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Ayatollah
Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi (also Hosein Kazemaini Boroujerdi) is an Iranian
Twelver Shi'i Muslim cleric who advocates the separation of religion and
government and has been imprisoned several times by the Iranian government.
Mr Boroujerdi is
serving a sentence of 11 years in prison.
International
Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reports Ayatollah Boroujerdi is suffering
from "multiple health complications, including heart and respiratory
problems and kidney stone complications, as well as loss of 80 percent of his
vision due to cataracts. According to his physician, Dr. Hesam Firoozi, Ayatollah
Boroujerdi has lost as much as 80 pounds (36kg) during his imprisonment."
Dr. Firoozi
wrote to the head of the Judiciary on September 2, 2008:
“As an
independent physician, with no political leanings and agenda, and in keeping
with my sacred duties as a physician devoted to the goal of saving the lives of
humans, I urge your Excellency to order his transfer to a specialist medical
facility outside the prison, to save his life,” Dr. Firoozi wrote to the head
of the Judiciary on September 2, 2008.
In April 2009,
Boroujerdi wrote a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,
urging Ki-Moon to intervene in his case, according to the website Washington
TV. On 5 May he began a hunger strike to protest the suspension of his rights
to make telephone calls to his family and lawyer and to receive visits from
them. Two weeks later he was hospitalized in the medical facility of Yazd
Prison. According to Roya Eraghi, a follower of Boroujerdi, as of July 2011
Boroujedri's health has further deteriorated due to severe pressure and torture
in jail in prison. Despite a heart condition and lost vision in one eye, he has
not been allowed to leave prison to receive medical treatment.
On November 11,
2011 a letter by him, was smuggled out from Evin prison, addressed to Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton appealing for her help to deal with the root causes of
the problems in Iran.
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LETTER
Object: Immediate release Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni
Boroujerdi
Your Excellency Dr. Shaheed,
I am writing to you at this time to seek your
assistance in the situation of Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi.
Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi is an Iranian
Twelver Shi'i Muslim cleric who advocates the separation of religion and
government and has been imprisoned several times by the Iranian government.
Mr Boroujerdi is serving a sentence of 11 years in
prison.
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
reports Ayatollah Boroujerdi is suffering from "multiple health
complications, including heart and respiratory problems and kidney stone
complications, as well as loss of 80 percent of his vision due to cataracts.
According to his physician, Dr. Hesam Firoozi, Ayatollah Boroujerdi has lost as
much as 80 pounds (36kg) during his imprisonment."
Ayatollah Boroujerdi's condition has reportedly
worsened as of January 28, 2014, when he suffered severe body tremors and was
motionless for hours in his cell. The authorities still refuse to transfer him
to a medical facility and are denying him the most basic medical care.
I ask for immediate medical attention. I call for a
strong diplomatic pressure for his release.
In awaiting your reply, be assured of my most
respectful sentiments.
Yours sincerely.
(your name)
Address:
UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran
Salutation: Your Excellency Dr. Shaheed,
Office of the UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
President Barack H. Obama
Salutation: Dear Mr. President Barack H. Obama,
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
His Excellency Mr Ban Ki Moon
Salutation: Dear Mr. Secretary-General,
United Nations Secretary-General
UN Headquarters
First Avenue at 46th Street
New York, NY 10017
USA
Dear Madam Chair Tarja Cronberg
Salutation: Dear Madam Chair Tarja Cronberg,
European Parliament
ASP 08G301
60, rue Wiertz
B-1047 Brussels
Belgium
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