The Voice of Mirza Xazar

On February 19 Eva-Britt Svensson, a swedish member of the European Parliament handed in a written prioritized parliamentary question to the European Commission regarding Mr. Abbas Lisani. In her question (which was also supported by two other Swedish MEPs, Carl Schlyter and Inger Segelström) Ms. Svensson acknowledges Mr. Lisani as one of the most prominent Iranian human righst activists and wonderes what the Commission intends to do specifically in Mr. Lisani´s case and for his release as well as for highlighting the general, cultural and political repression of Azerbaijanis in Iran.
On behalf of the European Commission, Mrs Mrs Ferrero-Waldner on March 16 answered Ms. Svensson´s question. Mr. Ferrero writes that the Commission is aware of Mr. Lisani´s case and that it is seeking further information. The answer also informes that the EU is following closely the human rights situation in Iran, including the linguistic and cultural rights of people belonging to minorities. Through appropriate diplomatic channels, as well as on the occasion of the EU-Iran Human Rights Dialogue, the EU is raising human rights issues and specific cases with the Iranian authorities.

Both the question and the answer can be read on the link below: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/omk/sipade3?PUBREF=-//EP//TEXT+WQ+P-2007-0921+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&L=EN&LEVEL=2&NAV=S&LSTDOC=Y

(Nergiz Nedaei)