News Update - May 27, 2010

Petitions:

Petitions for those at imminent risk of execution in Iran

News Links

The attack on Offices of the Azad U Board of Trustees (Farsi)

URGENT: Majid Tavakoli Unable to Speak on Fifth Day of Hunger Strike

As Iran Election Anniversary Approaches, Green Movement Keeps Hope Alive

Con-Dems to deport three-year-old to Iran

Ex-Diplomat Releases Revealing Statement on Iranian Regime

Kouhyar Goodarzi connected to IV tubes in prison clinic due to hunger strike

Iran Protesters' Twitter Revolution On Display In Paris

Report on Women Prisoners Detained Illegally

Evin Political prisoners on hunger strike in solidarity with Majid Tavakoli

State Medical Examiner’s Report on the Sexual Assault of Ebrahim Mehtari in Prison


Karroubis Interview mit Rah-e Sabz (Mai 2010) (German)

Interview with Lawyers and Relatives of Kurdish Prisoners

How Schoolchildren Are Brainwashed In Iran

From Twitter

- Milad Asadi, from student group Advar Tahkim Vahdat, arrested Nov 30, sentenced to 7 yrs prison!

- Hedayat, member of 1 Mill Signatures campaign, arrested Dec 31, sentcd 9.5 yrs prison.

- Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, blogger, student, & HR activist, arrested Dec 2009!

- Hossein is currently on hungerstrike in Iran due to his conditions in solitary confinement.

- Lourestan Uni student Kirash Kamrani arrested on Ashura has been sentenced to 6 yrs in prison.

- Kamrani was in solitary first 40 days of detention under heavy pressure & was banned fr visits & phone calls.

- Kamrani's only political activity was during Ahmadinejad's first presidential run where he worked as a campaign worker.

- Lourestan Uni student Kirash Kamrani arrested on Ashura has bn sentenced to 6 yrs in prison.

- Lesser know Green prisoner: Journalist Mohamad Sadegh Javadihesar arrested by Mashhad Intel Jan 31.

- No news from Mashhad Ferdowsi Uni student Mohamad Fayz since arrest on May 24.

- Political prisoners Majid Tavakoli, Kouhyar Goudarzi & Housein Ronaghi on hunger strike are in poor health.

- Goudarzi was moved back into solitary, banned from visits &phone calls &under pressure to give false confession.

- CHRR member Kouhyar Goudarzi on hunger strike has been moved to Evin med facility & is connected to an I.V.

- The attackers ransacked the offices of Azad U Board of Trustees, took computers & documents with them.

- The plain clothes claimed they were performing a search & siezure by the order of Justice Department.

- The plain clothes attacking Azad U, handcuffed the guards on duty & went on a rampage through the building.

- Plain clothes armed with guns attacked the offices of Azad Uni Board of Trustees & Founders Thursday after midnight.

- Lesser know Green prisoner: Journalist Mohamad Sadegh Javadihesar arrested by Mashhad Intel Jan 31.

- Kurdish prisoner Vahab Fatahi has been banned from visits. He is serving a 5 yr sentence in Mahabad prison.

- Goudarzi was moved back into solitary, banned fr visits & phone calls & under pressure to give false confession.

Misc. Sources

- A group of clerics are asking IRI to ban Iranian film actress, Fatemeh MotamedArya from appearing on screen. Her crime? going without hejab and wearing a green bracelet at Cannes Film Festival.

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