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Thursday 23 April 2015THIS WEEK IN HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN
Arbitrary detention Nabz Iran - On April 5, Mostafa Tork Hamadani, lawyer of Ali Motahari, announced that Motahari's attackers have been freed on bail and that the judiciary has summoned officials from Shiraz University. This university had organized the conference for which Motahari had traveled to Shiraz and on the way to which was attacked by plainclothesmen. Trials On April 6, five members of parliament issued a letter to Sadegh Larijani, head of the judiciary, in which they expressed discontent with the lack of attention to the case of Saeed Mortazavi. Although Mortazavi, the former head of the Social Security Organization, is currently free on bail of 2 billion tomans, the judiciary maintains a file on him with various criminal accusations. Women's rights After months of tension, arrests, and imprisonments, the by-law allowing women and families to attend volleyball matches was finalized. Shahindokht Molaverdi, vice president for women's affairs, announced the news but said that the by-law is not set for implementation yet. This would allow women to watch some types of sports, such as basketball, volleyball, and tennis, but attending boxing, swimming, and wrestling matches is still impossible for women. On April 7, authorities in Tehran attacked Abolfazl Cheraghi, son of the street vendor who was killed in a clash with the same authorities last year. Even though many families in Tehran rely on peddling for their livelihood, the municipality has no specific regulations on this kind of work, which sometimes leads to tension between vendors and authorities. Rights of minorities Officials of Vadi-e Rahmat, a public cemetery in Tabriz, moved the corpse of a Baha'i citizen who died on March 20 to the city of Miandoab and buried him there, without the family's permission. Over the last year and a half, the public cemetery of Tabriz has not allowed the burial of any Baha'i citizen, and in all cases, the corpses have been buried in surrounding cities without the permission or knowledge of the families. Elections On April 17, Minister of Justice Mostafa Pourmohammadi said that electoral laws must be clarified and made transparent in order to stop the influence of dirty money in electoral campaigning. The issue of dirty and illicit money has been a hot topic in Iranian politics for the last several months, although to date no individual or group has been charged with using such funds. |