Ahwazi Educators Under Torture and Imprisonment
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January 9, 2025
The Islamic Republic of Iran has intensified its systematic crackdown on Ahwazi educators, targeting their educational and cultural activities conducted in their mother tongue. Writers, poets, researchers, and teachers working on the region's social history, literature, and culture have become targets of the regime's security forces. Since these cultural efforts are conducted in Arabic, the regime perceives them as a threat and accuses the individuals of baseless charges such as "collaboration with foreign entities."
Recent Cases of Persecution:
- Mostafa Helichi
- Profile: A young poet and civil activist from Ahvaz, host of the "Platform Watan" channel (Manṣat al-Waṭan).
- Timeline: Arrested on November 30, 2024. After enduring a month of severe torture, he was transferred to Sheiban Prison. Charged with "collaboration with foreign political activists."
- Background: Previously arrested in November 2020 and served nearly two years in detention facilities and Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz.
- Reza Hezbavi
- Profile: A 36-year-old poet and civil activist from Ahvaz.
- Timeline: Arrested on December 9, 2024. Transferred to Sheiban Prison after a month of severe torture.
- Saeed Esmaeil Mazra’eh
- Profile: A 32-year-old writer and researcher from Ahvaz, author of five children's storybooks, and editor of the Arabic section of the social sciences magazine Nowabet.
- Timeline: Arrested on Monday, January 6, 2025. Currently held in an undisclosed location.
These political prisoners have been subjected to extreme physical torture. Their arrests and charges were carried out without due legal process or access to legal representation. Prison authorities have denied their families visitation rights.
Cultural activities in one's mother tongue are not crimes and should never be grounds for persecution, physical violence, or imprisonment.
We, the undersigned of this petition, demand the unconditional release of these Ahwazi cultural activists.
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Cultural activities in one's mother tongue are not crimes and should never be grounds for persecution, physical violence, or imprisonment.
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