zondag, juli 20, 2003
Iranian-Canadian photographer Zahra Kazemi died from a brain haemorrhage due to a fractured skull following a blow to the head, an official report into her death concluded without specifying how the blow was sustained.
"According to the pathologist Ms Kazemi died from a fracture of the skull, a cerebral haemorrhage and its consequences after either a hard object struck her head, or her head struck a hard object," the state television report said. According to the findings of a medical committee cited in the report "there are no traces of blows or (head) injuries" other than the fatal fracture.
The report includes an hour-by-hour development of the affair, starting with 54-year-old Kazemi's arrest on June 23 outside Tehran's Evin prison where she was taking photographs of protestors. It specifies she sustained the fracture in the 36 hours before she was admitted to hospital on June 27.
In a parliamentary debate Sunday over her death, one outspoken reformer pointed the finger at Tehran's puritanical public prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi for failing to prevent her death. "She was arrested and was hit and beaten. She had a brain haemorrhage because her skull was broken," said MP Mohsen Armin. "Instead of respecting the dignity of journalists and the reputation of the Islamic republic by punishing those who beat her, Mortazavi ordered her to stay in detention."
Bron: Agence France-Presse.
"According to the pathologist Ms Kazemi died from a fracture of the skull, a cerebral haemorrhage and its consequences after either a hard object struck her head, or her head struck a hard object," the state television report said. According to the findings of a medical committee cited in the report "there are no traces of blows or (head) injuries" other than the fatal fracture.
The report includes an hour-by-hour development of the affair, starting with 54-year-old Kazemi's arrest on June 23 outside Tehran's Evin prison where she was taking photographs of protestors. It specifies she sustained the fracture in the 36 hours before she was admitted to hospital on June 27.
In a parliamentary debate Sunday over her death, one outspoken reformer pointed the finger at Tehran's puritanical public prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi for failing to prevent her death. "She was arrested and was hit and beaten. She had a brain haemorrhage because her skull was broken," said MP Mohsen Armin. "Instead of respecting the dignity of journalists and the reputation of the Islamic republic by punishing those who beat her, Mortazavi ordered her to stay in detention."
Bron: Agence France-Presse.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 21:44
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