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Monday, December 20, 2004

With " Alireza Jabari " On the occasion of International Human Rights Day

Khosro Shemiranie - shemiranie@yahoo.com

With " Alireza Jabari " On the occasion of International Human Rights Day :
The " Association of Iranian Writers " is banned of activities under no circumstances.

On December 19, 2004 " Alireza Jabari " Translator and member of the Association of Writers, participated in an internet conference , which was organized by the " Iranian human rights activists in Europe and North America " on the occasion of International Human Rights day ( December 10 ) .
In this conference , He spoke about the on going pressures that have been imposed on the Association of Writers in Iran.He described in detail of : physical and mental tortures that have been brought upon him during his imprisonment, obstacles on official activities of the Association of Writers, Pressure that have been brought on journalists , weblog writers and ......... as an evidence to violation of human rights in Iran .
In response to the question of what kind of tortures he has experienced , Alireza Jabari said : After arrest and transfer to the detention, he has been insulted and beaten up by punchs and kicks, On the early days of imprisonment I had blindfold on my eyes and sometimes I was interrogated for several hours,Heart medication which was vital for me was not given to me, they were pulling out and showing the hair from my head and mustach, I was kept in a cell a little bigger than 1meter by less than 2 meters and sometimes i was not allowed to go to washroom.....
This 60 years old writer, about 3 months ago after close to 2 years imprisonment was released and in a response to a question that how can the human rights advocates outside the country help to improve the human rights situation in Iran Said:
The best way , would be to bring reliable information , to follow up , and without magnifying or de-magnifying the grave human rights situation in Iran . Contact with international human rights organizations and bringing precise informations and correct news to them is also important. This session which was delayed for more than 35 min. because of technical problems by the internet service provider , started on sunday at 21:35 Iranian time and finished after 1hour and 45 min.
" Ms. Shiva Nazar-Ahari " director of the " Students Committee in defense of political prisoners " was the other guest to this conference , because of technical problems was unable to express her views on problems.

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