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Country
Date
Type
Mandate
Firouz Abou Farhan, Abdulali Douraghi, Karim
Douraghi, and Eshaghi (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.1,
para. 114).
114.
115.
Allegations transmitted
Iraq
16/12/05
JUA
FRDX;
TOR;
Kamal Sayid Qadir, a writer, an Iraqi Kurd with
Austrian citizenship. He has been detained
incommunicado in Iraqi Kurdistan since 26
October 2005. Qadir was on a visit to Iraqi
Kurdistan at the time of his arrest. He was
arrested in the city of Erbil by Kurdistan
Democratic Party (KDP) intelligence agents
because of articles that he had previously
published on the Internet criticizing KDP
authorities and the political leadership of the
Kurdish territories of Iraq. Official sources of the
Government Response
and has undergone the necessary medical
treatment, before being returned to prison. To
help his physical and mental rehabilitation, he
has been placed in a special suite of the prison
2
with an area of 100m . He has met with his
family and his lawyer on a number of
occasions. According to the medical reports,
he is in satisfactory health, and based on
regulations, will be released shortly. By letter
dated 29/03/06, the Government reported that
he was released on 20 March 2006.
By letter dated 06/06/06, the Government
reported that Mr Karim Douraghi has been
charged with “disturbing the public order” and
detained on the order of the Office of Public
Prosecutor in Ahwaz on 14 November 2005.
He has been released on 3 December 2005.
Mr Firouz Abou Farhan has been detained for
the same charge of Mr Douraghi and released
on bail on 1 December 2005. No legal record
of Mr Abdulali Douraghi and Mr Eshaghi has
been found.
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