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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Detained Teachers Tortured
Roozonline
In Kurdistan: - 2007.10.16
‎Samnak Aghaei ‎

More than fourteen months have passed since the arrest of Farzad Kamangar, member of the ‎Kurdistan teacher's union, and his two colleagues, Farhad Vakili and Ali Heidarian. The latest ‎news on the condition of the three arrested teachers indicates that, in addition to undergoing ‎intense physical pressure and torture, they continue to be held in solitary confinement. During ‎the past few days, the family of Farzad Kamangar has called on various human rights ‎organizations and institutions to help Farzad, who has reportedly suffered severe damage to ‎certain body parts. ‎
According to a report published on the health condition of Farzad Kamanger by the Kurdistan ‎Center for the Defense of Human Rights, "More than 14 months have passed since Farzad ‎Kamangar's arrest. During this time, he has been kept in detention facilities in Kamyaran, ‎Sanandaj, Kermanshah, and Evin Prison's Ward 209. Currently, he is held at a ministry of ‎intelligence detention center in Sanandaj and is subject to the cruelest physical torture. He is ‎suffering from kidney disease, infection, urinary track bleeding, and burns to his hands and left ‎thigh as a result of exposure to boiling water." ‎
Kurdistan security officials have accused Kamangar of "undermining national security" and ‎‎"moharebeh," a charge usually applied to armed enemies of the state. Kamangar has pleaded not ‎guilty to both charges. ‎
Other reports indicate that Farhad Vakili and Ali Heidarian, two of Farzad Kamangar's ‎colleagues, are also kept in solitary confinement and have been subjected to torture. ‎
A Sanandaj court announced a few days ago that it did not know where these three teachers ‎would be tried. Farzad Kamangar's attorney says that he has no information about his client's ‎condition. ‎
Kamangar was arrested last year in his house and then transferred to an unknown location. For ‎at least 4 months, no one was aware of his whereabouts. After repeated attempts, his family was ‎finally informed that Kamangar was held at Evin Prison's infamous Ward 209. ‎
Kamangar was then transferred to a detention center in Kermanshah and underwent two months ‎of intense interrogations and cruel torture. ‎
These three arrested teachers are currently held at a ministry of intelligence detention facility in ‎Kermanshah, and their situation is getting more worrisome with each passing day. ‎

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