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Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the confirmed death sentences and potentially imminent executions of five Ahwazi Arab men in Iran

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  • 29/01/2013
European Union   Brussels, 29 January 2013 A 43/13

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission issued the following statement today:

“It was with great concern that I learned that an Iranian High Court has upheld the death sentences against Ahwazi Arab activists Mohammad Ali Amouri, Hashem Sha’bani Amouri, Hadi Rashidi, Sayed Jaber Alboshoka and his brother Sayed Mokhtar Alboshoka. Reports that the executions of these men are imminent are very worrying, and I urge the Iranian authorities to commute the
sentences.

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Ahwazi: UN Experts Speak Out Against Executions

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  • 29/01/2013

A group of UN experts has urged Iranian authorities to halt the execution of five Ahwazi activists currently being held on death roll.

Below is an article published by The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights:

A group of United Nations independent experts on Iran, peaceful assembly and of association, extrajudicial executions, torture and minorities today urged the Iranian authorities to halt the execution of five Ahwazi activists, who are at imminent risk after their death sentences were recently upheld by the Supreme Court. According to reports, Mr Mohammad Ali Amouri, Mr Sayed Jaber Alboshoka, Mr Sayed Mokhtar Alboshoka, Mr Hashem Shabain Amouri and Mr Hadi Rashidi, all founding members of Al-Hiwar, a scientific and cultural institute, were sentenced to death on charges including Moharebeh (“enmity against God”), Mufsid-fil-Arz (“corruption on earth”) and spreading propaganda against the system in 2012.

 

 

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Scientists reveal extent of environmental devastation of the Ahwazi Arab homeland

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  • 27/01/2013

Fish containing high levels of heavy metals is causing development disorders and disease among Ahwazi Arabs, according to a number of recent studies.

Consumption of fish living in the heavily polluted rivers of Al-Ahwaz is affecting embryo growth, while contaminated drinking water is causing disorders of the central nervous system, according to the report. Residents suffer high levels of fatigue, blood disorders and diseases affecting the lungs, kidneys, liver and other vital organs as well as miscarriages, cancers, osteoporosis, endocrine disorders, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Disease and learning difficulties due to the ingestion of toxic metals.

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Al-Ahwaz Environment Report 2013

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  • 27/01/2013

The latest Al-Ahwaz Environment Report, published by the Ahwazi Arab Solidarity Network (AASN), reveals the scale of the ecological disaster in the Arab-majority Al-Ahwaz region.

Indigenous Ahwazi Arabs are being adversely affected by the environmental consequences of the Iranian government’s controversial river diversion programme, intensive sugar cane farming and industrial pollution, which are all the products of the government’s misguided economic development policies. Droughts that were once easily overcome are now exacerbated by man-made water shortages.