<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">We welcome the news and are happy, and let us hope that many more like that will be brought to justice!<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Gao Mosweu<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Botswana</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <br><br><b><i>CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam <wsis@ngocongo.org></i></b> wrote:<blockquote
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closure of the offices and training centres of the Iranian NGO ICTRC in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tehran</st1:place></st1:City>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">I’ve been informed a few days ago that Dr. Sohrab Razzaghi, Executive Director of the ICTRC, has been arrested. He has apparently been transferred to the Evin Prison.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Members of the ICTRC team are also being interrogated these days in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tehran</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">The judiciary has apparently not circulated motivations for the closure of the ICTRC and the arrest of Dr. Razzaghi. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">A number of NGOs are now organising quick pressure and seeking international attention. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">See for example at <a href="http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/1199">http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/1199</a> and in Farsi <a href="http://freesohrab.wordpress.com/">http://freesohrab.wordpress.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div
class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">We’ll keep you updated. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Ph<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"
style="line-height: 120%;"><st1:PersonName productid="Philippe Dam" w:st="on"><b><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold;">Philippe Dam</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><b><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold;"><br> <u1:PLACE u2:st="on"><u1:COUNTRY-REGION u2:st="on"><u3:country-region u4:insauthor="Inter" u4:insdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z" u4:endinsauthor="Inter" u4:endinsdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z"><u5:COUNTRY-REGION u6:endinsdate="2005-06-07T16:35:00Z" u6:endinsauthor="Inter" u6:insdate="2005-06-07T16:35:00Z" u6:insauthor="Inter"><u5:PLACE u6:endinsdate="2005-06-07T16:35:00Z" u6:endinsauthor="Inter" u6:insdate="2005-06-07T16:35:00Z" u6:insauthor="Inter"><u3:place u4:insauthor="Inter" u4:insdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z" u4:endinsauthor="Inter"
u4:endinsdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z">CONGO -</u3:place></u5:PLACE></u5:COUNTRY-REGION> WSIS CS Secretariat <br> </u3:country-region></u1:COUNTRY-REGION></u1:PLACE><ns0:country-region u7:insauthor="Inter" u7:insdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z" u7:endinsauthor="Inter" u7:endinsdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z"><u1:PLACE u2:st="on"><u1:COUNTRY-REGION u2:st="on"><ns0:place u7:insauthor="Inter" u7:insdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z" u7:endinsauthor="Inter" u7:endinsdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z"></ns0:place></u1:COUNTRY-REGION></u1:PLACE></ns0:country-region>11, Avenue de <u1:PERSONNAME u2:st="on" productid="la Paix"><ns0:PersonName u7:insauthor="Inter" u7:insdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z" u7:endinsauthor="Inter" u7:endinsdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z" ns1:productid="la Paix">la Paix</ns0:PersonName></u1:PERSONNAME><br> CH-1202 <u1:PLACE u2:st="on"><u1:CITY u2:st="on"><ns0:City u7:insauthor="Inter" u7:insdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z" u7:endinsauthor="Inter" u7:endinsdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z"><ns0:place
u7:insauthor="Inter" u7:insdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z" u7:endinsauthor="Inter" u7:endinsdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z">Geneva</ns0:place></ns0:City></u1:CITY></u1:PLACE><br> Tel: +41 22 301 1000<br> Fax: +41 22 301 2000<br> E-mail: </span></font></b><a href="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org" title="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org mailto:hhumanrights@hyprolink.ch"><b><font title="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org mailto:hhumanrights@hyprolink.ch" color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span title="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org mailto:hhumanrights@hyprolink.ch"><span title="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold;">wsis@ngocongo.org</span></span></span></font></b></a><b><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold;"><br> Website: </span></font></b><b><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-GB"><a href="blocked::http://www.ngocongo.org" title="BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org http://www.ngocongo.org"><font title="BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org http://www.ngocongo.org" color="navy"><span title="BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org http://www.ngocongo.org"><span title="BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org"><span style="color: navy;" lang="FR">www.ngocongo.org</span></span></span></font></a></span></font></b><b><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 120%;"><b><font color="red" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%; color: red; font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 120%;"><b><font color="navy"
face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-GB">The Conference of NGOs (<u1:PLACE u2:st="on"><u1:COUNTRY-REGION u2:st="on"><ns0:country-region u7:insauthor="Inter" u7:insdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z" u7:endinsauthor="Inter" u7:endinsdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z"><ns0:place u7:insauthor="Inter" u7:insdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z" u7:endinsauthor="Inter" u7:endinsdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><u8:place u7:st="on"><u8:country-region u7:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">CONGO</st1:place></u8:country-region></u8:place></st1:country-region></ns0:place></ns0:country-region></u1:COUNTRY-REGION></u1:PLACE>) is an international, membership association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, <u1:PLACE u2:st="on"><u1:COUNTRY-REGION u2:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><ns0:country-region
u7:insauthor="Inter" u7:insdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z" u7:endinsauthor="Inter" u7:endinsdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z"><ns0:place u7:insauthor="Inter" u7:insdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z" u7:endinsauthor="Inter" u7:endinsdate="2006-04-04T12:16:00Z"><st1:country-region u7:st="on"><st1:place u7:st="on">CONGO</st1:place></st1:country-region></ns0:place></ns0:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region></u1:COUNTRY-REGION></u1:PLACE>'s major objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global concern. For more information see our website at <a href="blocked::http://www.ngocongo.org/" target="_blank" title="BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/ http://www.ngocongo.org/">www.ngocongo.org</a></span></font></b><b><font color="red"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 120%;"><font face="Times
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