News Update - November 09, 2010

LiveBlog: Student group Advar protests more arrests in attempt to break organisation

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Rahnavard - Sending Female Political Prisoners to the Ward for Addicts Won't Cure them of their Addiction to Freedom & Democracy

Iranian prisons are filled three times the capacity

Nasrin Sotoudeh Speaks Out on Iran’s Human Rights Violations

Don't ignore Iran's human rights abuse

The United Nations: United against Women… but Not for Much Longer

Four Recently Elected Central Tahkim Vahdat Members Arrested

Hamshahri Newspaper Suspends and Dismisses Senior Journalists

As Sotoudeh’s Hunger Strike Continues, “We Hope To Hear Good News”

Mohammad Nourizad asks forgiveness from the Iranian people from inside Evin prison

Orders for Shahla Jahed’s Execution Believed to Be Sent for Implementation

Four Detained Student Activists Transferred To Tehran's Evin Prison

Iranian Journalist Held in Solitary Confinement

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- 3rd grade Sistan province student died 1 week after being hit on the head by teacher for forgetting his book.

- Official IR news agencies had reported 5 men were hanged in Gonabad this AM. HRA reports a woman was also hanged this AM.

- A woman charged with drug trafficking was hanged in Gonabad prison this AM. Charges cannot be independently verified.

- 18 female political prisoners have been moved to the addicts section. 8 of these women have to sleep on the floor.

- Evin's women's addicts section lacks proper sanitation, no hot water & intrrupted runing water.

- Evin's women's addicts section was already overcrowded & not enough beds for the prisoners to sleep in.

- Pol prisoner Aliyeh Eghdamdoost is in solitary after protesting transfer of female pol prisonrs to the addicts section.

- High school student Sahar Sabetian was expelled from school in Sari (N.IR) for being a Bahai.

- Rofia Baydaghi of Bahai faith was arrested in Semnan on Sunday & taken to prison.

- Tehran Police announced 106 thugs & drug dealers were arrested in south east Tehran area last night.

- After 77 days in Sanandaj Intel detention Kurdish poet Behzad Kurdestani has been released on bail.

- On Mon 17 post-election protesters were pressured by Tehran DA Jafari Dowlatabadi to sign a letter of repentance.

- Imprisoned post-election protesters in Evin 350 being pressured to sign a letter of repentance.

- 40 young people were arrested in Shahriyar for holding a party in a coffee shop. 28 were male & 12 female.

News Update - November 08, 2010

Hi all, I'm back from my hiatus. I was very stressed out and needed to get away for a while to relax and sort myself out a little. Thanks for being patient with me. :)

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Female Prisoners Transferred to Evin Prison’s ‘Methadone Ward’

Journalist Arrested, No Information Despite Promises by Authorities

Anti-Iran government unrest growing

Nobel Laureate’s Lawyer is Risking Her Life–Let’s Save Her

Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau - November 08, 2010

A third doctor has been assassinated in Tehran (Farsi)

Iranian Students to Obama: Don't Forget 'Student Hostages'

Iranian opposition insists on gender equality

Two Ahvaz Nationalist-Religious Activists Detained

Oshnavieh Resident Sentenced to Prison

Student Activist Alireza Kiani Detained

Student Activist Mohsen Barzegar Arrested

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- 4 members of Advar (Alumni Assoc) arrested last few days in Mazandaran & Mashhad have been moved to Evin.

- Afshin Housein Panahi has been sentenced to 1 yr. He is the brother of pol prisoner Anvar Housein Panahi.

- Afshin Housein Panahi was arrested last year after going to court trying to find info re his imprisoned brother.

- Journalist Nazanin Khosravani contacted family from Evin today. She is in 209 solitary.

- Temporary detention order of Kurdish author Behzad Kurdestani arrested 8/23 has bn extended another 15 days.

- Qom seminaries and Clergy very angry because of high expenses of Supreme Leader's visit.

- Mazandaran Uni student activist Alireza Kiyani was arrested by Plainclothes in Babolsar (N.IR) Sun afternoon.

- Lower court sentenced Alireza Kiyani to 14 months & 70 lashes, his case is under appeals. Reason for re-arrest unknown.

- Alireza Kiyani a post grad political science student arrested post election, was in prison 1 month & was out on bail.

Hiatus

Sorry I haven't been updating lately. I've been very stressed out plus I've been getting very little sleep. I just don't feel well these days, so I'll be taking a week long hiatus. I hope things will go well in the Green Movement, and maybe, depending on how I feel in the next few days, maybe I'll be back earlier than planned. But the maximum I'll be gone is a week.

Until then, to those of you fighting for freedom, good luck, stay strong, and be safe. V
-NV