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    Honourable:

    President Javier Solana of European Union council, president of the Human

    rights commission, Amnesty International, International Secretariat, Human

    Rights Watch, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for HumanRights (OHCHR), Access to the Council of Europe, Reporters without border

    April 8, 2009/ Sweden

    Subject: Announcement in support of Ayatollah Kazemini Borojerdi , Abbas

    Khorsandi and Behrooz Javid Tehrani (political prisoners) held in Islamic

    republic prisons.

    From: Member of the Amnesty International and Member ofSwedish Women's

    Organization

    As a member of Amnesty International I want to write to you about Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein

    Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, an Iranian Muslim cleric who advocates the separation of religion and

    government. He has been in the Central Yazd prison, his health has been seriously deteriorated

    and he is refused health service inside of prison, furthermore he has a bone disease that needs

    medical attention and X-ray but Mr. Boroujerdi is not allowed permission to leave the prison

    to get medical attention, I would respectfully ask you to grant him permission to get medical

    attention as his imprisonment terms goes against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

    Another Political Prisoner named Abbas Khorsandi who received an eight year prison

    sentence was confirmed by Branch 36 of Tehrans Revolutionary Court. Mr. Khorsandi, a

    political activist charged with associating with and organizing illegal gatherings for the

    Democratic Party of Iran, was originally given eight years imprisonment by Branch 15 of the

    Revolutionary Court, headed by judge Salavati. Mr. Khorsandi had been in jail for eleven

    months prior to the new judgment back in 7th of august 2008, however due to continuous

    torture and beatings his health has been deteriorating and he as well has been denied medical

    care. He is refused medical attention. I respectfully ask you to grant his freedom and medical

    attention and stop his torturing.

    Moreover another dissident of the Islamic republic of Iran by the name of Behrooz Javid

    Tehrania former student activist who has been facing prison for since 1999 who isimprisoned in the ill-famed Rejay Shahr prison in Karaj outside of Tehran is being tortured

    and his family outside of prison is being harassed and fraught. He is beaten on a daily basis

    and threats to his sister and other family members are used to further inflict physiological

    torture to him. He alongside several other political prisoners in Iran are being refused to

    medical attention. Mr. Javid Tehrani is one of the last survivors of 18 tir Student

    demonstration in Iran. I respectfully ask you to grant his freedom and stop his tortures.