- Target:
- Ahmed Shaheed , Amnesty , UN, Navi Pillay,HRW, EU members Ban Ki Moon,
- Region:
- Iran
- Website:
- www.facebook.com
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Activists demand release of their peer
Sat, 06/02/2012
More than 400 activists have issued a statement calling for the release of Manijeh Najm Eraghi, a jailed Iranian writer, translator and women’s rights activist.
The statement condemns the arrest of Najm Eraghi by the Islamic Republic and demands that the government “stop fabricating cases against women’s rights activists, writers, intellectuals, journalists, labour activists, students, teachers, lawyers and social and political activists.”
Manijeh Najm Eraghi, who was also the secretary for the Iranian Writers Association, was arrested last Sunday and transferred to Evin Prison.
She was previously arrested in September of 2010 and released on bail after three days. The court charged Najm Eraghi with being a member of the Iranian Writers Association, mailing the association’s announcements and participating in the memorial service for Iranian poet Ahmad Shamloo and slain writers Mohammad Mokhtari and Mohammad Jaffar Pouyandeh. Najm Eraghi was sentenced to one year in jail.
Following the controversial elections of 2009 and the widespread crackdown on protesters who alleged that the elections were rigged, numerous non-government organization such as the Iranian Writers Association have become the target of persecution and their members have been arrested and given prison sentences.
Writer-translator to serve out prison sentence
Mon, 05/28/2012
Manijeh Najm Eraghi, an Iranian writer and translator, was arrested on Sunday to serve out a one-year sentence.
Najm Eraghi first had been arrested in September of 2010 and was released on bail after three days.
Her one-year sentence was issued on the charges of membership in the Iranian Writers’ Association, mailing announcements from the writers’ association and participating in gatherings for the assassinated writers Mohammad Mokhtari and Mohammad Jaffar Pouyandeh.
On May 21, Fariborz Rais Dana, an Iranian economist and another member of the Iranian Writers’ Association was arrested. Rais Dana was also sentenced to one year in jail for membership in the writers’ association and for giving interviews to the foreign media about the impact of government-subsidy restructuring in Iran.
The Iranian Writers’ Association has been working for the rights of writers for over four decades, and its history is one of constant resistance and pressure from the government.
SOURCE : Radio Zamaneh
Immediate & Unconditional Release of Manijeh Najm Eraghi
The Free Manijeh Najm Eraghi petition to Ahmed Shaheed , Amnesty , UN, Navi Pillay,HRW, EU members Ban Ki Moon, was written by Anette Meyer and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.