A Political activist’s suspicious death in Mahabad, Eastern Kurdistan
- KurdishMedia.com - By Kamal Soleimani
- 14/01/2009 00:00:00
London (KurdishMedia.com) 14 January 2009: A few days after of his arrest by the Iranian government forces, a Mahabad resident’s dead body was retuned to his family.
Last week, Hashim Ramazani, a Kurd originally from the villages around Bukan, lived in Mahabad, was arrested for alleged security reasons and then was transferred to one of the Itlaat (Iranian inelegant) Offices based in Urumia.
Four days after Mr. Ramazani’s arrest, his family was summoned up by the Itlaat Office in Urumia to retain their son’s corpse.
The regime’s forces claim that Mr. Ramazani has committed suicide in the prison. However, not only they had opposed the dispatch of the victim’s body to Tehran for an autopsy, they had forced Mr. Ramazani family to sign a promissory note stating they will keep the matter secret.
This Kurdish citizen was a married father whose body was buried nightly, at the presence of the secret police dressed in civilian clothing, in Mahabad.
It should be noted that this is not first case of the kind; there have been a number of other prisoners such as Lutfulah Ibrahimi, Zahra Bani Ya‘qub, Zahra Kazimi, Akber Muhammadi, ‘Abd al-Reza Rajabi who died in prison in suspicious ways. So far, there has been no investigation done by the officials to explain the reasons behind these suspicious deaths.
Source: www.vokradio.com; Voice of Kurdish-American Radio for Democracy, Peace and Freedom
- KurdishMedia.com - By Kamal Soleimani
- 14/01/2009 00:00:00