Zakaria Rigi

زکریا ریگی

27 years old · Zahedan · Sistan and Baluchestan Province

18 March 2012 Died in custody

Life

• Mr. Rigi was a high school student in the mathematics and physics track and also spent time at the local mosque, where he taught the Quran
  Persian original

  آقای ریگی دانش‌آموز دبیرستان در رشته ریاضی فیزیک بود و در مسجد محل نیز وقت می‌گذراند و قرآن درس می‌داد

• He had three brothers and was the second child of the family
  Persian original

  او سه برادر داشت و دومین فرزند خانواده بود

• He was sensitive to the rights of others and could not bear anyone being wronged.
  Persian original

  نسبت به حقوق دیگران حساس بود و نمی‌توانست تحمل کند که به کسی ظلم بشود.

• Mr. Rigi was an intelligent, kind and religiously observant person and had grown up in a religious family
  Persian original

  آقای ریگی فردی باهوش، مهربان، و مقید به دین بود و در خانواده‌ای مذهبی بزرگ شده بود

• He was the prayer leader of the prison mosque and taught the Quran there
  Persian original

  او پیش‌نماز مسجد زندان بود و در آن‌جا قرآن درس می‌داد

• If he received any money from his family in prison, he shared it with needy prisoners
  Persian original

  اگر در زندان از طرف خانواده پولی به دست او می‌رسید، آن را با زندانیان نیازمند تقسیم می‌کرد

• “I am at your disposal. Do with me whatever you want and see fit”
  Persian original

  «من در اختیار شما هستم. هر کاری می‌خواهید و صلاح می‌دانید با من بکنید»

In the words of those close to them

He was not the type to commit suicide!— An informed person

Persian original

او اهل خودکشی نبود!

How they died

• The head of prison security and intelligence struck him on the head with an electric baton and, while his head was bleeding, threw him into a solitary cell
  Persian original

  رییس حفاظت اطلاعات زندان با باتوم برقی به سر او ضربه زد و در حالی که سرش خون‌ریزی می‌کرد، او را به سلول انفرادی انداخت

• The next day, that is, on 28 Esfand, several prisoners informed Mr. Rigi's family by phone that he had been killed
  Persian original

  فردای آن روز، یعنی ۲۸ اسفند ماه، چند تن از زندانیان تلفنی به خانواده آقای ریگی خبر دادند که او کشته شده است

• Execution » death in detention/prison
  Persian original

  اعدام » مرگ در دوران بازداشت/زندان

After their death

• The prison officials at first denied his death, but after 2 days told his family that he had committed suicide in prison
  Persian original

  مسئولان زندان ابتدا درگذشت او را تکذیب کردند، اما بعد از ۲ روز به خانواده‌اش گفتند او در زندان خودکشی کرده است

• They finally handed over Mr. Rigi's body to his family from forensic medicine on the first of Farvardin 1391
  Persian original

  آنها بالاخره جسد آقای ریگی را روز اول فروردین ۱۳۹۱ از پزشکی قانونی به خانواده‌اش تحویل دادند

• A group of prisoners rioted for several days in protest at Mr. Rigi's killing, which was violently suppressed by prison officials
  Persian original

  گروهی از زندانیان در اعتراض به کشته شدن آقای ریگی به مدت چند روز شورش کردند که از سوی مسئولان زندان با خشونت سرکوب شد

• Those close to Mr. Rigi did not accept the forensic medicine report of suicide and considered it false
  Persian original

  نزدیکان آقای ریگی گزارش پزشکی قانونی مبنی بر خودکشی را قبول نکردند و آن را نادرست دانستند

Sources

1. Abdorrahman Boroumand Center — Omid memorial

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

Listed in

• Died in detention and prison
• Sunni Muslims
• School pupils
• The year 1390 (2011–2012)
• Sistan and Baluchestan Province
• Zahedan

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