Respected chairman of the
commission of the Human Rights of the UN: This letter is
Being forwarded to you by the wife of Ahmad Batebi a student arrested
during the student uprising of 1999 and condemned to the capital
punishment by the Islamic Revolutionary Courts a sentence commuted
to 15 years of imprisonment.
After serving six years of his sentence he fell ill and doctors
appointed by the judiciary system judged his condition as severe
and granted him a sick leave for a short time, during his short
release we noted that his ailments included severe kidney, spinal
and intestinal problems that were not treated properly and needed
an urgent attention.
Physicians appointed by the court reported that his general condition
could deteriorate if he was to be jailed again and urged the court
to order his release since he could die or be crippled for life.
Therefore he was released from jail to seek proper medical attention.
On 27/7/2006 unknown armed persons conducted a house search and
arrested Ahmad Batebi and drove him to an undisclosed location.
During his arrest my husband declared that he would go on a hunger
strike immediately our lawyer tried to locate him and was unsuccessful
in his attempts, and considering his physical conditions we are
deeply worried about his health.
Needless to say that my husband's friend Mr. Akbar Mohammadi who
also participated in the student uprising is being kept in a similar
condition and died of hunger strike nine days later in Evin jail.
I am deeply concerned about the fact that my husband's actual mental
and physical conditions could lead to the same fate.
Despite numerous attempts to contact him through the judiciary
system and the Evin jail by means of letters and telephone calls
I am still in doubt over the whereabouts of my husband and I fear
him dead.
Following the creation of the human rights council in the United
Nations which is giving us new hopes for exploring new avenues in
human rights and has raised our expectations for getting a team
of experts to come to Iran and evaluate the actual state of human
rights which would enable us to expect to get the most basic right
for my husband to get out of jail for his medical treatment.
Hoping to have attracted your attention to my desperate plea.
Best regards
Somaie baiienat (wife of Ahmad Batebi a student in the jail since
1999)
6/8/2006
Bcc To:
1. All organizations which defend the human rights.
2. Non-bound Journalists.
3. Global Organization of watching human rights.
4. Global Organization of International Excuse
5. Iranian Human Rights Activists Groups in EU and North America

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