questions about their participation in demonstrations.
In protest of the continued harassment of activist teachers throughout Iran, the National Council of Teachers Associations has called for demonstrations on May 2, National Iranian Teachers Day. The purpose of this gathering will be to demand the resignation of the Minister of the Department of Education and Training and to ask for a formal apology from the government for the manner in which it has treated the teachers.
“The government should immediately release the teachers in Hamedan and cease its lawless and arbitrary campaign against teachers’ associations, their members, and their peaceful activities,” said Whitson.
For more information, please contact:
In New York, Hadi Ghaemi (English, Persian): +1-917-669-5996 (mobile); or +1-212-216-1231 (office)
In London, Tom Porteous (English): +44-79-8398-4982 (mobile)
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