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	New Statesman - It could have been me
		Zarafshan and Amnesty believe his real offence was to have mounted a vigorous legal challenge to the government and its officials over a notorious sequence of deaths, known in Iran as the "serial murders" case, in which three prominent writers and two political activists were mysteriously killed in 1998.
		Zarafshan, himself a prominent author and translator as well as lawyer, knew the victims and argued that the deaths were sanctioned by the government to deter and suppress free speech.
		Zarafshan has not been successful in challenging the conviction or the competence of the court, which also banned him from practising law - even though this is not within the usual competence of the military court and the ruling may not be recognised by the Bar Association.
	www.newstatesman.com /200607240034 (684 words)

	PEN American Center - Nasser Zarafshan
		Zarafshan was arrested by members of the Judicial Organization of Armed Forces (JOAF) in October 2000 after giving a speech in the city of Chiraz in which he stated that the intelligence services had murdered five Iranian intellectuals in 1998 in Tehran.
		Zarafshan denies the firearms and alcohol charges and claims these were planted in his office by the authorities.
		PEN considers the actions against Nasser Zarafshan to be in retribution for his criticism of the official investigation carried out into the 'serial murders' of 1998 and as a means of silencing others who seek the truth behind the killings.
	www.pen.org /page.php/prmID/427 (738 words)

	Iran: Attempt to Silence Lawyer in Assassinations Case (Human Rights Watch, 22-3-2002)
		Zarafshan also faced apparently fabricated charges of "having weapons and alcohol at his law firm" after his office was searched while he was in detention and without the presence of his lawyer.
		Zarafshan, who is representing the families of Darioush Forouhar, Forouhar's wife Parvaneh, and Mohammad Puyandeh, criticized shortcomings in the official investigation and the absence of vital information from the court files.
		Zarafshan is not the first Iranian to be punished severely for attempting to address the impunity of officials responsible for ordering assassinations of dissident activists and intellectuals.
	www.hrw.org /press/2002/03/iran0322.htm (561 words)

	What's At Stake: Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Framed; Call for Immediate Release
		Zarafshan's investigation into 1998 murder of four leading intellectuals and activists by state intelligence agents.
		Human Rights First believes that the charges against Nasser Zarafshan were fabricated in punishment for his exposure of the involvement of state agents in serious violations of human rights and to deter others from seeking the truth and pursuing justice.
		Zarafshan developed kidney stones, and he was permitted 48 hours medical leave, but returned to prison in November 2004.
	action.humanrightsfirst.org /campaign/zarafshan/explanation (684 words)

	Judiciary Cracks Down On Reformists Through Questionable Actions
		Zarafshan is a prominent member of Iran's legal community who, for the past several years, has irked the country's hard-liners by representing the families of several nationalists and writers assassinated in a series of political murders three and a half years ago.
		Zarafshan said: "The accusations [against me] are divulging confidential government materials and possession of weapons and alcoholic beverages.
		Zarafshan's sentence comes as the latest in a string of verdicts punishing editors and lawyers seeking to look further into the November 1998 assassinations.
	www.parstimes.com /news/archive/2002/judiciary_reformists.html (1037 words)

	Iran National Front
		Zarafshan has been serving a five year prison sentence for "disseminating state secrets and the possession of firearms and alcohol" since August 2002 in the Evin prison.
		Zarafshan and arrested him for "divulging state secrets" relating to the investigation into the murder by state intelligence agents of four leading intellectuals and activists in 1998.
		Zarafshan was brought to trial in closed session in proceedings presided over by a judge who was also a prosecutor with the JOAF.
	www.iraniannationalfront.org /htdocs/special/Release_Zarafshan_Now.htm (663 words)

	FISHERIES IN THE ZARAFSHAN RIVER BASIN (UZBEKISTAN)
		The connection of the Zarafshan River with the Amu-Darya through an irrigation canal has enhanced the fish species diversity and improved the water situation in a number of lakes and reservoirs.
		In the lower Zarafshan, the river, reservoirs and lakes harbour 32 fish species, of which pikeperch, Balkhash perch, asp, Aral barbel, razorfish, silver carp and bighead carp immigrated from the Amu-Darya through the Amu-Bukhara canal.
		The length of the Amu-Karakul canal is 40 km, the bottom width canal is 7 m, and the mean width at the surface is 32 m, at 4 m maximum depth.
	www.fao.org /docrep/V9529E/v9529E06.htm (1647 words)

	LAWYERS IN PERIL - IRAN - Nasser Zarafshan
		Mr Zarafshan, who was representing the families of two victims in the case, had been critical of preparations for the trial.
		Zarafshan was arrested and detained by the authorities after speaking publicly about the slayings, a fellow attorney who spoke on condition of anonymity.
		Earlier Zarafshan had said that the four murdered dissidents were not the only people to have been killed, adding that the assassinations followed religious decrees.
	www.idhbb.org /uk-page5.1.ira3.htm (980 words)

	Police beat and arrest families of Akbar Ganji and Nasser Zarafshan
		The wife of Nasser Zarafshan, lawyer for murdered intellectuals and journalists, told Reporters Without Borders that she was very concerned about her husbands health.
		Nasser Zarafshan is a lawyer who represented the families of intellectuals and journalists murdered by intelligence ministry agents in 1998.
		Zarafshan's lawyer, Mohammed Ali Dadkhah, told Human Rights Watch that his client is not receiving any specialist care inside the prison.
	www.payvand.com /news/05/jun/1125.html (705 words)

	Campaign Unavailable
		Nasser Zarafshan is a distinguished human rights lawyer and activist being held in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison.
		It appears that his detention is meant to deter others from seeking the truth and calling officials to account for their involvement is serious human rights violations.
		Zarafshan was convicted in a closed hearing by a military court in an unfair trial.
	action.humanrightsfirst.org /campaign/zarafshan/we5kngd4q7j5twk (225 words)

	Archaeological Survey, Excavations and Exploration of Bukhara - Bukhara History
		The Ancient Zarafshan River, Flowing to the Amu-Darya, the Bukhara oasis has been called “a child of the Zarafshan" because it is situated in the catchment basin of the Zarafshan River, on the alluvial plains formed by the actions of this powerful river over the centuries.
		The territory of present-day Karakul and Alat was an enormous lake fed by water from the Zarafshan via the Kashkadarya and Karakuldarya Rivers during the summer and winter.
		Should we rest upon from the arrangement of archaeological monuments, the newcomers to the lower parts of the Zarafshan River settled mostly along Qujayli, around the Kichik-tuzkan and the Zamanbobo, and near the shores of the ancient Lake Paikend situated on the lower delta of the Kashkadarya River.
	www.advantour.com /uzbekistan/bukhara/history/002.htm (5735 words)

	AIUK : Actions : Nasser Zarafshan - Iran
		The arbitrary arrest and unfair trial of Nasser Zarafshan followed a period of harassment by officials whose identities were kept secret from him.
		The death of the two political activists, on whose case Nasser was working on, came to be known in Iran as the 'serial murders'.
		Nasser Zarafshan suffers from a chronic kidney condition which requires specialist treatment outside of prison.
	www.amnesty.org.uk /actions_details_p.asp?ActionID=27 (408 words)

	Newmont Mining Corporation - Zarafshan-Newmont Joint Venture: Our Social Responsibility (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Zarafshan - Newmont Joint Venture recognizes that, as a Company, it has a responsibility to the wider community, the environment, and the wellbeing of its employees.
		In the community where it operates, ZNJV is committed to a legacy of increased prosperity, better educated people with marketable job skills and an environment that will be rehabilitated to a pre-mining state, after mining ceases.
		Zarafshan-Newmont has also been involved in the supply of food, equipment and educational material for the Zarafshan orphanage, supplying basic utilities to local settlements and providing schools with computers, books and Internet access.
	www.newmont.com /en/operations/asia/zarafshan/social/index.asp (652 words)

	The Public letter of the dissident lawyer "Nasser Zarafshan" from captivity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The following is a Public letter written, in captivity, by the dissident lawyer "Nasser Zarafshan".
		Zarafshan has been imprisoned for having accepted to represent the families of the political dissidents and writers killed by the Islamic regime's Intelligence circles.
		In addition, he has been barred from the "Iranian Lawyer Association (ILA) by the regime and not by his colleagues as the constitution of the ILA requests in its chart.
	www.daneshjoo.org /article/publish/printer_86.shtml (103 words)

	A report from Zarafshan, the gold capital of Uzbekistan - Ferghana.Ru Information agency, Moscow
		The local weather center claims that Zarafshan is the regional center of dryness.
		Zarafshan makes an ideal circle - three rings of highways crossed by two avenues and a grid of walkways.
		The Christian church in Zarafshan is located on the edge of the desert.
	enews.ferghana.ru /article.php?id=278 (1574 words)

	Human Rights First \| Human Rights Defender Cases
		In October 2000, the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces (JOAF) lodged a complaint against prominent lawyer Nasser Zarafshan and arrested him for “divulging state secrets” relating to the investigation into the murder by state intelligence agents of four leading intellectuals and activists in 1998.
		Nasser Zarafshan suffers from a serious kidney disease, which the medical team at Evin prison said required specialist treatment outside of the prison.
		Although repeated requests to leave the prison and receive urgent medical care had been blocked by Tehran’s Chief Prosecutor – prompting Zarafshan to resume a hunger strike on June 7 – in early July, Zarafshan was granted leave from prison to undergo surgery for treatment of his kidney condition.
	www.humanrightsfirst.org /defenders/hrd_iran/alert071305_zarafshan.htm (1319 words)

	FISH AND FISHERIES IN UZBEKISTAN UNDER THE IMPACT OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
		The Zarafshan is connected through the Eski-Angar canal with the Kashka-Darya, and the Kashka-Darya through the Karshin main canal with the Amu-Darya.
		One specimen of Syr-Darya shovelnose was captured in 1986 from the lower course of the Keles River (Syr-Darya catchment).
		At present it is a rare fish of irrigation reservoirs of the Khorezm district, and of the lower Syr-Darya, Zarafshan and Kashka-Darya.
	www.fao.org /docrep/V9529E/v9529E03.htm (5673 words)

	IFEX :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Author, translator, and attorney Nasser Zarafshan is a member of the Iranian Writers' Association Kanoon and a distinguished member of the Iranian Bar Association.
		Zarafshan has consistently denied the firearms and alcohol charges, claiming these were planted in his office by the authorities.
		Zarafshan has reportedly appealed to the Supreme Court and is currently awaiting a decision.
	www.ifex.org /eng/content/view/full/58391 (1184 words)

	Nasser Zarafshan - PEN American Center Honorary Member
		Zarafshan has reportedly appealed to the Supreme Court and is currently awaiting a decision, which, according to information as of October 2002, should be imminent.
		He is also reportedly undergoing medical examinations to ascertain whether he is healthy enough to face the flogging sentence.
		Please write a polite letter on your personal or institutional letterhead requesting that Nasser Zarafshan be released - or copy the one below - and mail to His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed 'Ali Khamenei (postage 80¢) and to the Iranian Interests Section (postage 37¢).
	www.pen.org /freedom/hm/zarafshan.htm (696 words)

	Ebadi says Zarafshan on medical leave from prison - Persian Journal Iran news, Latest iran news Iranian newspaper women ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Zarafshan who was the attorney for the serial murder case was detained in August 2002 on charges of divulging state secrets and sentenced to five years in prison and 70 lashes.
		Judiciary Spokesman Jamal Karimirad said here Saturday that the medial leave granted to Nasser Zarafshan could be extended depending on the opinion of doctors and submission of the related medical documents.
		He told IRNA that Zarafshan is currently on furlough to receive treatment for kidney stones.
	www.iranian.ws /cgi-bin/iran_news/exec/view.cgi/3/8145 (608 words)

	[FREE IRAN Project] In The Spirit Of Cyrus The Great :: View topic - Iranians' sit-in for Zarafshan enters sixth day
		Naser Zarafshan are on their 6th day of a hunger strike and his health is deteriorating.
		Zarafshan's wife told IRNA that her husband's physical health has been deteriorating in recent months, that he has lost a considerable amount of weight and a recent check-up showed his condition is critical.
		Zarafshan is a lawyer who represented the families of murdered dissidents.
	activistchat.com /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=22681 (1095 words)

	Newmont Mining Corporation - Zarafshan-Newmont Joint Venture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The operation produces gold from low grade oxide ore stockpiles generated by the Muruntau open pit gold mine, one of the largest open pit gold mines in the world.
		The Muruntau mine was brought into production and the nearby town of Zarafshan was constructed in the late 1960s by the Former Soviet Union.
		The present open pit, mill and refinery have been processing ore since that time.
	www.newmont.com /en/operations/asia/zarafshan/index.asp (234 words)

	Iran Daily
		Zarafshan’s wife, Homa Zarafshan, said her husband is presently on hunger-strike.
		Zarafshan noted that her husband’s health has been deteriorating and he had not been given leave for the past six months.
		Zarafshan was lawyer of the families of victims of the 1998 serial murders.
	www.iran-daily.com /1384/2294/html/national.htm (1916 words)

	gooya news :: english : Request for the release of Mr. Nasser Zarafshan and all the political-ideological prisoners in ...
		All those who have signed this request call on all the freedom- loving people, international institutions and human rights organisations to put every possible pressure on the Islamic regime and use all their means to help the release of all the political and ideological prisoners in Iran.
		Nasser Zarafshan, a prominent thinker,writer, translator and lawyer of the families of those who were the victims of state terrorism in 1998, was arrested and sentenced to 5 years because of his works in finding facts and revealing the role of the regime in masterminding the terrors and killings of the opposition figures.
		Nasser Zarafshan and all the political-ideological prisoners in Iran'
	khabarnameh.gooya.com /english/archives/007853.php (356 words)

	Iran: Zarafshan's health conditions deteriorating in prison
		Tehran, June 14, IRNA-Health conditions of jailed lawyer Nasser Zarafshan has deteriorated amid dangerous symptoms affecting his life, his wife Homa Zarafshan told IRNA on Tuesday.
		Lawyer Zarafshan had undertaken to defend rights of bereaved families of the victims of the serial murders which shocked the country in 1998.
		Zarafshan has said that he will continue with hunger strike until his freedom from jail.
	www.payvand.com /news/05/jun/1093.html (210 words)

	ReliefWeb » Professional Resources » Vacancies
		The Community Agriculture and Watershed Management Project in the Zarafshan Valley is funded by the World Bank through the Government of Tajikistan.
		With the aim to empower CAWMP staff and key partners to effectively assist the communities of Zarafshan valley to use their natural resources more sustainably and to protect their local environment, ‘training for trainers’ will be provided.
		After the involvement in Zarafshan valley, the consultant will continue to provide advice to the project manager and core staff from distance.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6S87K2?OpenDocument (427 words)

	UA: IRAN / Respond to an Urgent Action appeal now / Urgent Actions / Home Page - Amnesty International Irish Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Human rights defender and lawyer Nasser Zarafshan is being refused extended leave from Evin prison by the Tehran prosecutor, despite the fact that he requires medical treatment for a long standing kidney problem.
		Nasser Zarafshan had been charged in connection with disseminating ''confidential information'' relating to a controversial and widely publicised legal case involving his representation of the family of political activists who were murdered in 1998 as part of what is known in Iran as the ''serial murders'' case.
		Nasser Zarafshan featured in the 2004 Greeting Cards campaign and has told Amnesty International that he was “astonished” to receive these cards, and that “they had a big effect; they create hope and courage”.
	www.amnesty.ie /content/view/full/3521 (691 words)

	Press Releases: Tajikistan, Launch of the Zarafshan Valley initiative in Tajikistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The challenges facing people in the Zarafshan valley are great: it’s a mountain-locked region with poor roads and lack of market access, numerous natural disasters and a declining agricultural economy.
		Although Zarafshan is one of the poorest regions in Tajikistan, its remoteness and the challenges of working in such a difficult environment has led to it receiving the least amount of international aid.
		The objective of the Zarafshan Valley Initiative is to reduce poverty and improve living conditions among the 270,000 inhabitants of the three isolated districts of the Zarafshan valley: Aini, Penjikent and Mastchoi Kuhi.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6PHM2D?OpenDocument (419 words)

	UA: IRAN / Good News / Good News: Urgent Actions really work / Urgent Actions / Home Page - Amnesty International Irish ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Nasser Zarafshan suffers from a chronic kidney condition which, according to the medical team at Evin prison, required specialist treatment outside the prison.
		Nasser Zarafshan was sentenced to five years’ imprisonmentin March 2002, after a secret trial before a military court.
		He was imprisoned for his role in representing the families of two political activists murdered in November 1998 during a series of killings which came to be known in Iran as the "serial murders".
	www.amnesty.ie /user/content/view/full/3772 (507 words)

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