For the
past 28 years Kayhan London has documented many untold stories .
One of the most
prominent stories we have been following since 2006 has been that
of Ayatollah Kazemeiny Boroujerdi. This man has spent more than
2012 consecutive days, behind bars. Throughout he has been been subjected to
the most cruel and inhuman physical and psychological treatment and
torture.
Highlighting his courage and stamina as well as the principles and values he has continuously upheld, a group of internationally renowned and respected scholars and politicians have nominated him to receive the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.
Within a day of
the publication of Mr Shaheed's report, Mr Boroujerdi fell ill in jail. His
followers maintain that his physical symptoms point to poisoning. They suspect
that his food was poisoned by is two cellmates, who have since been given
furlough. Despite suffering from internal bleeding, he has not received
medical attention. This is the second time in recent months that he has been
attacked physically. In 2006, his mother who was arrested alongside him
and his other supporters suffered a similar poisoning. She passed away
within a few months of taking ill.
Currently Mr
Kazemeini Boroujerdi's family are under constant surveillance by the regime in
Iran. Their phone calls are monitored and their homes continuously filmed by
the Intelligence Ministry and other security services. His supporters around
Iran are subjected to continuous harassment and arrests. Their emails and
telephones are monitored non-stop. Indeed they continually receive threatening
telephone calls from the Intelligence Ministry and are summoned and
interrogated at the Special Court of Clergy located in Zaferanieh. For the sake
of their families' safety they refrain from publicising news of their
treatment. A number of them have had no other choice but to seek refuge
outside Iran
To date not one
responsible state official has issued any written report or statement
explaining the legal case against Kazemeini Boroujerdi and justifying his
inhumane treatment. Inside Iran, audiences have been subjected to total
news blackout regarding his situation.
Ayatollah
Khamenei, as Supreme Leader and Head of the Special Court of Clergy, has moral,
judicial and constitutional duty to provide a written explanation or set him
free.
"To
the Esteemed Members of the Community of International Human Rights Lawyers,
Please
accept the sincere greetings of this humble secular minded prisoner of
conscience.
As
you are aware, prisoners of conscience in Iran are continuously ...prosecuted
unfairly without access to due legal representation and away from the scrutiny
of independent media. To make matters worse official state news agencies
and outlet subject them to character assassination. Is it a wonder that
they are swiftly indicted? ....These defenceless prisoners are tortured
physically and psychologically, at worst in solitary confinement by state
agents tasked with extracting false confessions. It is therefore no
wonder that they fall prey to a variety of acute and chronic diseases, which
irreparably damages their health and attacks their physical immunity....
Once
again I appeal to the esteemed members of the international community and
international human rights lawyers:
Heed
our predicament; publiclydisclose our deprivation from internationally
recognised standards of humanrights; and, disseminate the extent of our
distress and torture.
At
a time when news of our fate is subjected to widespread blackout inside the
country, we appeal to you, the independent and free international media as well
as the leading independent and free international judicial institutions,
particularly the UN:
Do
not abandon us. We remain at your mercy. "
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