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Free Behrouz Javid Tehrani
Published by Aissatou Ahmad on Jul 01, 2011
123 Signatures 
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Target: Ahmed Shaheed, UN, UNHCHR, State Department, EU, Navi Pillay, Ban Ki-Moon, European Parliament
Region: GLOBAL
Background (Preamble):
"I wish for a day when high standard laws are put in place according to human rights charter where no political prisoner spends an hour in jail."~Behrouz Javid, November 2010.
Behrouz Javid Tehrani is an Iranian student who was first arrested following the Iran student protests of July, 1999. He has spent most of the past ten years in jail, and is currently in poor health due to torture. In 2009, Human Rights Watch expressed concern at his condition and called for his immediate release.
Behrouz Javid-Tehrani was arrested in June of 2005 and spent 3 months in solitary confinement under physical and psychological pressure.
According to the Human Rights House of Iran, Javid-Tehrani made a complaint against his interrogators for the injuries sustained on his head during the interrogations but his complaint was never reviewed by the authorities.
He was tried and sentenced to 7 years in prison and 74 lashes which was upheld by the appeals court. His charges included anti-regime pr0paganda, insulting the Supreme Leader, gathering in front of the office of the United Nations and membership in the Democratic Front of Iran.
Contrary to the existing laws, he was taken to the Rajei Shahr Prison which is a place for holding criminals. He was beaten on numerous occasions by the guards and transferred to solitary confinement several times.
He has gone on hunger strike several times in order to protest the violation of his rights . He has also made complaints about having to change his prison ward frequently.
He is currently held in Solitary Confinement at Evin Prison and has been denied furlough despite the fact that 6 years has passed since his arrest.
Behrouz Javid Tehrani is an Iranian student who was first arrested following the Iran student protests of July, 1999. He has spent most of the past ten years in jail, and is currently in poor health due to torture. In 2009, Human Rights Watch expressed concern at his condition and called for his immediate release.
Behrouz Javid-Tehrani was arrested in June of 2005 and spent 3 months in solitary confinement under physical and psychological pressure.
According to the Human Rights House of Iran, Javid-Tehrani made a complaint against his interrogators for the injuries sustained on his head during the interrogations but his complaint was never reviewed by the authorities.
He was tried and sentenced to 7 years in prison and 74 lashes which was upheld by the appeals court. His charges included anti-regime pr0paganda, insulting the Supreme Leader, gathering in front of the office of the United Nations and membership in the Democratic Front of Iran.
Contrary to the existing laws, he was taken to the Rajei Shahr Prison which is a place for holding criminals. He was beaten on numerous occasions by the guards and transferred to solitary confinement several times.
He has gone on hunger strike several times in order to protest the violation of his rights . He has also made complaints about having to change his prison ward frequently.
He is currently held in Solitary Confinement at Evin Prison and has been denied furlough despite the fact that 6 years has passed since his arrest.
Petition:
We the undersigned demand that the international community bring all possible pressure to bear upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately and unconditionally release Behrouz Javid Tehrani.
He has been imprisoned, tortured and continue to endure mistreatment solely due to his peaceful activism. From his arrest to the present day, his treatment at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Iran is illegal under both international law and the Iranian constitution.
He has been imprisoned, tortured and continue to endure mistreatment solely due to his peaceful activism. From his arrest to the present day, his treatment at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Iran is illegal under both international law and the Iranian constitution.
The Free Behrouz Javid Tehrani petition to Ahmed Shaheed, UN, UNHCHR, State Department, EU, Navi Pillay, Ban Ki-Moon, European Parliament was written by Aissatou Ahmad and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: behrouz javid tehrani, free, political prisoner, tortured, hunger strike, evin prison, iran
