Saturday, April 3, 2010

News Update - April 03, 2010

Rahana is in need of translators

Petition: Help Free Writers and Journalists Held in Iran


Petition: Support Boroujerdi


Petition: Free Mr. Abolfazl Abedini Nasr


News Links


Ahmadinejad "more determined" in face of world pressure


Can the U.S. Help Iran's Green Movement?


Rights activist Dr. Firoozi under severe pressure in Evin


Karroubi dropped by at Jafar Panahi's
(Farsi)


Status of Majid Tavakoli Unknown


Dissident Iranians take refuge in Turkey


Scores Arrested During Environmental Rally at Lake Orumiyeh


Kurdish Man Killed in Mahabad Clashes


Reza Joshan Moved to Solitary in Rajai-Shahr Prison


Baha’i Detainee Artin Ghazanfari Released on Bail


From Twitter


- Kurdish student activist Jahangir Abdolahi is under extreme pressure & torture to accept false charges.


- Abdolahi has had 1 family visit, told them he is being pressured to accept being memb of Kurdestan Dem Party.


- Abdolahi a graduate student majoring in political science at Tehran U was arrested Jan 26 on his way to the UNI.


- Abdolahi has been threatened many times w execution. He has been told they'll execute him just like Ehsan Fatahian.


- Many time Abdolahi has been given pills that prevent him from going to sleep for as long as 3 days.


- Joshan & his mother were previously in prison for visiting family members in Ashraf camp(MKO) in Iraq.


- Reza Joshan arrested Dec 1 & his mother Zahra Asadpour Gorji arrested Dec 7 for no apparent reason.


- Reza Joshan has been moved to Sepah solitary in Gohardasht prison in retaliation to his family giving press interviews.


- Family of political prisoner Reza Joshan is being threatened for giving interviews to foreign press.


- Wife of Mehdi Botorabi ex Managing Dir of Persianblog says they have not heard from him since arrest 22 days.


- There were reports on some sites saying Botorabi had contacted his family from Evin but his wife says not true.


- Reports are about 100 people were arrested yesterday during the clashes at Oromiyeh lake in Azarbayjan.


- During interrogations of his last case Khodai tortured so badly that spent 3 days in Ghamar Banihashem(Intel) hospital.


- Mehdi Khodai had recently been sentenced to 4 years by branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court on a separate case.


- Khodai a former associate of HRA Iran was arrested on 3/2 in the mass arrests of HR activists across the county.


- Status&whereabouts of HR activist & former member of Islamic Assoc of Share Ray Azad U Mehdi Khodai are still unknown.


- Artin Ghazanfari of Bahai faith has been released on bail.


- 1) Few pro regime sites & blogs have been spreading rumors re former president Khatami


- 2) Former president Khatami is in Tehran, has not left the country & hosted visitors at his office this morning.


- HR activist Marjan Safari(F) arrested 1+month ago is still in Evin ward 2-A Sepah solitary.


- Nourizad has been in detention 106 days suffering from diabetes & heart condition, 1 phone contact after day 93.


- Documentary film maker Mohamad Nourizad is in poor health in Evin & is in need of proper medical help.


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