Wednesday, June 21, 2006  
Cartoonists Rights Network Canada

:: Posted by Bryan @ 6/21/2006 06:40:00 AM

Mike Deadder, president of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists, has issued a statement on the formation of Cartoonists Rights Network Canada, an offshoot of Cartoonists Rights International. The first order of business for the new group, formed after a meeting June 9th, is the case of Mana Neyestani, held in an Iranian prison for drawing a cartoon. Here is the press release from CRNC:

CRNC

(CRNC/ISNA)-The Prosecutor's Office in Charge of Investigating Government Employees' Offenses on June 13th, referred Tehran daily "Iran's" cartoonist and its editor-in-chief to the Islamic Revolutionary Court.

Cartoonist Mana Neyestani and his editor-in-chief Mehrdad Qassemfar will be tried in the Islamic Revolutionary Court for inciting ethnic unrest. A Neyestani cartoon triggered protests and violence among the Turkish-speaking population in northwestern parts of Iran after appearing in a weekly supplement "Iran Jomeh."

The Islamic Revolutionary Court usually doesn't deal with cases of this nature, and normally deals with major crimes such as disrupting the national economy, jeopardizing national security and large-scale drug and human trafficking.

On June 12th, 2006, the Iranian minister of Justice announced that the judiciary had asked the court to punish the accused with "highest penalty" available. He said that the criminal action taken by Neyetsani is not related to the press laws and only the Revolutionary Court is authorized to try the case.

The hearings are usually not open to the public and are held behind closed doors. There will not be a jury. A single judge alone will rule in the case .

Mana Neyastani has been held in custody from May 23rd in the Evin prison and has been interrogated several times. The Neystani family has also faced death threats from the Azeri Minority.

For more information, please contact (416) 838-4433, visit www.deadder.net/CRNC/index.html or email:crncanada@cartoonistrights.com.

    
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