{"id":1434,"date":"2010-12-28T15:46:25","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T15:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hopoi.org\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2010-12-28T15:46:25","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T15:46:25","slug":"uk-students-call-for-solidarity-against-the-execution-of-habibollah-latifi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopoi.org\/?p=1434","title":{"rendered":"UK Students call for solidarity against the execution of Habibollah Latifi"},"content":{"rendered":"

From National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts<\/a><\/p>\n

We the undersigned call for the release of, and dropping of all charges against,\u00a0Iranian student Habibollah Latifi. This is urgent: Latifi\u2019s execution was scheduled for 26 December 2010; it was postponed after international protests and after 300 supporters protesting outside the prison gates, but could be rescheduled at any time.<\/p>\n

Latifi, who was a law student at Azad University in the south western province of Ilam, in Western Iran, was arrested in October 2007 and sentenced to death in July 2008 after being convicted of moharebeh (\u2018enmity against God\u2019), a vaguely defined \u2018crime\u2019 for which the penalty is death. This was in connection with alleged activities on behalf of a Kurdish liberation group (Latifi is from Iran\u2019s oppressed Kurdish minority; according to Amnesty International, sixteen Kurdish men and two women are on death row in Iran in connection with alleged \u2018separatist\u2019 activities).<\/p>\n

On 26 December, members of his family including his father and sister were also arrested.<\/p>\n

We call on the Iranian authorities to drop all charges against Habibollah Latifi and release him and his family. We will continue to make solidarity with Iranian student activists, who alongside workers have been at the forefront of the struggle for human rights and democracy in Iran.<\/p>\n

Initial signatories:
\nPatrick Murphy<\/strong>, National Union of Teachers National Executive member and Leeds NUT Secretary
\nOlivia Bailey<\/strong>, National Union of Students Women\u2019s Officer
\nBarnaby Raine<\/strong>, School and FE Students Against the Cuts
\nSean Rillo Raczka<\/strong>, National Union of Students National Executive Committee and Birkbeck Students\u2019 Union Chair
\nAlan Bailey<\/strong>, NUS Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Officer (Open Place)
\nVicki Baars<\/strong>, NUS LGBT Officer (Women\u2019s Place)
\nClaire Locke<\/strong>, London Metropolitan University SU Communications and Campaigns Officer
\nLouis Hartnoll<\/strong>, University of the Arts London SU President
\nRobyn Minogue<\/strong>, University of the Arts SU Education Officer
\nWanda Canton<\/strong>, Queen Mary SU Women\u2019s Officer
\nKatherine McMahon<\/strong>, Edinburgh University anti-cuts activist
\nMichael Chessum<\/strong>, NCAFC co-founder and UCL Union Education and Campaigns Officer
\nDaniel Lemberger Cooper<\/strong>, Royal Holloway Anti-Cuts Alliance and Save our services in Surrey
\nBob Sutton<\/strong>, Merseyside Network Against Fees and Cuts
\nTali Janner-Klausner<\/strong>, London NCAFC activist
\nRowan Rheingans<\/strong>, Newcastle University anti-cuts activist
\nJade Baker<\/strong>, University of Westminster SU Vice-President Education
\nChris Marks<\/strong>, Hull University occupier<\/p>\n

Help us to stop the Iranian state murdering Habibollah Latifi! Please add your name by emailingagainstfeesandcuts@gmail.com<\/strong>
\nWe call on NUS and other student networks like the Education Activist Network to support the campaign and promote this statement.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts We the undersigned call for the release of, and dropping of all charges against,\u00a0Iranian student Habibollah Latifi. This is urgent: Latifi\u2019s execution was scheduled for 26 December 2010; it was postponed after international protests and after 300 supporters protesting outside the prison gates, but could be rescheduled at … <\/p>\n

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