Urgent action needed
for stopping the death sentence of 28 year old Yaghoub Mehrnehad, a father
of 3 children.
We have been
informed via our recent correnpondencies and other contacts with the close
relatives and one of attornies’ of Yaghub Mehrnehad, that he has been
sentenced to death last week by the Islamic republic of Iran’s court in
Balochistan province. Yaghoub Mehrnehad who is the
chairman of “the association of youth’s justice voice” was arrested on
26.04.2007 by intelligence service at the office of association in Zahedan,
Balouchistan, Iran. The incidence took place during the annual session of
plenum for political discussion where some of representative of steering
system were delegating as well. The arrestation act included Yaghoub, his
younger brother, the only 16 year old Ebrahim Mehrnehad and some other
members of members of above association. Ebrahim Mehrnehad and other
members were released after 70 days while Yaghoub have been kept in custody
and now sentenced to death.
Yaghoub has 3 children (5 year old abubakr,
3.5 year old Omar, and 7 month old Asieh, who was born 2 month after her
father was arrested). His family has been granted permission to visit him
only 4 times during he has been in custody. Yaghoub’s father is not among us
anylonger, and his mother (Jan bibi) suffers from heart disease and asthma.
Based on our
contacts with close relatives of Yaghoub, he has 3 brother and 6 sisters,
and considering that his father died at early age, his mother tried very
hard to manage bringing up her children. Yaghub started working after his
high school diploma in order to be able to support the family.
We have as well
been informed by his close relatives that his physical condition under the
custody has developed to be in a very bad shape in the sence that he almost
lost 14-15 kg of his weight.
Finally the court
of Islamic Republic of Iran sentenced him where even his family was not
present and he was sentenced to death 1,5 monthes later.
This decision has
naturally affected the mental and psychological state of all family members
dramatically. Almost all are in this belief that the result of initial
conviction has not been a death sentence, and because he has been tortured
so much the regime wants to end any speculation whether or not, he now has
received the death penalty. By killing him (as it was the case for the 17
year old student Saeed Ghanbarzahi) the regime wants to terminate all
evidences.
To Human
right’s organisation:
As informed, the
Islamic republic of Iran has yet killed and still killing hundreds /
thousands of young balochis with false allegations such as participation in
drug handling processes and / or participation in armed groups. As informed
also, the acused persons have been killed with no any right for justice
defence against the false allegations. When it is not possible for the
regime to take such allegations in use, it does not hesitate to claim the
balochis are politically active agains the regime.
With reference to the same
procedure we were witnessed how the Islamic regime in Iran amputed recently
the hands and legs of five balochis.
At least we know
that Yaghoub and herby the association he represents has done nothing wrong
than only beening politically critical against the unhuman policies that
Balochistan is undergone by Islamic regime of Iran.
The association of youth’s justice
voice has performed its activities the recent years since 2002 due to the
policy of foundation of non governmental organizations, and has achieved the
legalization from the Youth Organization . Youghub Mehrnehad has been
performing his activities within relevant legal circular under particular
attention to reasonable political and cultural struggle. Thus his
arrestation, custody and conviction are even inconsistent with the
constitution of Islamic republic of Iran.
We would like to call international
attention, the Amnesty International in particular, to our concern.
Nevertheless we would like the international community to take the necessary
immediate action on stopping the death penalty of Yaghub.
Balochistan Human Rights Watch-Sweden/Radio Balochi FM
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