Friday, April 23, 2010

News Update - April 22, 2010

URGENT: Two Kurds at imminent risk of execution: Hossein Khezri and Zeynab Jalalian

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


News Links


New ways of protesting are keeping Iran’s streets quiet


Appeals Court Sentences Mohammad Pourabdollah to Three Years in Prison


Corruption Without End


Student Activist for Mousavi Campaign Mysteriously Dies


Amirkabir University Student Suspended for Download of Regime Raid Video


Report Brief on Lesser Known Prisoners in Evin Prison’s Ward 350


French Foreign Minister: “We expect to see Jafar Panahi in Cannes!”


264 Days and Counting


Iran presses its crackdown on reformists


Ahmadinejad the veteran?


Journalists in Iran Receive Henri Nannen Award


Video: Khamenei to Iran – Fortunately, You’re not wealthy! (but I am)


IRGC starts military drills in Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz


Lawyer Mostafaei Writes Letter to Larijani on Illegal Court Processes


Released Journalist Writes Blog Entry: ‘Was that Me?’


Iran president on controversial visit to Zimbabwe


Student Activist Nader Ahsani to Serve One Year Imprisonment


Two Student Activists Start Their Prison Terms in Babol


Interview With Saba Vasefi: There Are No Legal Grounds for My Dismissal


2 Americans jailed in Iran reported in poor health


Responses to Calls to Dissolve Reformist Parties


Internet Cafes in Mashad Must Have CC Cameras & Keep Track of Customers


Ayatollah Boroujerdi Moved to Unknown Location


Ashura Detainees Arash & Abolfazl Ghasemi and Omid Yavari Handed Prison Terms


A Look at Fishermen’s Conditions in Iran


From Twitter


- Shirin Ebadi will be in Vancouver Friday, April 23, to talk about human right violations in Iran. IranNewsNow will be present.


- Hunger strike in ward 350 has started; Political prisoners in Evin ward 350 have started a hunger strike.


- Shiva Nazarahari denies all her charges & says on those protest days she was working in her office.


- Nazarahari was kept in a cage like cell in Evin for a while, where she could barely move around.


- Shiva Nazarahari has been under heavy pressure along with other CHRR members to give false confession.


- Nazarahari arrested last summer spent 220 days in Evin, 100 days in solitary, released on bail, rearrested Dec 20.


- Nazarahari's "acts against national security" = participating in protests on Nov 4 & Dec 7.


- Appeals Court has sentenced Arash Ghasemi - 2 years, Abolfazl Ghasemi - 3 years & Omid Yavari - 5 years all arrested Ashura.


- Kurdish resident Habibolah Golparipour has been sentenced to death charged with Moharebeh through working with a resistance group.


- Court of Appeals has upheld the 5 year sentence of Monireh Rabiei charged with Moharebeh through cooperation with MKO.


- Monireh Rabiei arrested last Sept, was released on bail March 17 & denies working with MKO.


- Rabiei does have an uncle who lives in Ashraf camp(MKO) & has had occasional phone conversation with her uncle.


- According to Rabiei's attorney she had severed any contact with her uncle long before she was summoned to court.

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