URGENT ACTION
KURDISH MAN AT RISK OF EXECUTION IN IRAN
Habibollah Latifi, a male member of the Kurdish minority in Iran, has been transferred to solitary confinement in Sanandaj prison, Kordestan province, northwestern Iran. The transfer to solitary confinement is often an indication that an execution is going to take place within days. Another Iranian Kurdish man, Sherko Moarefi, remains on death row at Saqqez Prison in Kordestan province.
Habibollah Latifi, a law student at Azad University in the south western Province of Ilam, western Iran, was transferred to solitary confinement on 16 January. His lawyer is not known to have been notified of a scheduled execution as is required by law, although in some cases executions have taken place without this notification being issued. His family has not been notified that he will be executed but fear that he is at imminent risk of execution.
Habibollah Latifi was arrested on 23 October 2007 in Sanandaj and sentenced to death by the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court on 3 July 2008 after being convicted of moharebeh (enmity against God) in connection with his membership of and activities on behalf of the Kurdish Independent Life Party (PJAK), a proscribed armed group. His trial was held behind closed doors which neither his family, nor his lawyer, were allowed to attend. His death sentence was upheld by the Appeal Court in Sanandaj on 18 February 2009. Another man, Sherko Moarefi, was arrested in October 2008 and subsequently sentenced to death and remains on death row in Saqqez Prison.
In October, fears were raised that Habibollah Latifi, Sherko Moarefi and Ehsan Fattahian were at imminent risk of execution after a judge in Sanandaj, the provincial capital, received orders to carry our their executions. Ehsan Fattahian was executed on 11 November 2009.
PLEASE WRITE IMMEDIATELY in Persian, Arabic, English, French or your own language:
 Urging the authorities to halt Habibollah Latifis execution if it has been scheduled;
 Calling on the authorities to commute the death sentences of Habibollah Latifi and Sherko Moarefi and any others imposed for political offences;
 Stating that Amnesty International recognizes the right and responsibility of governments to bring to justice, in conformity with international standards of fair trial, those suspected of criminal offences, but opposes the death penalty as the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 4 MARCH TO:

Leader of the Islamic Republic
Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei
The Office of the Supreme Leader
Islamic Republic Street End of Shahid Keshvar Doust Street, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: [email protected]
via website: http://www.leader.ir/langs/en/index.php?p=letter (English)
Salutation: Your Excellency



Head of the Judiciary
Ayatollah Sadeqh Larijani
Howzeh Riyasat-e Qoveh Qazaiyeh (Office of the Head of the Judiciary)
Pasteur St., Vali Asr Ave., south of Serah-e Jomhouri, Tehran, 1316814737
Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: Via website: http://www.dadiran.ir/tabid/75/Default.aspxFirst starred box: your given name; second starred box: your family name; third: your email address
Salutation: Your Excellency
And copies to:
Governor of Kordestan Province
Esmail Najjar
Email: In Persian and Kurdish, send via feedback form on the website: http://www.ostan-kd.ir/Default.aspx?tabId=150&cv=4@0_1 In English, French or other languages, use the feedback form on the website: http://en.ostan-kd.ir/Default.aspx?TabID=59
Salutation: Dear Governor

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country. Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date. This is the 3rd update of UA 271/09 (MDE 13/102/2009). Further information: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/102/2009/en, http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/119/2009/en and http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/121/2009/en