Saturday, August 28, 2010

News Update - August 27, 2010

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A Hellenic Hell for Refugees


Hardliners push for family-law bill that activists say further erodes women's rights


Iran Launches New Crackdown On Universities


Controversy over story of Iranian post-election victim Taraneh Mousavi


Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's family turned away from prison visit


Iran is attempting to decapitate its Bahá'í community


Prominent Attorney Mohammad Oliyaeifar in Prison Limbo


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- 1 month temporary detention order has been issued for Kurdish author & Poet Behzad Kurdestani arrested Tues 8/24.


- Kurdish prisoner Rahim Rashi on his 36th day of hunger strike, barely able to walk & has lost a lot of weight.


- Chameran Uni professor Dr. Shiravi has been arrested.


- 1 M signature campaign activist Maryam Bigdeli & Fatemeh Masjedi have been sentenced to 1 yr each in prison in Qum.


- Fars news reports executions awaiting leaders of the pyramid schemes. They have not even been tried yet.


- Kalemeh denies that there was any correspondence between Mousavi & Banisadr as claimed by pro Gov press.


- Mousavi's campaign manager Dr. Ghorban Behzadiannejad has been sentenced to 5 yrs & monetary fines.


- Dr. Behzadiannejad has been in prison for over 8 months under temporary detention order.


- Political prisoner Hmed Rouhinejad was transferred from Evin to Zanjan prison last night.


- Rouhinejad suffers from progressive MS & due to lack of proper medical help is almost blind & paralyzed in 1 arm.


- Rouhinejad was tried in 1 of the show trials, his forced confessions taken under torture were used to convict him.


- Rouhinejad was initially sentenced to death but Appeals Court overturned his sentenced & gave him 10 yrs.


- Political prisoner Ahmad Karimi was transferred from Evin to Gonbad Kavous prison last night.


- Ahmad Karimi was initially sentenced to death, Appeals Court overturned his sentence & gave him 15 yrs.


- Karimi was tried in one of the show trials & like Rouhinejad was tortured to make false confession.


- Karimi & Rouhinejad were connected with the case of Ali Zamani & Arash Rahmanpour who were executed last winter.


- Karimi, Rouhinejad, Zamani & Rahmanpour were all charged with being members of a Monarchist group.


- All four were tortured & made to give false confession which was used to convict them in the show trials.


- Families & people going to Khavaran cemetery today were attacked by police & guards, number of arrests were made.


- Khavaran is the cemetery that the victims of the mass executions on the 80's are buried, mostly in mass graves.


- It's been a tradition for families to go to Khavaran on 1st Friday of in month of Shahrivar.


- Witnesses say 5 girls & 1 man were pulled out of a car, beaten & taken to vans parked on the side of the road.


- The road to Khavaran was blocked & there were hundreds of police & guards stationed around the cemetery.

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