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iran-emrooz.net | Thu, 26.04.2007, 17:50
ایران: از قوانین امنیت ملی برای زندانی کردن فعالان حقوق زنان استفاده میشود
(نیویورک، 5 اردیبهشت 1386) – سازمان دیده‌بان حقوق بشر امروز با صدور بیانیه‌ای گفت که آیت‌الله هاشمی شاهرودی ، رئیس قوه قضائیه ایران، باید فورا حکم محکومیت شش تن از مدافعان حقوق زن در این هفته را لغو کند و به تعقیب قضایی چنین افرادی که در زمینه حقوق بشر فعالیت می کنند، پایان دهد.
این شش زن در جنبش فعال زنان مشارکت دارند. قوه قضائیه، پس از برگزاری تجمع به تاریخ 22 خرداد 1385 در میدان هفت تیر تهران برای اعتراض به قوانین تبعیض آمیز، برای این افراد پرونده قضایی تشکیل داد.
سارا لی ویتسون، مدیر بخش خاورمیانه سازمان دیده‌بان حقوق بشر گفت: "قوه قضائیه ایران از قوانین امنیت ملی به عنوان حربه‌ای برای زندانی کردن فعالان حقوق زن که به شکلی مسالمت‌آمیز نسبت به تبعیض‌های قانونی اعتراض می‌کنند، استفاده می‌کند."
"حکومت ایران باید به جای پیگرد قضایی فعالان حقوق زنان به محو و تغییر قوانین تبعیض آمیز بر علیه زنان بیندیشد،" وی افزود.
شعبه ششم دادگاه انقلاب اسلامی تهران در 4 اردیبهشت ماه، نوشین احمدی خراسانی، شهلا انتصاری و پروین اردلان را بر اساس ماده 610 قانون مجازات اسلامی به جرم "تبانی و اجتماع جهت بر هم زدن امنیت کشور" به سه سال زندان محکوم کرد. این دادگاه، اردلان، انتصاری و خراسانی را به تحمل شش ماه حبس محکوم کرد و دو سال و نیم باقی مانده را به مدت پنج سال به تعلیق در آورد.
همان دادگاه دو مدافع دیگر حقوق زنان را در 29 فروردین به زندان محکوم کرد. این شعبه فریبا داوودی مهاجر را به جرم "تبانی و اجتماع جهت بر هم زدن امنیت کشور" به چهار سال زندان محکوم کرد که سه سال آن تعلیقی است. این دادگاه همچنین سوسن طهماسبی را به جرم "اقدام بر علیه امنیت ملی" به دو سال زندان محکوم کرد که یک سال و نیم آن را به تعلیق در آورده است.
شعبه پانزدهم دادگاه انقلاب تهران یک هفته پیش تر در 22 فروردین، آزاده فرقانی یک فعال دیگر حقوق زنان را به جرم "اقدام بر علیه امنیت ملی از طریق شرکت در تجمع غیر قانونی" به دو سال حبس تعلیقی محکوم کرد.
بر این اساس ، قاضی می‌تواند احکام تعلیقی را به اجرا در بیاورد، اگر مدافع در طی پنج سال آینده قوانین را نقض کند و یا بنا بر تشخیص قاضی جرمی مشابه را انجام دهد.
تمامی این شش زن از کمپینی که اخیرا با عنوان "یک میلبون امضا برای تغییر قوانین تبعیض‌آمیز" راه افتاده است، حمایت کرده‌اند.
این کمپین اصلاحات مشخصی چون حق برابر شهادت زنان در دادگاه، برابری ارث بین زن و مرد، حذف چند همسری و برابری دیه قتل غیر عمدی بین مرد و زن را دنبال می‌کند.
ایران به عنوان عضوی از کنوانسیون جهانی حقوق مدنی و سیاسی به صورت قانونی مقید است تا آزادی بیان و اجتماعات و برابری در برابر قانون را مراعات کند و از بازداشت و زندانی کردن افرادی که این حقوق را مطالبه می‌کنند، خودداری کند.
حکومت ایران به شکلی اساسی، اذیت و آزار و پیگرد قانونی فعالان زنان را در سال گذشته افزایش داده است.
نیروهای امنیتی 33 نفر از مدافعان برجسته زنان را در 13 اسفند 1385 بازداشت کردند. خانم‌ها اردلان، انتصاری، احمدی خراسانی ، طهماسبی و فرقانی در بین این بازداشت شدگان بودند. اگر چه دستگاه قضایی همه بازداشت شدگان را با وثیفه آزاد کرده است، اما اخیرا شروع به صدور احکام سنگین زندان برای آنها کرده است.
در 29 فروردین غلامحسین محسنی اژه‌ای وزیر اطلاعات ایران ادعا کرد که دشمنان حکومت ایران برنامه‌های‌شان "برای براندازی نرم جمهوری اسلامی" را از طریق جنبش زنان و جنبش دانشجویان دنبال می‌کنند.
ویتسون گقت : "حکومت ایران وقتی از قوانین امنیت ملی جهت تعقیب کیفری مدافعان حقوق زن که به شکلی مسالمت‌آمیز برای برابری فعالیت می‌کنند، استفاده می‌کند در واقع این قوانین را به سخره گرفته است."
برای مطالعه اطلاعات بیشتر در این زمینه مراجعه کنید به:
ایران: فعالان ومروجان حقوق زنان را آزاد کنید
ایران: زنان برای حضور در تجمع مسالمت‌آمیز دادگاهی می‌شوند
http://hrw.org/persian/docs/2007/02/27/iran15417.htm
http://www.hrw.org/photos/2007/iran03/index.html
For Immediate Release
Iran: National Security Laws Used to Jail Women’s Rights Activists
Six Women’s Rights Advocates Receive Lengthy Prison Sentences
(New York, April 27, 2007) – The head of Iran’s Judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi Shahrudi, should immediately overturn the convictions this week of six women’s rights advocates and end the Judiciary’s persecution of all such human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch said today.
The six women are active participants in Iran’s burgeoning women’s rights movement. The Judiciary filed charges against them following a public demonstration to protest Iran’s discriminatory laws against women in Tehran on June 12, 2006.
“The Iranian Judiciary is using national security laws to imprison women’s rights activists for peacefully protesting against legally sanctioned discrimination,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “Instead of persecuting women’s rights activists, Iran’s government should scrap laws that discriminate against women.”
On April 24, the Sixth Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced Nusheen Ahmadi Khorasani, Shahla Entesari and Parvin Ardalan to three years’ imprisonment for “collusion and assembly to endanger the national security,” under article 610 of the Islamic Penal Code. The court ordered Khorasani, Entesari, and Ardalan to serve six months in prison, but suspended the remaining two-and-half years of their sentences.
The same court sentenced two other women’s rights advocates to prison terms on April 18. It sentenced Fariba Davoodi Mohajer to four years’ imprisonment, three of which are suspended, also for “collusion and assembly to endanger the national security.” The court sentenced Sussan Tahmassebi to two years’ imprisonment, with one-and-a half years suspended, for “acting against national security.”
A week earlier, Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran on April 11 sentenced Azadeh Forghani, also a women’s rights activist, to a suspended sentence of two years for “acting against national security by participating in an illegal gathering.”
In these proceedings, the judge can implement the suspended sentences if he determines that the defendants have broken any law during the next five years.
All six women supported the recently launched campaign, “Change for Equality,” to collect 1 million signatures to protest these discriminatory laws. This campaign seeks specific reforms, including making women’s testimony in court carry the same weight as that of men, equality of inheritance rights between men and women, the elimination of polygamy, and equality of compensation payments in the event of the wrongful death of a man and of a woman.
As a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Iran is legally bound to protect freedom of expression, assembly and equality before the law, and prohibit arrest and detention resulting from the exercise of one of these rights.
Over the past year, the Iranian government has substantially increased its persecution and prosecution of women’s rights activists. The security forces detained 33 prominent women’s rights advocates on March 4. Ardalan, Entesari, Khorasani, and Tahmassebi were among the detainees. Although the Judiciary released all of the detainees on bail, it has started to announce prison terms for those detained.
On April 18, the Iranian minister of information, Gholamhussein Mohseni Ezhei, alleged that “the enemies of the government” are pursuing their plans through the women’s rights movement.
“The Iranian government is making a mockery of national security laws by using them to prosecute women’s rights activists who peacefully protest against discrimination,” said Whitson.
For more information on the persecution of women’s rights advocates in Iran, please visit the following Human Rights Watch materials:
· “Iran: Release Women's Rights Advocates” (March 7, 2007) at http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/03/07/iran15452.htm;
· “Iran: Women on Trial for Peaceful Demonstration” (February 27, 2007) at
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/27/iran15416.htm ; and
· A photo essay featuring short bios of detained women’s rights activists, at http://www.hrw.org/photos/2007/iran03/index.html
For more information, please contact:
In New York, Hadi Ghaemi (English, Persian): +1-212-216-1231; or +1-917-669-5996 (mobile)
In New York, Sarah Leah Whitson (English): +1-212-216-1230; or +1-718-362-0172 (mobile)
http://hrw.org/persian/docs/2007/02/27/iran15417.htm
http://www.hrw.org/photos/2007/iran03/index.html
For Immediate Release
Iran: National Security Laws Used to Jail Women’s Rights Activists
Six Women’s Rights Advocates Receive Lengthy Prison Sentences
(New York, April 27, 2007) – The head of Iran’s Judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi Shahrudi, should immediately overturn the convictions this week of six women’s rights advocates and end the Judiciary’s persecution of all such human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch said today.
The six women are active participants in Iran’s burgeoning women’s rights movement. The Judiciary filed charges against them following a public demonstration to protest Iran’s discriminatory laws against women in Tehran on June 12, 2006.
“The Iranian Judiciary is using national security laws to imprison women’s rights activists for peacefully protesting against legally sanctioned discrimination,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “Instead of persecuting women’s rights activists, Iran’s government should scrap laws that discriminate against women.”
On April 24, the Sixth Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced Nusheen Ahmadi Khorasani, Shahla Entesari and Parvin Ardalan to three years’ imprisonment for “collusion and assembly to endanger the national security,” under article 610 of the Islamic Penal Code. The court ordered Khorasani, Entesari, and Ardalan to serve six months in prison, but suspended the remaining two-and-half years of their sentences.
The same court sentenced two other women’s rights advocates to prison terms on April 18. It sentenced Fariba Davoodi Mohajer to four years’ imprisonment, three of which are suspended, also for “collusion and assembly to endanger the national security.” The court sentenced Sussan Tahmassebi to two years’ imprisonment, with one-and-a half years suspended, for “acting against national security.”
A week earlier, Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran on April 11 sentenced Azadeh Forghani, also a women’s rights activist, to a suspended sentence of two years for “acting against national security by participating in an illegal gathering.”
In these proceedings, the judge can implement the suspended sentences if he determines that the defendants have broken any law during the next five years.
All six women supported the recently launched campaign, “Change for Equality,” to collect 1 million signatures to protest these discriminatory laws. This campaign seeks specific reforms, including making women’s testimony in court carry the same weight as that of men, equality of inheritance rights between men and women, the elimination of polygamy, and equality of compensation payments in the event of the wrongful death of a man and of a woman.
As a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Iran is legally bound to protect freedom of expression, assembly and equality before the law, and prohibit arrest and detention resulting from the exercise of one of these rights.
Over the past year, the Iranian government has substantially increased its persecution and prosecution of women’s rights activists. The security forces detained 33 prominent women’s rights advocates on March 4. Ardalan, Entesari, Khorasani, and Tahmassebi were among the detainees. Although the Judiciary released all of the detainees on bail, it has started to announce prison terms for those detained.
On April 18, the Iranian minister of information, Gholamhussein Mohseni Ezhei, alleged that “the enemies of the government” are pursuing their plans through the women’s rights movement.
“The Iranian government is making a mockery of national security laws by using them to prosecute women’s rights activists who peacefully protest against discrimination,” said Whitson.
For more information on the persecution of women’s rights advocates in Iran, please visit the following Human Rights Watch materials:
· “Iran: Release Women's Rights Advocates” (March 7, 2007) at http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/03/07/iran15452.htm;
· “Iran: Women on Trial for Peaceful Demonstration” (February 27, 2007) at
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/27/iran15416.htm ; and
· A photo essay featuring short bios of detained women’s rights activists, at http://www.hrw.org/photos/2007/iran03/index.html
For more information, please contact:
In New York, Hadi Ghaemi (English, Persian): +1-212-216-1231; or +1-917-669-5996 (mobile)
In New York, Sarah Leah Whitson (English): +1-212-216-1230; or +1-718-362-0172 (mobile)
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