With especial thanks to Dr. Faride Farhi
In Memory of Emadeddin Baghi
Hanif Mazroi
The news has come that Emadeddin Baghi (human rights activist) has been sentenced to prison again and has been sent to Evin. Baghi is among the few individuals who without attention to political or party or even religious issues has struggled for the freedom and human rights of detained human beings and for this reason is deserving of great respect.
I remember in the incident of the destruction of the Shariat Hosseiniyeh in Qom (13 February 2006), the government media made great effort to make light of this human calamity and many of them remained silent and represented some of the dervishes as dependent on foreigners and agent of sedition. Unbelievably, a source of emulation even confirmed the lies that were spread by the Kayhan daily (that the armed dervishes had used tear gas against people). That Kayhan lies is not at all a surprise but that a source of emulation relies on this falsehood is astonishing.
In any case, in this poisonous atmosphere, Emadeddin Baghi was among the few freedom-loving human beings who in a completely unbiased fashion revealed the hidden angles of the destruction of the Hosseiniyeh Shariat in Qom. I praise Baghi because he revealed the truth the way it was and now that he is going through an unjust imprisonment, I saw it necessary to write a few lines to honor his services for human rights and in sympathy with his concerned family.
I hope with due favor of the world’s only dispenser of justice Emadeddin Baghi’s freedom is made possible soon.
Click here for Emadeddin Baghi’s pieces about the calamity of the destruction of Hosseiniyeh Shariat in Qom:
Clash with dervishes (part I)
Clash with dervishes (Part II)
Interview with Emadeddin Baghi with BBC regarding the attack against Qom’s dervishes
Source: Solh-e Kol Weblog
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
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