Please find enclosed Communication for safeguarding human rights of Mr. Okhtay BABAI Ejebshir (Mehdi Babaei Ajabshir), a Southern Azerbaijani activist imprisoned by Iranian authorities. He is considered as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International (MDE 13/093/2006 on 17 August 2006). The Communication is a compilation

Abbas Lesani had informed the judge and prison manager of his condition and also he had asked for his right to have day out to see his family. It was rejected by both prison manager and the judge.

Abbas Lesani has started his hunger strike from today.

Southern Azerbaijan is impatient for a public statement by your good office for the defence of our national rights and human rights of our activists who are arbitrarily imprisoned or gagged by suspended prison sentences. In particular, this communication updates you