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HRANA News Agency – Omid Kokabee, a physics accusations in a series of open letters, in which he 1392 رهم5 جمعه- 1258 شماره/ سال متسیب
PhD student jailed in Iran since January 2011, was also denounced ill-treatment in jail. In one letter,
awarded yesterday the 2014 American Physical published in March, he wrote that the he was jailed case presents a good opportunity for Rouhani to
Society’s Andrei Sakharov Prize for “his courage for refusing to work on projects that were possibly show he wants to improve Iran’s human-rights
in refusing to use his physics knowledge to work related to the use of high-powered carbon dioxide standards”, says Chudnovsky.
on projects that he deemed harmful to humanity, laser for isotope separation. In August, an Iranian opposition magazine
in the face of extreme physical and psychological published a letter in which Kokabee complained
pressure.” “Kokabee is becoming an icon for science free of for having been refused a temporary prison leave
pressure from political influence: this independence to present results at a physics conference held in
Kokabee has said that he had been pressured to is much in the spirit of Sakharov,” says Hossein late August in Iran. His submission, made from jail,
cooperate in Iranian military projects that he thought Sadeghpour, a scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian was accepted by the conference organizers, and he
were likely part of a covert nuclear programme. It Center for Astrophysics and the chair of the APS was assigned a time slot. Prison authorities argued
is the first time a person is awarded the prize while Committee on the International Freedom of that they could not afford the security and transport
in prison. Scientists, which nominated the PhD student for the costs, the letter says.
prize. He says that the nomination was supported
The Sakharov Prize recognizes scientists by letters from prominent physicists, including a In touch with Iranian diversity
committed to human rights and is named after the Nobel Prize laureate.
Russian physicist Andrei Sakharov, (1921-1989),
who worked on the Soviet hydrogen bomb and later “I am happy that the prize is awarded to a person
became a dissident. Sakharov received the Peace in the Middle East, because the situation of the
Nobel prize in 1975. region is very similar today to Stalin’s Russia,”
says Eugene Chudnovsky, a physicist at the City
Along with Kokabee, the American Physical University of New York and a member of the award
Society (APS) has also presented the 2014 Sakharov committee who was himself a victim of repression
prize to Boris Altshuler of the Lebedev Physical in the Soviet Union. “Plenty of people are jailed or
Institute, for “his life-long struggle for democracy killed in a fight against freedom of thought.” He
in Russia and for his advocacy on behalf of the adds that the awardee has been selected “in part
rights of neglected children.”. because Nature […] brought international attention
to Omid”.
Kokabee, 31, did graduate studies in laser physics
at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Now, scientists hope that the prize will improve
Barcelona and at the University of Texas in Austin. Kokabee’s situation. The country has a new
He was sentenced to 10 years of prison in May president, Hassan Rouhani, who is seen as more
2010 for conspiring against Iran. He denied all moderate than his predecessor. “Omid Kokabee’s
Lawyers ICBC ﻭﻛﻼ Vali Doroodi has been deprived
Claims ٦٠٤- ٩٨٢- ٤٠٥١
604 - 982 - 4051 ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ of furlough since 17 years ago
604 - 980 - 8571
HRANA News Agency – Vali Doroodi the Kurdish political prisoner in
ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ Yazd central prison has been deprived of furlough for 17 years. Vol. 20 / No. 1258 - Friday, Sept. 27, 2013
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency
ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ (HRANA), this Kurdish political prisoner whom served in Iranian navy 42
was arrested in 80s on charge of collaboration with democratic party of
. ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ،ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) and was released in 1993.
He got arrested again in 1996 in Kurdistan and sentenced to life
Kamil Lotfali, lawyer imprisonment and exiled to Yazd prison. Obviously he has spent half of
his verdict but still has been deprived of furlough.
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ-
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ- Iranian criminal law allows death
ICBC ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ- penalty for children.
NORTH SHORE LAW LLP HRANA News Agency – A
prisoner who was charged
6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. with murder when he was 14
klotfali@northshorelaw.com years old, was executed in
Kazeroon last week.
According to a report of
Tabnak, a teenager who had
been accused of murdering
at age 14s, has been executed
last week after becoming 18,
in Kazeroon.
This teenager was sentenced
to death, after passing due
process in primary court, and confirmation of the sentence in Supreme
Court.
This source also mentioned, “During the funeral ceremony one of the
relatives of this teenage, took an oath to kill two people from victims’
relatives as revenge! Sadly, next day two corps were found which have
been murder in a cruel way”.
Iranian student awarded human-rights prize while in prison 42
HRANA News Agency – Omid Kokabee, a physics accusations in a series of open letters, in which he 1392 رهم5 جمعه- 1258 شماره/ سال متسیب
PhD student jailed in Iran since January 2011, was also denounced ill-treatment in jail. In one letter,
awarded yesterday the 2014 American Physical published in March, he wrote that the he was jailed case presents a good opportunity for Rouhani to
Society’s Andrei Sakharov Prize for “his courage for refusing to work on projects that were possibly show he wants to improve Iran’s human-rights
in refusing to use his physics knowledge to work related to the use of high-powered carbon dioxide standards”, says Chudnovsky.
on projects that he deemed harmful to humanity, laser for isotope separation. In August, an Iranian opposition magazine
in the face of extreme physical and psychological published a letter in which Kokabee complained
pressure.” “Kokabee is becoming an icon for science free of for having been refused a temporary prison leave
pressure from political influence: this independence to present results at a physics conference held in
Kokabee has said that he had been pressured to is much in the spirit of Sakharov,” says Hossein late August in Iran. His submission, made from jail,
cooperate in Iranian military projects that he thought Sadeghpour, a scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian was accepted by the conference organizers, and he
were likely part of a covert nuclear programme. It Center for Astrophysics and the chair of the APS was assigned a time slot. Prison authorities argued
is the first time a person is awarded the prize while Committee on the International Freedom of that they could not afford the security and transport
in prison. Scientists, which nominated the PhD student for the costs, the letter says.
prize. He says that the nomination was supported
The Sakharov Prize recognizes scientists by letters from prominent physicists, including a In touch with Iranian diversity
committed to human rights and is named after the Nobel Prize laureate.
Russian physicist Andrei Sakharov, (1921-1989),
who worked on the Soviet hydrogen bomb and later “I am happy that the prize is awarded to a person
became a dissident. Sakharov received the Peace in the Middle East, because the situation of the
Nobel prize in 1975. region is very similar today to Stalin’s Russia,”
says Eugene Chudnovsky, a physicist at the City
Along with Kokabee, the American Physical University of New York and a member of the award
Society (APS) has also presented the 2014 Sakharov committee who was himself a victim of repression
prize to Boris Altshuler of the Lebedev Physical in the Soviet Union. “Plenty of people are jailed or
Institute, for “his life-long struggle for democracy killed in a fight against freedom of thought.” He
in Russia and for his advocacy on behalf of the adds that the awardee has been selected “in part
rights of neglected children.”. because Nature […] brought international attention
to Omid”.
Kokabee, 31, did graduate studies in laser physics
at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Now, scientists hope that the prize will improve
Barcelona and at the University of Texas in Austin. Kokabee’s situation. The country has a new
He was sentenced to 10 years of prison in May president, Hassan Rouhani, who is seen as more
2010 for conspiring against Iran. He denied all moderate than his predecessor. “Omid Kokabee’s
Lawyers ICBC ﻭﻛﻼ Vali Doroodi has been deprived
Claims ٦٠٤- ٩٨٢- ٤٠٥١
604 - 982 - 4051 ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ of furlough since 17 years ago
604 - 980 - 8571
HRANA News Agency – Vali Doroodi the Kurdish political prisoner in
ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ Yazd central prison has been deprived of furlough for 17 years. Vol. 20 / No. 1258 - Friday, Sept. 27, 2013
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency
ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ (HRANA), this Kurdish political prisoner whom served in Iranian navy 42
was arrested in 80s on charge of collaboration with democratic party of
. ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ،ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) and was released in 1993.
He got arrested again in 1996 in Kurdistan and sentenced to life
Kamil Lotfali, lawyer imprisonment and exiled to Yazd prison. Obviously he has spent half of
his verdict but still has been deprived of furlough.
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ-
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ- Iranian criminal law allows death
ICBC ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ- penalty for children.
NORTH SHORE LAW LLP HRANA News Agency – A
prisoner who was charged
6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. with murder when he was 14
klotfali@northshorelaw.com years old, was executed in
Kazeroon last week.
According to a report of
Tabnak, a teenager who had
been accused of murdering
at age 14s, has been executed
last week after becoming 18,
in Kazeroon.
This teenager was sentenced
to death, after passing due
process in primary court, and confirmation of the sentence in Supreme
Court.
This source also mentioned, “During the funeral ceremony one of the
relatives of this teenage, took an oath to kill two people from victims’
relatives as revenge! Sadly, next day two corps were found which have
been murder in a cruel way”.
