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10/11/09
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Iranian filmmaker Makhmalbaf dedicates his award to opposition leader Karroubi
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Report by
Radio Zamaneh
Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf won the
Lifetime Achievement Award at Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival today.
Makhmalbaf dedicated his award to Mehdi Karroubi, the disputing candidate of
Iran's June presidential elections.
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival is an
independent biennial festival which takes place in October after the Nuremberg
International Human Rights Award has been awarded.
While receiving his award, Mr. Makhmalbaf declared: "The giving and receiving of
awards in today's world must become an act of democratic struggle. I dedicate my
prize to the great man who bravely revealed the rape of detainees in Iranian
prisons."
He added: "Many Iranians have proposed him as a candidate for next year's Nobel
Peace Prize. In a society that oppression governs through creating fear, he
pushes back the borders of fear."
He went on to say: "Over thirty years ago, I was tortured in the Shah's prisons
along with him (Mehdi Karroubi). Even then he was as courageous as he is today.
In the past 30 years, in every position he has held, he has defended human
rights and every prisoner and victim of oppression has a memory of his support.
He is far more deserving of this prize than I am."
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Mehdi Karroubi |
In the aftermath of the mass demonstrations in
protest to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election, which protesters claimed was
fraudulent, over 4000 people were arrested in Iran. Despite strong resistance
from authorities and threats from conservative political figures, Mehdi Karroubi
called for a public investigation into reports of detainee rape and torture and
has been adamantly pursuing his demand for justice.
Mehdi Karroubi, a Shiite cleric and reformist politician is the head of Iran's
National Trust Party. Twice he has served as the speaker of Iran's parliament.
The sixth Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival went from September 30 to October
11 and had a spotlight on Iranian cinema this year.
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