Stop deportation of Iranian web logist Alireza Taherpour and his wife from Sweden

To:  Swedish immigration authorities

We undersigned are writing to express my strongest concern over the fate of Alireza Taherpour and his wife Roshanak Abbasi who are currently detained in Swedish Immigration Bureau and is going to be deported to Iran from Sweden. Alireza Taherpor is political opponent and web logist which both two his web logs has been blocked by Iranian Authorities. The address of his web logs are:

http://uresh4azadi.persianblog.com and http://www.uresh4azadi.tk/.

It is important to know that The Iranian government is now attacking web logs and web loggers. Currently the Iranian regime organized wide attacking and suppression on political and opponent web logs in Iran. Nearly 20 people have been arrested over the past three months in a crackdown against the online press. Apart from Sigarchi, another web logger, Mojtaba Saminejad, is still in prison. In less than two years, more than 10,000 Persian web logs have emerged. According to Reporters without Borders' sources, the seven journalists imprisoned between October and December 2004 have been beaten, humiliated and sometimes threatened with rape by their jailers. Most of them have been accused of moral crimes that are having sexual relations outside of marriage, a pretext often used in Iran to attack political dissidents.

Mr. Alireza Taherpour and his wife will face serious persecution if refueled to Iran.

We urge the Swedish Immigration Authorities to immediately release him and cancel his deportation order and grant them refugee recognition.

We are awaiting you immediate intervention in this life-threatening situation. Needless to say, the Swedish government will be held accountable for Taherpour's life and freedom.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Stop deportation of Iranian web logist Alireza Taherpour and his wife from Sweden Petition to Swedish immigration authorities was created by and written by Farshad Hoseini (farshad55@hotmail.com).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.

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