ياشاسين آذربايجان - Long live Azerbaijan

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The above data together with various Communications that you received in the past are a testimony that Iranian authorities are implementing racist, self-centred and non democratic policies by pro-Farsi (Persian) rulers. These authorities have repeatedly ignored the numerous reports issued by The United Nations on matters of human rights concerning many nationalities constituting the general population of the country. In spite of these fundamentalist and ultra-conservative policies of the Iranian rulers, we still hope that the world community will be more sensitive to the individual and national rights of all people and nations making up the population constituting today’s Iran.

No: 468/2007
Date: 11/11/2007

The Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva
Please circulate this letter to:
• Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges
• The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (also for Fair Trials)
• The Independent Expert on Minority Issues
• Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance

CC Mr. Dyke and Mrs. Harrison, Amnesty International, London
European Union
A selected number of Southern Azerbaijani Media

Dear Sir/madam,

Communication: Present Situation in Southern Azerbaijan

Please find enclosed a new Communication on the current situation in Southern Azerbaijan where the ruling Iranian authorities adamantly violate the national and human rights of the nation of Southern Azerbaijan. This Communication parses out the data we have received since our last communication submitted to you on 13 September 2007 and collates them, as follows:
Table 1: Outlines the Iranian arbitrary treatments of the Southern Azerbaijani prisoners of conscience;
Table 2: Is a reminder of gagging mechanisms deployed by Iranian authorities against Southern Azerbaijani activities through hefty bails or prolonging trial periods;
Table 3: Presents a glimpse of Iranian arbitrary treatments undermining the human right to Association of Southern Azerbaijani students; and
Table 4: Outlines the scope of the onslaught of the Iranian authorities against the cultural activities of Southern Azerbaijanis in their native homeland.

The above data together with various Communications that you received in the past are a testimony that Iranian authorities are implementing racist, self-centred and non democratic policies by pro-Farsi (Persian) rulers. These authorities have repeatedly ignored the numerous reports issued by The United Nations on matters of human rights concerning many nationalities constituting the general population of the country. In spite of these fundamentalist and ultra-conservative policies of the Iranian rulers, we still hope that the world community will be more sensitive to the individual and national rights of all people and nations making up the population constituting today’s Iran.

We hope you have witnessed the National Movement of Southern Azerbaijan as being vociferous by submitting a series of Communications to you over the years as well as to other international organisations. Now most international human rights organisations are sufficiently aware of the ruthless suppression of the democratic and human rights of Southern Azerbaijanis by Iranian authorities. Amnesty International has been exemplary in defending the 30 million nation of Southern Azerbaijan by issuing various statements, urgent actions and informing the world of the deprivation of our nation from the right to education in mother language.

Under the circumstances, it is extraordinary that during the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad the repression against the nation of Southern Azerbaijan has escalated several times over. We feel that this may have to do with insufficient pressures from organisations such as yours with legal mandates to interfere. Thus, the appeased Iranian authorities/agents dare to commit:
• Medieval style physical and mental tortures;
• Randomly arresting innocent people and their families, with the intention of intimidating ordinary citizens to silence their dissident elements;
• Impose financial hardship on activists and moreover; and
• Force our activists to false confessions while in detention or appear in controlled TV interviews.

The facts are before you which reveal the escalation of hostilitilies of the Iranian rulers against undefended nation of Southern Azerbaijan. We hope it is now amply evident that it is no longer a viable option to appease the Iranian authorities, who use every opportunity against the national and human rights of the nation of Southern Azerbaijan. We feel that it is now high time to challenge the Iranian government for their obligations to respect the Human Rights Declerations and the resolution on the right to Self-determination, for both of which Iran is an undersignatory.

The Iranian authorities aim to uproot the nation of Southern Azerbaijan but the mandates entrusted on you are intended for the protection of our nation and similar cases. We appeal to you to campaign for the human and national rights of Southern Azerbaijanis in a measurable and transparent fashion.

Finally, during the meeting of our Committee members with you in your office in January 2007, we provided to you with the telephone number and personal details of a host of Southern Azerbaijani prisoners of conscience. We requested your country visit to Southern Azerbaijan and this seemed a realistic request to you at the time. We hope the evidence provided will add to your determination for seriously considering the momentous visit to Southern Azerbaijan. This gesture will be most effective in protecting the lives of our activists.

With kind regards,

Boyuk Resuloglu
For and on behalf of
The Committee for the Defence of the Rights of World Azerbaijanis

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