tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404754389103675992024-03-05T12:16:47.199-08:00Stand for Freedom in IranUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-38259814240400370222010-07-21T06:44:00.000-07:002010-07-21T07:22:06.084-07:00Labor Unions and Activists Targeted and Detained.<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://planet-iran.com/index.php/news/19539"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Statement of the Union of Free Workers of Iran regarding the Haft Tapeh Sugarcane Workers Syndicate</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Members of the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Workers Union have been fired, harassed, and evicted for their association. Mr. Karimi and Kei-Khosrohi who work for Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Industries were recently put on trial for acting against State security while celebrating International Worker's Day. Separately, Mr. Fereydoun Nikoofar, head of the union, was sentenced to one year in prison for his actions and fired after he was released. There are many others who have been imprisoned for their relationships with labor unions. The Union released a statement including:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">"We strongly condemn the trials of Mr. Karimi and Kei-Khosrohi for the crime of belonging to the Free Workers Union of Iran. We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Saeed Torabian, Reza Shahabi, Behnam Ebrahimzade, Ebrahim Madadi, Mansou Osanloo, Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, and all other persons seeking their legitimate and freedom-loving rights.</span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">We ask all of the labor organizations and groups in Iran and throughout the world to stand unified and demand the immediate and unconditional release from prison of workers and humans demanding their rights, and to end the relentless judicial pursuit of labor leaders and labor activists."</span></blockquote></span></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Labor activists around the globe should view these actions personally and advocate for the rights of the worker. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://planet-iran.com/index.php/news/19539</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-60785772962351355422010-07-21T06:17:00.000-07:002010-07-21T06:37:24.726-07:00Bulldozers demolish homes of Baha'is in Iranian village<div><a href="http://news.bahai.org/story/780"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Homes demolished in campaign to drive Baha'is out of Iranian village</span></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The homes of 50 Baha'i families in Ivel, Mazandaran were demolished as part of an official action by the government to expel them from the region. The families were blocked from the village while at least four front-end loaders leveled the houses. This is just the latest development of actions to target the Baha'is. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><blockquote>"They're being forbidden to associate with Muslims, or even offer service to their friends and neighbours," said Diane Ala'i, representative of the Baha'i International Community to the United Nations in Geneva.</blockquote></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Images of the homes and maps can be found linked to the article.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://news.bahai.org/story/780</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-73375590687646976032010-07-21T05:54:00.000-07:002010-07-21T06:38:22.269-07:00IRQR reports on arrest of at least 17 homosexuals in Shiraz<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.irqr.net/English/254.htm">New Arrest of "Gang of Faggots in Shiraz"</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees reports on the arrest of at least 17 individuals accused of homosexuality in the city of Shiraz, Iran. The group was arrested after a raid on a private party on Sunday, July 11th. In addition to the events in Shiraz, the article also gives updates on other known cases which are expected to lead to executions. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 32px; margin-top: 10pt; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style=" line-height: 14px; "></span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 32px; margin-top: 10pt; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style=" line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"On the July 8, 2010, Mohammad Mostafai, an Iranian lawyer announced that three of his four clients were cleared of sodomy charges, but one, an eighteen year old youth named Ebrahim Hamidi, was sentenced to be executed.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 32px; margin-top: 10pt; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style=" line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Also on June 18, 2010 we received reports from Iran regarding three more possible death sentences for homosexuality, one man receiving 74 lashes for his homosexual act and the murder of a 23 year old bisexual man by the Iranian security forces."</span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 32px; margin-top: 10pt; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style=" line-height: 14px; "></span></span></span></span></p></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 32px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://www.irqr.net/English/254.htm</span></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-62204264513994564942010-07-07T10:25:00.000-07:002010-07-07T11:02:35.659-07:00July 11: International Day Against Stoning<blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><blockquote><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 3px; letter-spacing: 0.09em; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 3px; letter-spacing: 0.09em; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="letter-spacing: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Equal Rights Now - Iran gives a brief overview of </span></span></span><a href="http://equalrightsnow-iran.com/stoning.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">International Day Against Stoning</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> held on July 11, 2010.</span></span></span></span></h2><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><h2 size="13px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 3px; letter-spacing: 0.09em; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We, the International Committee against Stoning, heartened by the success of our campaign to save the Amina Lawal from the brink of stoning, and overwhelmed by the level of support and sympathy directed towards our campaign, are proposing to declare July 11, the day on which in 2001 Maryam Ayoubi, an Iranian woman and mother of three children, was stoned to death, as the International Day against Stoning.</span></span></span></h2><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 3px; letter-spacing: 0.09em; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; "> </h2><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 3px; letter-spacing: 0.09em; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This day was proposed by the International Committee against Stoning at the International Conference against Stoning, held in Naples, Italy on September 26, 2003, and was endorsed by the conference. July 11 should be the day on which people around the world reaffirm their rejection of stoning."</span></span></span></h2></blockquote><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 3px; letter-spacing: 0.09em; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; "></h2></span></div><div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-53326035556214185002010-07-07T10:03:00.000-07:002010-07-07T11:26:17.059-07:00Human Rights Watch calls for a halt to execution for adultery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_ROVEkWkI4QsVsdhRprFG_tW8knPbgIak9b8DulaVVsSDtHXj_epDzNXL8jNlOMlIIVczDIeJQ5fzz-aszpTT61POCTW3BToTUtXH9HsrIHloGqqr31R_mUNMLgPjZx6AJVW74N4TcA/s1600/Untitled-3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_ROVEkWkI4QsVsdhRprFG_tW8knPbgIak9b8DulaVVsSDtHXj_epDzNXL8jNlOMlIIVczDIeJQ5fzz-aszpTT61POCTW3BToTUtXH9HsrIHloGqqr31R_mUNMLgPjZx6AJVW74N4TcA/s200/Untitled-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491216338000962306" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(66, 33, 11); letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 30px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/07/07/iran-prevent-woman-s-execution-adultery">Iran: Prevent Woman’s Execution for Adultery</a></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/07/07/iran-prevent-woman-s-execution-adultery"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Human Rights Watch</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> makes their official statement on the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year old woman, w</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ho is </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">guilty of having an “illicit relationship” with two men following the death of her husband.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(66, 33, 11); font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:medium;"><blockquote>“Death by stoning is always cruel and inhuman, and it is especially abhorrent in cases where judges rely on their own hunches instead of evidence to proclaim a defendant guilty,” said Nadya Khalife, Middle East women’s rights researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Iran should immediately put a stop to this execution – and all executions.”</blockquote></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Human Righ</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ts Watch reported that </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ashtiani’s lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, fears his client could be executed at any moment. </span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-49366974470778906912010-07-07T09:12:00.000-07:002010-07-07T09:18:17.274-07:00Stop Stoning Forever Campaign; an Unfinished Story by Shadi Sadr<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.stop-stoning.org/files/images/shadi-sadr.preview.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 167px;" src="http://www.stop-stoning.org/files/images/shadi-sadr.preview.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.stop-stoning.org/files/Stop%20Stoning%20Forever%20-%20An%20Unfinished%20Story%20(Shadi%20Sadr).pdf">Stop Stoning Forever Campaign; an Unfinished Story by Shadi Sadr</a></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Shadi Sadr is a member of the Stop Stoning Forever Campaign. Her efforts to save women have been recognized internationally. Her story discusses the history of the organization, some cases, and the successes. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"></p><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Now, one year after the campaign started its activities, we can think back and consider our achievements. We managed to save three women, Parisa, Hajieh and Soghra, from stoning by the assistance of domestic and international civil society; we released them from prison and stopped the implementation of the stoning verdict of five other women, Ashraf, Kobra, Kheirieh, Iran and Mokarrameh. We also managed to raised the issue of stoning, which was previously considered taboo, amongst public, women's movement activists, journalists, elites and even high ranked governmental authorities and enhanced it."</span></blockquote><p></p></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-40748346397853262562010-07-07T08:42:00.000-07:002010-07-07T08:56:53.110-07:00Amnesty International - End executions by stoning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgww939mHYr8JeNNgITs5vEAJGv-1XRWFCw4C8czu-zYfc7-RuDPRVGk-RkesfJTw9S-To7rlA8FVsXiq9yKTaRd0eUisBShiIxfTAOkvqWbjP9vNUkJxzVCsnMwkZuuS2EFnGOLD8XcMQ/s1600/End+executions+by+stoning.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgww939mHYr8JeNNgITs5vEAJGv-1XRWFCw4C8czu-zYfc7-RuDPRVGk-RkesfJTw9S-To7rlA8FVsXiq9yKTaRd0eUisBShiIxfTAOkvqWbjP9vNUkJxzVCsnMwkZuuS2EFnGOLD8XcMQ/s320/End+executions+by+stoning.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491193446954563314" /></a><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Myriad Pro'; color: #1a1a18"><i></i></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Myriad Pro'; color: #1a1a18"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; ">In 2008, Amnesty International published a report called <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE13/001/2008/en/2b087fb2-c2d2-11dc-ac4a-8d7763206e82/mde130012008eng.pdf">"Iran - End executions by stoning"</a>detailing the laws and practices of stoning in Iran. This report also gives examples of the influence of the international community can stop the executions from happening.</span></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Myriad Pro'; color: #1a1a18"><i></i></p><i><blockquote></blockquote>‘The size of the stone used in stoning shall not be too large to kill the convict by one or two throws and at the same time shall not be too small to be called a stone.’</i><p></p> <p color="#1a1a18" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.1px Helvetica; ">Article 104 of Iran’s Islamic Penal Code</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.1px Helvetica; color: #1a1a18"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.1px Helvetica; color: #1a1a18"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.1px Helvetica; color: #1a1a18"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">This posting is part of a series that focuses on stoning in Iran as we approach July 11, 2010 which is International Day Against Stoning. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.1px Helvetica; color: #1a1a18"></p><blockquote></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-26629888045613817712010-07-07T08:22:00.000-07:002010-07-07T11:27:08.713-07:00Iranian Woman Sentenced to Death by Stoning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/replicate/EXID45737/images/resized_stoning1225571332.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 282px;" src="http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/replicate/EXID45737/images/resized_stoning1225571332.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-45737-Chicago-Government-Examiner~y2010m7d6-Iranian-Woman-Sentenced-to-Death-by-Stoning"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Iranian Woman Sentenced to Death by Stoning</span></span></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Andrei Naeymi-Rad reports on Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani who was recently sentenced to death by stoning. The execution method is gruesome, the punishment disproportionate to the crime, and the law biased against women. The case against Ashtiani many disparities even within the unjust law. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This week we will post several articles related to stoning leading up to July 11, which is International Day Against Stoning. </span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><blockquote></blockquote><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-9856618927850467422010-06-30T07:50:00.000-07:002010-06-30T08:30:18.149-07:00International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran - Weekly Podcast<div>International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran just released its second weekly podcast relating to human rights violations in Iran. This is a great way to get caught up on some of the recent news in six minutes or less while on the train. One segment of this week's podcast reports on the abduction and beating of an activist's daughter to intimidate him from continuing his efforts after he is released from jail.</div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 50px; height: 50px;" src="http://www.parlezuml.com/images/podcast_icon.gif" border="0" alt="" /><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.iranhumanrights.org/category/podcast/">http://www.iranhumanrights.org/category/podcast/</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-5090286839739284702010-06-30T06:40:00.000-07:002010-06-30T06:45:53.751-07:00Member of the One Million Signatures Campaign continues to be held without bail<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.signforchange.info/english/local/cache-vignettes/L80xH66/arton724-c6f09.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 80px; height: 66px;" src="http://www.signforchange.info/english/local/cache-vignettes/L80xH66/arton724-c6f09.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">After 120 days of confinement, Mahboubeh Karami’s court was not held today and postponed to 9th of July. Mahboubeh Karami is a member of the One Million Signatures campaign. </span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.signforchange.info/english/spip.php?article724">http://www.signforchange.info/english/spip.php?article724</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-50613927851988458512010-06-16T13:47:00.000-07:002010-06-16T13:52:05.716-07:00Resolution in the House<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.RES.1371:">H.RES.1371 -- Condemning the selection of the Government of Iran to serve on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">This resolution recognizes the limitations that Iranian laws place on women. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-7189279823404172772010-06-16T10:23:00.000-07:002010-06-16T10:27:07.602-07:00Salman Sima Arrested on June 12<div>RAHANA reports that Salman Sima, an Iranian Activist was arrest during a protest on June 12th. This is his second arrest this year. He was supposed to be transported to Evin prison, but his whereabouts are unknown. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.rhairan.in/en/?p=4407">http://www.rhairan.in/en/?p=4407</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-88241741522261909532010-06-16T09:22:00.000-07:002010-06-16T09:25:49.894-07:00Christian Convert Ali Golchin Detained<a href="http://www.iranhrdc.org/httpdocs/English/pdfs/PressReleases/2010/Press%20Release%20Ali%20Golchin.pdf">Iran Human Rights Documentation Center condemns the detention of Ali Golchin</a><div><br /></div><div>The IHRDC issued a press release regarding a Christian convert named Ali Golchin who has been detained in Evin prison since April. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is yet another case of religious persecution by the Islamic Republic of Iran. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-26471690501938459612010-06-16T07:04:00.000-07:002010-06-16T08:33:25.580-07:00Human rights violations read aloud in the U.N. Human Rights Council<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/media/ALeqM5i49DgyCzIjKcW2TkxSccNNYm8hTQ?size=s2"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 186px; height: 123px;" src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/media/ALeqM5i49DgyCzIjKcW2TkxSccNNYm8hTQ?size=s2" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iRyVZSMPwGsilj8NqqATa9t8h6dwD9GBRF1O0">Western nations slam Iran over human rights record</a></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px;font-size:medium;">The UN Human Rights Council read their statement aloud despite protests from Iran. The council broadly condemned the numerous actions of Iran. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iRyVZSMPwGsilj8NqqATa9t8h6dwD9GBRF1O0"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Iran's shortcomings include "the violent suppression of dissent, detention and executions without due process of law, severe discrimination against women and minorities including people of Baha'i faith, and restrictions of expression and religion," said the statement. It was agreed to by 56 nations."</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Larijani refutes these claims, but as we have seen these violations are neither "ill-founded" or "without substance".</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"The head of Iran's delegation, Mohammad Javad Larijani, has rejected the U.S. criticism of his government's human rights record, saying it was mostly "ill-founded and without any substance.""</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-6097821588155567842010-06-11T05:35:00.000-07:002010-06-16T13:45:37.388-07:0012June.org<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKs4XAHjzHwt1An8pErAYJY9WwUfsuDX3FTBQrWSKyx2p08LbGYNQ8nRSlvafWK9csCXNrX4TrhqxKLr-MImcu6fS3SOrkp77oztHiq_PSK940eYMG2O_rOlKEuYFHc-63U7HTi_LT5g/s1600/Untitled-7.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKs4XAHjzHwt1An8pErAYJY9WwUfsuDX3FTBQrWSKyx2p08LbGYNQ8nRSlvafWK9csCXNrX4TrhqxKLr-MImcu6fS3SOrkp77oztHiq_PSK940eYMG2O_rOlKEuYFHc-63U7HTi_LT5g/s200/Untitled-7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483475491701224482" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://12June.org/">12June.org</a> is organizing demonstrations around the globe. To see where they are and how to get involved, visit their website at <a href="http://12June.org/">12June.org</a>. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-77093761360192397602010-06-11T04:52:00.000-07:002010-06-11T05:12:55.763-07:00A Year Later: Suppression Continues in Iran -Iran Human Rights Documentation Center<a href="http://www.iranhrdc.org/httpdocs/English/pdfs/Reports/A%20Year%20Later.pdf">Short report on the suppression of dissent in the days, weeks and months following the election</a><div><br /></div><div>This report by the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center provides a detailed synopsis of the human rights violations perpetrated by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the days, weeks, and months following the election. They also feature those responsible for the crimes with photos, dates of birth, hometowns and specific claim. See an example below.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:#1A1A18;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; color:#1a1a18;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.iranhrdc.org/httpdocs/English/homepage.htm"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtayiZZ0Zk2tSJM50f3Hpi0KRlbuw7UmN-LTwhG3_97gX77PRSFbLZrdASGQIujUS8pcHRpr1LrBqVrQrrjn9aBEji44lbJXV1yYqslnY_Otm_Tor1xv1pe3XhtaVvY7BIg52TapiGqF4/s200/nadiq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481487536796409522" /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; color:#1a1a18;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mohammad Reza Naqdi</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman'; color:#1a1a18;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Born</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">: </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hometown</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">: </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Positions</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman'; color:#1a1a18;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1953 Najaf, Iraq</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman'; color:#1a1a18;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Deputy Director of Intelligence, Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards and Head of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Basij</span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.3px 'Times New Roman'; color:#1a1a18;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Those groups that chant slogans against the revolution’s values ... should know that they will be confronted by Basij.”</span></i></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.3px 'Times New Roman'; color:#1a1a18;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; color:#1a1a18;"><span style="font: 30.9px 'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">K</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">nown as the “Tyrant of the Campus,” Mohammad Reza Naqdi was born in Najaf, Iraq but moved to Iran following the revolution in 1979. In 1993, he became Deputy Director for intelligence of the “Quds Force,” a branch of the Revolutionary <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Guards tasked with exporting the Islamic Revolution. During 1997 and 1998, Naqdi was allegedly involved in the imprisonment and torture of Tehran mayor Qolam-Hossein Karbaschi as well as other prominent city officials. He is reported to be a “key figure” in the organization and financing of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ansar-i-Hezbollah, </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">a group that was involved in the 1999 attacks on students at Tehran University.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; color:#1a1a18;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; color:#1a1a18;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Journalist and former </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Basiji</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, Amir Farshad Ebrahimi, claims that Naqdi was present during torture of protesters at Kahrizak prison in the summer of 2009. On January 5, 2010, Naqdi told the hard-line daily Kayhan “[a]nyone who objects to this [Islamic] revolution or the rule of the Just Jurisprudent is making futile efforts to bring the establishment to its knees. These people are either morally or financially corrupt or are drug addicts, and it is rare to find someone who has objections [to the establishment and the Supreme Leader] to have a healthy personal life.” He has blamed the demonstrations following the June 12, 2009 election on the United States.</span></p></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-81992221693794133982010-06-09T11:01:00.000-07:002010-06-09T13:43:50.909-07:00President Obama Addresses the Human Rights of Iranian<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Today President Obama addressed the tragedy of last years election violence and the consequences of ignoring the human rights of the citizens of Iran. He also describes how the actions of the Islamic Republic of Iran affect others. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9IY-In1qnKc&hl=en_US&fs=1&start=400"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9IY-In1qnKc&hl=en_US&fs=1&start=400" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; font-size:1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">"Saturday will mark one year from the day that an election captivated the attention of the world -– an event that should have been remembered for how the Iranian people participated with remarkable enthusiasm, but will instead be remembered for how the Iranian government brutally suppressed dissent and murdered the innocent, including a young woman left to die in the street.</span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5; font-size:1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Actions do have consequences, and today the Iranian government will face some of those consequences. Because whether it is threatening the nuclear non-proliferation regime, or the human rights of its own citizens, or the stability of its own neighbors by supporting terrorism, the Iranian government continues to demonstrate that its own unjust actions are a threat to justice everywhere."</span></p></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><h1 property="dc:title" style="text-align: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-united-nations-security-council-resolution-iran-sanctions">Remarks by the President on United Nations Security Council Resolution on Iran Sanctions</a></span></span></h1></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-55352633281135360812010-06-09T09:05:00.000-07:002010-06-09T10:44:43.943-07:00Sanctions not for Human Rights<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; "><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 2.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.18em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7813183/We-must-not-forget-those-imprisoned-in-Iran.html">We Must Not Forget Those Imprisoned in Iran</a></span></h1></span></div><div><br /><div>Kate Allen of Amnesty International points out in the telegraph that the sanctions on Iran are still ignoring the blatant human rights violations. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">"T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">his repression is part of a wider pattern. Iran's authorities have criminalised contact with over 60 foreign institutions, media organisations and NGOs, isolating Iranians and preventing news, including on human rights violations, from leaving the country. Newspapers have been closed down, websites and email services have been filtered or blocked and the police have warned that SMS messages are monitored. University professors and staff have been fired on the grounds that they do not have sufficient “belief” in the Islamic Republic. Renewed efforts to implement “morality” codes concerning dress and gender segregation are underway which impede women’s ability to function freely in society. And numerous threatening statements have been issued, backed up by executions of political prisoners, to make it absolutely clear that those who express any form of dissent – whether by speaking out, writing or attending demonstrations – will face the harshest penalties."</span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-51896397975240471792010-06-09T07:07:00.001-07:002010-06-09T07:13:54.394-07:00Golnaz Esfandiari reports on the need for unrestricted internet access in Iran<div><a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/Green_Supporters_Want_West_To_Help_Iranians_Access_Internet_Uncensored_Information/2059734.html"> Haystack in the fight for internet freedom</a></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.haystacknetwork.com/images/logo_large.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 352px; height: 122px;" src="http://www.haystacknetwork.com/images/logo_large.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Human rights activists in Iran are increasing their calls on the United States and other countries to help Iranians access an unfiltered Internet by lifting sanctions and sharing key software and technology.</span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-41198184181841597332010-06-09T06:21:00.001-07:002010-06-09T06:35:16.679-07:00Amnesty International - IRANIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS DETAINED FOR DISSENT SINCE THE 2009 ELECTION<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); line-height: 19px; "><h2 class="pane-title" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase; line-height: normal; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/iranian-prisoners-conscience-detained-dissent-2010-06-08">IRANIAN PRISONERS DETAINED FOR DISSENT SINCE THE 2009 ELECTION</a></span></span></h2></span></div><a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/iranian-prisoners-conscience-detained-dissent-2010-06-08"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 510px; height: 364px;" src="http://www.amnesty.org/sites/impact.amnesty.org/files/PUBLIC/iran_510x364_0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div><a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/iranian-prisoners-conscience-detained-dissent-2010-06-08"><br /></a></div><div>Amnesty International uses the anniversary of the election protests to highlight a few cases of prisoners of conscience to shed light on the ever-expanding repression in the Islamic Republic of Iran. <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/iranian-prisoners-conscience-detained-dissent-2010-06-08"><br /></a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-63098360523022346362010-06-09T06:07:00.000-07:002010-06-09T06:16:53.849-07:00Remembering the year since the June 12 electionsWARNING! This video is EXTREMELY GRAPHIC!<br /><br /><div>This video is a compilation of the violence of that occurred since June of last year. While very graphic, it shows the brutality of the Islamic Republic of Iran in response protestors. </div><div><br /><br /><object width="580" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/raY-ie0cSbQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/raY-ie0cSbQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="580" height="360"></embed></object></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-52335691618801484672010-06-09T05:45:00.000-07:002010-06-09T06:06:22.819-07:001 Year Later, Iran's Opposition Still Relies On Internet - NPR<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.2em; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127586505">1 Year Later, Iran's Opposition Still Relies On Internet</a></h1></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127586505">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127586505</a></div><div><br /></div><div>AccessNow.org founder Cameran Ashraf discusses the need for freedom of speech and freedom from censorship for those who choose to oppose the government in Iran. He also discusses the ways that people in the United States can help from home.</div><div><br /></div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 46px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOEl2f4pSN0Qb4q3AVCMYzqrL5hnT8hwfAJMmk_pBAYYJ_B2O8pcFSuhyphenhyphenU7CR_Uz4b89ohXfljzneIzG4AUYMRZU6k1X1_mI3Y44kWvh7ssT8jH9zIuSZKO-ASvz6z4wxUSDs-WzbUjCM/s200/Accessnow.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480759092363311714" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-87565188050818048052010-06-02T06:07:00.000-07:002010-06-02T06:30:05.790-07:00Men of Violence<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6hnLxhS0IR0EteDsfjpPq30tTQ2bgtd8JSt3lIw1OPlureZJgrFsQFOUikHUUtz6_Kgw8ePXEkQTt-t5_ntGqilGcxP98bS-Nm7AW4XLQKy54xB4LxVjzGC9HVvHExQ99Gdy0kb6ChA/s1600/men+of+violence.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6hnLxhS0IR0EteDsfjpPq30tTQ2bgtd8JSt3lIw1OPlureZJgrFsQFOUikHUUtz6_Kgw8ePXEkQTt-t5_ntGqilGcxP98bS-Nm7AW4XLQKy54xB4LxVjzGC9HVvHExQ99Gdy0kb6ChA/s200/men+of+violence.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478165118798292834" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/wp-content/menofviolence/MenofViolence.html">Men of Violence by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran</a><div><br /></div><div>The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has put together a spectacular compilation of the men you have been accused of perpetrating the violence following the June 12, 2009 elections. Included in the report are:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">1. Hossein Taeb - </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Commander of the Basij Forces at the time of June election</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">2. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"> - </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Minister of Intelligence at the time of election </span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">3. </span>Ismail Ahmadi Moghadam<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"> - </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Head of the Iranian Police</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">4. </span>Saeed Mortazavi</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> - </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Tehran’s prosecutor General at the time of June election</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">5. </span>Sadeq Mahsouli<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"> - </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Minister of the Interior time of June election</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">6. </span>Abolghassem Salavati - </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Presiding judge of Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Courts</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">7. </span>Seyed Hassan Firouzabadi<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"> - </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Chief of Staff of the Joint<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Armed Forces</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">8. </span>Mohammad Ali Jafari<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"> - </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Commander of IRGC</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">9. </span>Mohammad Moghisseh<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"> - </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Head of Branch 28 of the Islamic Revolutionary Courts</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">10. </span>Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati - </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Secretary General of the Guardian Council</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">11. </span>Yadollah Javani</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> - </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Head of the IRGC Political Office</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">12. </span>Rouhollah Hosseinian<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"> - </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Member of Parliament</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">13. </span>Ali Saeedi - </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Representative of Supreme Leader in IRGC</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">14. </span>Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi - </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Member of the Assembly of Experts<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#B7212F;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial; color: #231e20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#B7212F;"></span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">15. Hossein Shariatmadari<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"> - </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Managing Editor of Kayhan Newspaper</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div><div><a href="http://www.iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/wp-content/menofviolence/MenofViolence.html"></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-46929836166404956812010-05-26T13:22:00.000-07:002010-05-26T13:36:01.420-07:00Brazil is Forgetting About Human Rights<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/opinion/26friedman.html?ref=todayspaper">Thomas Friedman discusses the lack of human rights discussion during Lula's trip to Iran</a><div><br /></div><div>Mr. Friedman points out that Brazilian President Lula is turning his back on the labor unions that he based his campaign on by ignoring the persecution of labor unions by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Stand for Freedom in Iran Coalition is disappointed that the two met at all after <a href="http://www.standforfreedominiran.org/take-action.html">this letter</a> was sent by the members of the coalition to President Lula. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240475438910367599.post-61926260732831346422010-05-19T08:31:00.000-07:002010-05-19T08:34:41.558-07:00International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Continued Detention of Amir Hossein Kazemi at Evin Prison<a href="http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/05/kazemi-continued-detention/">International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Continued Detention of Amir Hossein Kazemi at Evin Prison</a><div><br /></div><div>The temporary custody of Amir Hossein Kazemi has exceeded the allowable limit by 10 days already! The people of Iran and everyone deserve the right to be free. By detaining Amir they are also silencing his ability to accurately report on the situations surrounding him. Stand for Freedom of the press. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0