Sunday, July 11, 2010

News Update - July 11, 2010

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26 Year Old Woman Raped and Murdered by Basij Members for “Bad Hijab”


Impunity continues seven years after Zahra Kazemi’s death in detention


'Hejab and Chastity Conference' Passes Quietly


The Green Movement and the Working Class


Culture and Politics Unite To Save Sakineh (Spanish)


Abducted Baloch Teen in Danger of Execution


Iran clerics to fight West influence in classrooms


EU parliamentary delegation to visit Tehran


Merchants continue to protest government's proposed tax hike


Reporters Without Borders concerned for missing Iranian journalist


Zeynab Jalalian’s lawyer “optimistic” about appeal


Mir Hossein Mousavi and Abdollah Nouri meet to discuses ongoing issues (Farsi)


Mahboubeh Karami Denied Bail Despite Poor Health


An Interview with Maurice Copithorne, Former U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Iran


War Veteran Behzad Arabgol Released on $100,000 Bail


Imprisoned Student Javad Alikhani Deprived of Prison Transfer


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- By order of IR Judiciary chief the stoning of Sakineh has been temporarily halted however IS IMMINENT.


- Azari Judiciary Chief: Sakineh Ashtiani is also convicted of other crimes including murder of her husband.


- Azari Jud Chief: Sakineh Ashtiani's sentence will be carried out later & International pressure will not stop the sentence.


- Intel is putting pressure on the family of imprisoned leftist student activist Behzad Bagheri.


- Behzad Bagheri's parents were summoned by Intel last week, interrogated for hours than released.


- Intel showed Bagheri's mom a warrant for arrest in her name & accused her of being involved with his activism.


- In recent months Intel has been putting pressure on student activists in Esfahan.


- Medical help is denied to Kurdish political prisoners Mohamad Abdolahi & Khalil Mostafa with health condition in Mahabad prison.


- Karoubi: Part of the ruling faction & Sepah welcome the sanction for it will result in sky high profits for them.


- Karoubi: Regrettably, nothing is left today from the establishment's republicanism or it's Islamic values.


- Karoubi: The Constitution is not a divine revelation & change is necessary in some parts of it.


- Karoubi to pol prisoner families: What criminal act from your children has resulted in the way they are being treated?


- Karoubi: Is it a crime to support a candidate in the elections or be an activist for your candidate?


- Karoubi: They claim they have lulled the objections of the people & are in control of the situation.


- Karoubi: Wake up & be aware; What kind of management is this that is afraid of the shadow of the martyrs & the dead.


- Karoubi: On one hand, they claim they control the world, on the other they use goons with sticks & fear to manage the country.


- Karoubi: We seek a Republic that is based on the votes of the people & not one that's engineered by a rigged election.


- By order of Intel & Tehran DA, weekly family visits of the political prisoners has been changed to bi-weekly cabin visits.


- Women's rights & 1 M signature campaign activist Mahboubeh Karami suffering from respiratory problems in Evin.


- Zahra Bahrami arrested on 12/27/09 is in Evin 209 suffering from multitude of health problems is in limbo status.


- Zahra Bahrami is charged with Moharebeh, been in prison 6 months & has not had a lawyer during her detention.


- Under pressure & torture, Zahra Bahrami gave an on camera false confession which was broadcast on IR TV.


- Bahrami with dual Iranian/Dutch citizenship, was visiting her children in Iran when arrested on Ashura.


- The forced false confession which Bahrami incriminated herself in will be used against her in her trial.


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