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Friday 03 November 2006Release Kianoosh Sanjari nowAmnesty International Student activist and blogger Kianoosh Sanjari was arrested on 7 October whilst reporting on clashes between security forces and supporters of Shi'a cleric Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi. Kianoosh Sanjari is being held incommunicado at an unknown location and Amnesty International fears that he may be at risk of torture or ill-treatment. Kianoosh Sanjari, a member of a group known as the United Students Front, had allegedly gone to the home of Ayatollah Boroujerdi in the capital, Tehran, to prepare a report on the clashes that were taking place there. He was reportedly arrested along with scores of Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s supporters and transferred to an unknown location. Kianoosh Sanjari has been arrested several times in the past. When he was only 17 years old in July 1999 he was arrested during student-led demonstrations against the closure of the newspaper Salam (Peace). He was subsequently held in solitary confinement for many months. Prior to his recent arrest, he lived in Tehran and was reportedly closely monitored by the authorities. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Sh'ia cleric Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi reportedly advocates the separation of religion from the political basis of the state. He was arrested at his home in Tehran on 8 October 2006, along with an unknown number, possibly around 300, of his followers. The arrests took place during violent clashes with security forces. A total of around 418 of his followers are now thought to be in detention. Take action! Please write to the Head of the Judiciary,His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Email: Please send emails via the feedback form on the Persian site of the website: http://www.iranjudiciary.org/contactus-feedback-fa.html Your excellency I am deeply concerned for the safety of student activist and blogger Kianoosh Sanjari who was arrested on 7 October and is now being held incommunicado. I am particularly worried that he may be at risk of torture or ill-treatment and would urge you to ensure that he is treated humanely and granted immediate and unconditional access to his lawyer, family members, and any medical treatment that he may require. I would also urge you to make public any charges which he now faces and ensure that these are communicated to both Kianoosh Sanjari and his lawyer without delay. I am particularly concerned that Kianoosh Sanjari may be a prisoner of conscience held solely for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression. If this is the case I would urge you to immediately release him in accordance with your obligations as a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 19 of which states that everyone has the right to freedom of expression.
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