Tuesday, April 20, 2010

News Update - April 20, 2010

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Petition: Save Mrs Bita Ghaedi from being returned to Iran!


Protest being scheduled in support of Bita Ghaedi

News Links

Family Unfairly Sentenced to Death

Iran arrests members of a "terrorist group": report

Keyvan Samimi Returns to Prison

Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau - April 20, 2010


Majid Tavakoli Transferred Out of Solitary Confinement


International Campaign: Purge of Independent-Minded Professors Underway


Iran threatens freed journalist Bahari

Tehran University Students Protest Famed Filmmakers' Imprisonment


Majid Tavakoli’s Brother Talks to Voice of America

Allies of Administration Issue Warning: Don’t be Caught by Surprise! Overthrow of Regime Has Changed to Overthrow of Leader

The New Charge: Meeting With Mousavi and Karoubi

Oppression Has Not Thwarted Green Movement’s Growth - Mousavi: Servant Does Not Kill His Master

From Twitter


- Behrooz Javid-Tehrani asks Ban Ki-Moon to visit Gohardash prison saying he'll be glad to be his tour guide.

- Javid-Tehrani: I know of 10+ cases of removal of prisoners organs for sale without their knowledge.

- Javid-Tehrani: All medications to one of the prisoners in Hall 2 suffering from Aids have been stopped.

- Javid-Tehrani: Hall 2 prisoners are barred from visits, phone calls, books, fresh air & sometimes even using bathroom.

- Javid-Tehrani: The prisoners in Hall No.2 are sometimes only allowed to shower once a month.

- Javid-Tehrani: prisoners are put in solitary shackled & handcuffed until they agree to use obscenities against themselves & family.

- Javid-Tehrani: Last year in Gohardasht a young prisoner died as a result of being beaten hard.

- Javid-Tehrani: In Ward , prisoners are beaten so hard with rope, batons, bats, cable & electric batons that prisoners soil themselves.

- Political prisoner Behrooz Javid-Tehrani asks UN Sec Gen Ban Ki-Moon to visit Gohardasht prison while in Iran.

- Majid Tavakoli out of solitary, moved to general ward in Evin.

- A Tehrani says people in Iran are applying for credit cards in Dubai and Azerbaijan, anticipating a credit crunch under new US-led sanctions.

- Kiarash Kamrani arrested on Ashura has been sentenced to 4 years, he is currently in Evin ward 350.

- Journalist Kayvan Samimi was back at Evin today to start serving his 6 yrs sentence. He was out on bail.

- HRA reports the suspicious death of Iranshahr U student Kayvan Goudarzi whose body was found today.

- Goudarzi originally from Kermanshah was a math major & a Mousavi campaign activist.

- Body of Goudarzi was found behind the kitchen by communication tower with visible facial injuries.

- Pro regime sites Javan & Raja news are spreading rumors re Karoubi's health.

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