Iran set to Execute Kurdish Political Prisoner Ehsan Fattahian on November 11

November 9th, 2009Fatima (Saudi Arabia)

Ehsan Fattahian’s lawyer, Nassrollah Nasri, was notified on November 6 that his client will be executed on Wednesday morning, November 11, 2009, Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) reported today. Ehsan, 27, was arrested in July 2008 and first sentenced to 10 years in exile by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj. During the appeals process his sentence was changed by Branch 4 of the Kordestan Appeal Court to execution for being an “enemy of God” (Mohareb), allegedly by being a member or PJAK (Kurdistan Independent Life Party). Despite undergoing torture, Ehsan refused to confess to carrying arms and participating in an armed struggle. His family maintains that he’s being persecuted for his Kurdish political activities. Ehsan’s interrogators tried to force him to make a false confession on tape, and he was often physically assaulted by guards in prison.

In response to the regime’s intention to execute him, Ehsan started a hunger strike on November 8, and his fellow Kurdish prisoners in the Central Sanadaj Prison began an open-ended hunger strike as well. In his last letter from Sanandaj Prison, Ehsan wrote:

I don’t want to talk about death; I want to question the reasons behind it. Today, when punishment is the answer for those who seek freedom and justice, how can one fear his fate? Those of “us” who have been sentenced to death by “them” are only guilty of seeking an opening to a better and fair world. Are “they” also aware of their deeds?

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If the rulers and oppressors think that, with my death, the Kurdish question will go away, they are wrong. My death and the deaths of thousands of others like me will not cure the pain; they will only add to the flames of this fire. There is no doubt that every death is the beginning of a new life.

The Alliance for Kurdish Rights calls for the immediate release of Ehsan Fattahian, and all Kurdish political prisoner in Iran.

Petition to Secretary General of the U.N., Ban Ki-Moon: Save Ehsan Fattahian from execution
Amnesty Urgent Action Call: Iran: Halt Executions of Kurdish Prisoners
Defend International Appeal: Iran: Halt the Execution of Mr. Ehsan Fatahiyan
Azarmeh Assocation of Women of Kurdistan (Farsi)

Cross posted from KurdishRights.org

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2. #2 elinor - November 10th, 2009 at 6:39 am

   Stop killing the children of our country. Be aware of the curse of the mothers that will forsake you and all you are so greedy for. Stop Killing Our Youth!

3. #3 Anna - November 10th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

   STOP KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4. #4 Tom - November 11th, 2009 at 4:45 pm

   اعدام احسان فتاحیان، جوان ۲۷ ساله کرد فقط برای وحشت انداختن هست و بس. با مرگ بر جمهوری اسلامی، روسیه، اسرائیل، آمریکا و یا آیت‌الله‌ها درد ایران و ایرانی‌ د‌رمان نخواهد شد. اینکه آیا این اسلام ناب محمدیست یا این آقایون مسلمان و یا اصلا ایرانی‌ نیستند هم دردی را د‌رمان نیست. واقعیت اینست که ما دانسته و یا ندانسته مملکت را به مشتی اراذل و اوباش دادیم. فعلا این آقایون سوارند و ما پیاده. مادامیکه سواری می‌‌دهیم توقع پیاده شدن آقایون و سوار شدن رو باید به گور ببریم! باید قبول کنیم که حکومت‌ها حتی همین جمهوری اسلامی قدرت خودشون رو از مردم میگیرند. گاه با زور، گاه با پول، گاه با حقّه، و گاه با عوام فریبی، گاه با ….. مذهب فقط دکان عطار ایست و بس! هر عمل کثیف و شوم خودشون رو با اون توجیه می‌‌کنند و به خورد ما می‌‌دهند!
   ببنید این ملا‌یان از علی‌ ابن ا‌بوطالب نقل میکنند که “ابن ملجم قصد کشتن شما را دارد، اجازه دهید اورا دستگیر کنیم”. امام علی فرمودند، ” قصاص قبل از عمل؟ هیهات!” خوب، گیرم آقای احسان فتاحیان عضو کومله بود، ولی‌ قتلی را که مرتکب نشده بود؟ کشتن آقای احسان فتاحیان قصاص قبل از عمل نیست؟ یا شما مسلمان نیستید که به علی‌ گوش کنید، و یا دروغ میگویید، واین نقل قول امام علی‌ نیست و فقط برای عوام فریبیست! در هر دو حالت با کشتن آقای احسان فتاحیان شما آخوند‌ها چوب دو سر نجس از آب درآمدید. کسی‌ که به ۱۰ سال زندان محکوم شده بود، چطور شبانه به اعدام محکوم میشود؟
   هموطن، اگر به ایرانیان می‌‌اندیشی‌، اگر قلبت برای ایران میطپد، اگر نگران آینده فرزندت هستی‌، کافیست با این رژیم تحت هیچ شرایطی همکاری نکنید. بله، از امروز عهد کنید سواری موقوف! لازم نیست با زور اسلحه آزادی را طلبید. نگاهی‌ به گاندی رهبر هند بیندازید! من از خودم شروع کردم، شما چطور؟ بله، قطره قطره جم گردد، وانگهی دریا شود. به امید دریا.