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سعيد مرتضوي بايد فورا دستگير شود!حضور سعيد مرتضوي به عنوان يکي از هيئت اعزامي حکومت اسلامي ايران به اولين نشست شوراي تازه تاسيس حقوق بشر سازمان ملل، يک افتضاح سياسي است. Press release Stephan Hashemi, the son of murdered Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, today called on the Government of Canada to turn words into action and make an immediate formal request to the Swiss authorities for the provisional arrest of Iranian official Saeed Mortazavi. Mr. Hashemi stated: "Mr. McKay has said he is disgusted by Mr. Mortazavi's presence at the UN Human Rights Council. He has acknowledged Mr. Mortazavi's role in the death of my mother. The Government of Canada now has an opportunity to turn words into action -- to take the first steps toward punishing those responsible for the torture and death of my mother. The Government of Canada must immediately urge Switzerland to arrest Mr. Mortazavi." Mr. Mortazavi, Iran's prosecutor-general, is attending the meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva this week and is expected to be in Geneva until at least Friday. At the time of Zahra Kazemi's death in June 2003, Mr. Mortazavi was the senior investigating magistrate at Tehran's notorious Evin Prison. Two Iranian government reports -- one a Presidential Commission and the other a Parliamentary Commission -- implicated him in the torture and murder of Ms. Kazemi. The reports concluded, among other things, that Mr. Mortazavi had personally interrogated Ms. Kazemi and subsequent to her death actively obstructed an investigation into the causes of her death. Article 6 of the Convention Against Torture, which has been ratified by both Canada and Switzerland, authorizes states to take into custody individuals in their territory who are alleged to have carried out acts of torture abroad, for so long as it is necessary to enable criminal or extradition proceedings to be initiated. Mr. Mortazavi should be immediately taken into custody before he leaves Switzerland. This will allow the Government of Canada to take the necessary steps to extradite Mr. Mortazavi for prosecution in Canada. Under Canada's Criminal Code provisions, Mr. Mortazavi can be prosecuted in Canada for torture even though it was committed in Iran. For further information, contact John Terry, Mr. Hashemi's counsel, at 416.865.8245. |
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