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(نیویورک، ٦ فوریه سال ٢٠٠٧) - سازمان دیده بان حقوق بشر امروز اعلام کرد که هفت نویسنده ایرانی از بین ٥٤ نویسنده از ٢٢ کشور دنیا جایزه ارزشمند و معتبر هلمن-همت را دریافت کردند. این جایزه به نویسندگانی در سطح جهان اعطاء می‌شود که قربانی اذیت و آزار سیاسی شوند.
ایرانیان دریافت کننده جایزه امسال نویسندگان و تلاش گرانی هستند که تکاپوها و فعالیت های آنها بارها مورد سرکوب واقع شده است.
آنها علاوه بر تجربیاتی که خودشان داشته اند ،نماینده تعداد بی شماری از نویسندگان و روزنامه نگارانی هستند که زندگی شخصی وحرفه ای آنها در نتیجه سیاست های سرکوب گرانه دولتی در محدود کردن حوزه های بیان و نشر آسیب دیده است.
سارا لی ویتسون مدیر بخش خاور میانه سازمان دیده بان حقوق بشر گفت: " سال گذشته بخصوص برای نویسندگان ایرانی سال سختی بود که مجبور بودند در فضای تنگ تر قوانین و سیاست های جدید نشر کار کنند. بسیار اهمیت دارد تا توجه جهانی به سمت دستاورد ها و کوشش های آنها در زیر فشار ها و محدودیت های بسیار جلب شود."
سازمان دیده بان حقوق بشر با اعطای جایزه هلمن-همت می کوشد تا دشواری های پیش رو و مبتلا به نویسندگانی که قربانی اذیت و آزار سیاسی شده اند را شناسایی کند.
ین جایزه به یادبود نمایشنامه نویس آمریکایی لیللیان هلمن و همراه همیشگی اش داشمیل همت رمان نویس بنا نهاده شده است. هر دوی آنها به صورت حرفه ای در دوران "تعقیب توهمات" ضد کمونیستی در سال ١٩٥٠ رنج و مشقت بسیاری را متحمل شدند.
وضعیت نویسندگان ایرانی از زمان انتخاب محمود احمدی نژاد به عنوان رئیس جمهور بدتر شده است. مسئولین مربوطه به شکلی نظام مند آزادی بیان و عقیده را بوسیله تعطیلی روزنامه ها و زندانی کردن روزنامه نگاران و سردبیران سرکوب و تحدید می کنند.
معدود روزنامه های مستقل باقی مانده نیز به میزان زیادی خود سانسوری می کنند.بسیاری از نویسندگان و روشنفکران کشور را ترک کرده اند، برخی در زندان هستند و یا از مضامین انتقادی در نوشته های شان خودداری می کنند.
اخیرا قوانین تحمیلی بر حوزه نشر ، میدان سخن های مجاز را تنگ کرده است.
دریافت کنندگان ایرانی جایزه امسال هلمن-همت عبارتند از:
* علی اشرف درویشیان
وی که ٦٥ سال دارد از معروف ترین و خلاق ترین نویسندگان پس از انقلاب است که بیش از ٢٠ جلد کتاب شامل رمان، قصه های کودکان و مجموعه بیست جلدی داستان های محلی و فولکلور را منتشر کرده است.مدت چهار سال است که سانسور حکومت مجال انتشار کارهای وی را نداده است.
* شهرام رفیع زاده
او با ٣٤ سن شاعر و روزنامه نگار حقیقت یاب است که همچنین به نقد ادبیات هم می پردازد.شهرام رفیع زاده در دوران اصلاحات چهره معروف و شناخته شده ای بود که مطالبی در خصوص نقش ماموران وزارت اطلاعات در قتل های زنجیره ای نویسندگان و روشنفکران در سال ١٩٩٨ می نوشت.او در سپتامبر سال ٢٠٠٤ بازداشت شد و ٨٦ روز را در سلول انفرادی گذراند.
* روزبه میر ابراهیمی
وی ٢٧ سال دارد و به عنوان روزنامه نگار و خبرنگار برای تعدادی از روزنامه های اصلاح طلب فعالیت می کرد که بعدا توسط حکومت توقیف شدند.او در زمینه چندین پرونده مهم حقوق بشری از جمله قتل زهرا کاظمی فتو خبرنگار وعکاس کانادایی-ایرانی در سال ٢٠٠٣ تحقیق کرده است.او در سپتامبر سال ٢٠٠٤ بازداشت و برای ٦٠ روز در سلول انفرادی به سر برد.او دو کتاب در مورد تاریخ معاصر ایران نوشته است که از سوی حکومت مجوز انتشار پیدا نکردند.
* آرش سیگارچی
روزنامه نگار و وبلاگ نویس ٢٥ ساله که حرفه اش در روزنامه نگاری را از سن ١٥ سالگی شروع کرد. او در ژانویه سال ٢٠٠٥ دستگیر شد پس از اینکه گزارشاتی در خصوص موارد نقض حقوق بشر در وبلاگش منتشر کرده بود. او ابتدا به ١٤ سال زندان محکوم شد ولی دادگاه تجدید نظر محکومیت او را به سه سال تقلیل داد.او اخیرا تشخیص داده شده است که بیماری سرطان دارد و اکنون در حال معالجه در بیرون از زندان است.
* علی افشاری
تحلیل گر سیاسی و فعال حقوق بشری که ٣٣ سال دارد. وی در سال ٢٠٠٠ بازداشت شد و برای نقش آفرینی در جنبش دانشجویی مدت سه سال را در زندان گذراند که ٣٢٨ روز آن در سلول انفرادی گذشت.او از چهره های شاخص دوران اصلاحات است که سخنرانی ها و نوشته های زیادی در آن دوران دارد و به همراه دکتر ناصر زرافشان کتابی با عنوان "پیرامون تکامل" نیز منتشر کرده است.وی هنگامی که کشور را در سال ٢٠٠٥ ترک کرد از سوی قوه قضائیه به ٦ سال زندان محکوم شد.
* انصافعلی هدایت
روزنامه نگار ٤١ ساله که به صورت پیوسته گزارشاتی در زمینه نقض حقوق بشر در استان آذربایجان شرقی منتشر کرده است. او در ماه جون سال ٢٠٠٣ بازداشت شد و ٧٤ روز را در سلول انفرادی و ١٨ ماه را در زندان گذراند. او اکنون در تبعید زندگی می کند و در حال نوشتن خاطرات زندانش است.
* حسن زارع زاده اردشیر
روزنامه نگار ٢٩ ساله که به طور پیوسته در خصوص موضوعات فضای سیاسی و حقوق بشری مطلب نوشته است.او چندین بار بازداشت شده است و تقریبا ٨ ماه در زندان اوین در سال ٢٠٠٣ حبس کشیده است. در سال ٢٠٠٥ او مجبور به تبعید شد اما به انتشار گزارشات اقدامات مغایر حقوق بشر در ایران در خارج ادامه داده است.
For Immediate Release
Iran: Writers Struggle to Uphold Freedom of Expression
Seven Iranian Writers Receive Hellman/Hammett Grants
(New York, February 6, 2007) – Human Rights Watch announced today that seven Iranians are among the 45 writers from 22 countries who are receiving the prestigious Hellman/Hammett prize, an award that recognizes writers globally who have been victims of political persecution.
The Iranian recipients of this year’s award are writers and activists whose work and activities have been variously suppressed. Beyond what they themselves have experienced, they represent numerous other writers and journalists whose personal and professional lives have been hampered as a result of repressive government policies governing speech and publications.
“The past year was a particularly difficult one for Iranian writers who had to work in an ever more restrictive atmosphere of new publishing rules and policies,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “It is important to draw international attention to their achievements under the current repressive policies.”
Human Rights Watch administers the Hellman/Hammett grant program in recognition of the hardships faced by writers all around the world who have been victims of political persecution. The program is financed by the estate of the American playwright Lillian Hellman, with funds set up in her name and that of her long-time companion, the novelist Dashiell Hammett, both of whom suffered professionally during the anti-communist “witch hunts” of the 1950s.
Since the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the situation for Iranian writers has worsened. Authorities systematically suppress freedom of expression and opinion by closing newspapers and imprisoning journalists and editors. The few independent dailies that remain heavily self-censored. Many writers and intellectuals have left the country, are in prison, or have ceased to criticize the government in their writings. Recently imposed rules of publication have further narrowed the field of acceptable speech.
This year’s recipients of the Hellman-Hammett grant from Iran are:
* Ali Ashraf Darvishian, 65, one of Iran’s most prominent and prolific post-revolutionary writers, has published more than 20 books, including fiction, children’s stories and a 20-volume collection of Iranian folk tales. For the past four years, government censors have banned the publication of his works.
* Shahram Rafizadeh, 34, investigative journalist and blogger, also writes poetry and literary criticism. During the reform era, Rafizadeh was well known for writing about the role of Iranian intelligence agents in the murder of several writers and intellectuals in 1998. He was detained in September 2004 and was held in solitary confinement for 86 days.
* Roozbeh Mir Ebrahimi, 27, worked as an editor and reporter for a number of reformist dailies that have since been shut down by the government. He investigated several high profile human rights cases, including the murder of a Canadian-Iranian photojournalist in 2003. He was detained in September 2004 and held in solitary confinement for 60 days. He has written two books on contemporary Iranian political history that have not received government permission for publication.
* Arash Sigarchi, 28, journalist and blogger, started his career in journalism at the age of 15. He was arrested in January 2005 after he reported on human rights violations on his blog. Originally sentenced to 14 years in prison, an appeals court reduced the sentence to three years. He was recently diagnosed with cancer and is receiving treatment outside of prison.
* Ali Afshari, 33, political analyst and human rights advocate, was imprisoned in 2000 and held in solitary confinement for 328 days for his role in the student movement. He has written numerous articles and co-translated a book on political theory. When he left Iran in 2005, the Judiciary sentenced him to six years in prison.
* Ensaf Ali Hedayat, 41, journalist, has reported extensively on human rights violations in the Iranian province of Azerbaijan. He was arrested in June 2003, spent 74 days in solitary confinement and 18 months in prison. He currently lives in exile and is writing his prison memoirs.
* Hassan Zarezadeh Ardeshir, 29, journalist, has written extensively on the political environment and human rights issues in Iran. He has been arrested several times and spent nearly eight months in Evin prison in 2003. In 2005, he was forced into exile, but continues to report on human rights violations in Iran from abroad.
To read more about this year’s Hellman/Hammett recipients, please visit:
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/06/global15273.htm
For more information, please contact:
In New York, Hadi Ghaemi (English, Persian): +1-212-216-1231; or +1-718-625-5996 (mobile)
For Immediate Release
Iran: Writers Struggle to Uphold Freedom of Expression
Seven Iranian Writers Receive Hellman/Hammett Grants
(New York, February 6, 2007) – Human Rights Watch announced today that seven Iranians are among the 45 writers from 22 countries who are receiving the prestigious Hellman/Hammett prize, an award that recognizes writers globally who have been victims of political persecution.
The Iranian recipients of this year’s award are writers and activists whose work and activities have been variously suppressed. Beyond what they themselves have experienced, they represent numerous other writers and journalists whose personal and professional lives have been hampered as a result of repressive government policies governing speech and publications.
“The past year was a particularly difficult one for Iranian writers who had to work in an ever more restrictive atmosphere of new publishing rules and policies,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “It is important to draw international attention to their achievements under the current repressive policies.”
Human Rights Watch administers the Hellman/Hammett grant program in recognition of the hardships faced by writers all around the world who have been victims of political persecution. The program is financed by the estate of the American playwright Lillian Hellman, with funds set up in her name and that of her long-time companion, the novelist Dashiell Hammett, both of whom suffered professionally during the anti-communist “witch hunts” of the 1950s.
Since the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the situation for Iranian writers has worsened. Authorities systematically suppress freedom of expression and opinion by closing newspapers and imprisoning journalists and editors. The few independent dailies that remain heavily self-censored. Many writers and intellectuals have left the country, are in prison, or have ceased to criticize the government in their writings. Recently imposed rules of publication have further narrowed the field of acceptable speech.
This year’s recipients of the Hellman-Hammett grant from Iran are:
* Ali Ashraf Darvishian, 65, one of Iran’s most prominent and prolific post-revolutionary writers, has published more than 20 books, including fiction, children’s stories and a 20-volume collection of Iranian folk tales. For the past four years, government censors have banned the publication of his works.
* Shahram Rafizadeh, 34, investigative journalist and blogger, also writes poetry and literary criticism. During the reform era, Rafizadeh was well known for writing about the role of Iranian intelligence agents in the murder of several writers and intellectuals in 1998. He was detained in September 2004 and was held in solitary confinement for 86 days.
* Roozbeh Mir Ebrahimi, 27, worked as an editor and reporter for a number of reformist dailies that have since been shut down by the government. He investigated several high profile human rights cases, including the murder of a Canadian-Iranian photojournalist in 2003. He was detained in September 2004 and held in solitary confinement for 60 days. He has written two books on contemporary Iranian political history that have not received government permission for publication.
* Arash Sigarchi, 28, journalist and blogger, started his career in journalism at the age of 15. He was arrested in January 2005 after he reported on human rights violations on his blog. Originally sentenced to 14 years in prison, an appeals court reduced the sentence to three years. He was recently diagnosed with cancer and is receiving treatment outside of prison.
* Ali Afshari, 33, political analyst and human rights advocate, was imprisoned in 2000 and held in solitary confinement for 328 days for his role in the student movement. He has written numerous articles and co-translated a book on political theory. When he left Iran in 2005, the Judiciary sentenced him to six years in prison.
* Ensaf Ali Hedayat, 41, journalist, has reported extensively on human rights violations in the Iranian province of Azerbaijan. He was arrested in June 2003, spent 74 days in solitary confinement and 18 months in prison. He currently lives in exile and is writing his prison memoirs.
* Hassan Zarezadeh Ardeshir, 29, journalist, has written extensively on the political environment and human rights issues in Iran. He has been arrested several times and spent nearly eight months in Evin prison in 2003. In 2005, he was forced into exile, but continues to report on human rights violations in Iran from abroad.
To read more about this year’s Hellman/Hammett recipients, please visit:
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/06/global15273.htm
For more information, please contact:
In New York, Hadi Ghaemi (English, Persian): +1-212-216-1231; or +1-718-625-5996 (mobile)
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