- Akbar Mohammadi
Akbar Mohammadi (PerB| اکبر محمدی , 1972 –
July 30 2006 ) was anIran ian student atTehran University involved in the 18th of Tir crisis, also known as the July 1999 Iran student protests, Iran's biggest pro-democracy demonstrations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. He was given a death sentence for his role in the protest -a sentence later reduced to 15 years in prison.On July 30 2006, he died at
Evin prison at the age of 37. He had been on a hunger strike for more than a week, reportedly protesting the refusal by the authorities to allow him to seek proper medical treatment for life threatening injuries suffered as a result of torture. Mr. Mohammadi's attorney, Khalil Bahramian, said that according to fellow detainees of his client, he "had been savagely beaten by prison guards in the past few days and that he was carrying the signs of the beatings" [ [http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.326174563&par=0 "Iran: Student Leader Dies in Jail"] "Rah/Aki" 31 July 2006] [ [http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_16946.shtml "In Memory of Akbar Mohammadi"] "Iranian News" 31 July 2006] .Mr. Mohammadi's violent death has caused a major outcry in Iran [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1834620,00.html Guardian News story of his death] ] , where the violation of
Human Rights by the Islamic Republic continues to be significant. As of3 August 2006 ,Human Rights Watch has called on the Iranian government to allow immediately for an "independent investigation into the suspicious death in prison of student activist Akbar Mohammadi" [ [http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/03/iran13895.htm "Iran: Imprisoned Dissident Dies in Custody; Investigate Mohammadi’s Suspicious Death"] "Human Rights Watch" 3 August 2006] . This call has been supported by hundreds of leading Iranian personalities and groups [ [http://www.iran-press-service.com/ips/articles-2006/august2006/akbar_mohammadi_3806.shtml "Iran's Government Urged for Independent Autopsy of Akbar Mohammadi"] "Iran Press Service" 3 August 2006] .ee also
*
Ahmad Batebi
*Zahra Kazemi
*Saeed Mortazavi
*Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
*Human rights in Iran References and notes
External links
* [http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/07/31/ap2916676.html Iranian Dissident Dies in Tehran Prison]
* [http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-briefs1.3aug01,1,1260410.story?coll=la-news-a_section Activist on Hunger Strike Dies in Prison]
* [http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Iranian+dissident+dies+in+prison&id=90865 Iranian dissident dies in prison]
* [http://www.nearinternational.org/alerts/iran220010708en.php Akbar Mohammadi Imprisoned and Tortured]
* [http://roozonline.com/01newsstory/016860.shtml Evidences support that Akbar Mohammadi was killed in prison] (in Persian)
* [http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_16946.shtml In Memory of Akbar Mohammadi]
* [http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.326174563&par=0 Iran: Student Leader Dies In Jail]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1834620,00.html Outcry after dissident dies in Iranian jail]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5231852.stm Iranian dies after hunger strike] (BBC)
* [http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=ENGMDE130862006 Amnesty International report on Akbar Mohammadi]
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