URGENT ACTION : - Iranian STUDENT LEADER at RISK of TORTURE -
Student leader Majid Tavakkoli was arrested on 7 December after a demonstration. His whereabouts are unknown and he is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Amnesty International considers that he is a prisoner of conscience, held solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression, association and assembly.
Majid Tavakkoli was arrested as he left Amir Kabir University of Technology in Tehran, where he had given a speech at a student demonstration marking Student Day in Iran, held on the Persian date of 16 Azar, the anniversary of the killing of three students by security forces in 1953.
The following day, Fars News Agency, which is close to the Revolutionary Guards and the judiciary, published pictures of Majid Tavakkoli wearing women's clothing, and said he had been wearing them at the time of his arrest in order to escape detection. Student websites and others, which have claimed that Majid Tavakkoli was beaten at the time of his arrest, have denied that he was wearing the clothes at the time, but suggested he was forced to wear them afterwards to humiliate him.
Dozens of students and others were arrested around the time of the 7 December protests, which took place in cities across the country. Many have been released, but an unknown number remain in detention.
SOURCE: Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE13/131/2009/en/d71b0870-44f3-4376-ae69-e3009314e44b/mde131312009en.html
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LETTER /APPEAL:
Your Excellency,
I’m concerned about the fate of Majid Tavakoli, student leader arrested on 7 December after a demonstration as he left Amir Kabir University of Technology in Tehran.
I respectfully call on You, the Iranian authorities, to immediately and unconditionally release Majid Tavakkoli, and any others detained around the 7 December demonstrations who are held solely for the peaceful exercise of their rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly.
I also deeply concern that Majid Tavakkoli has been subjected to an enforced disappearance andthat's why I urge the authorities to disclose his whereabouts immediately.
I calling on You to ensure that he is protected from torture and other ill-treatment, and grant him immediate and regular access to his family, a lawyer of his choice and any medical treatment he may require.
I also ask You to investigate promptly and impartially the reports that Majid Tavakolli was beaten during his arrest.
Sincerely,
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Ali Reza Avaei, Karimkhan Zand Avenue /Sana’i Avenue, Corner of Alley 17, No. 152. Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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