Iran: move

March 18, Iranian blogger Omidreza Mirsayafi, 29 died in Evinprison.
He was charged with insulting the authorities and sentenced to two years and six months in prison.
In an interview with International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran he told in December that his blog just was a private blog and was read only by a few of his friends.
He also said that expert testimony by an Intelligence Ministry official during his trial emphasized this point and that he should not receive such a heavy sentence.
Most of the articles on his blog were about traditional Persian music and about culture.
Mirsayafi committed suicide by taking overdose of his medication against his serious depression.
source: iranhumanrights.org


Amnesty International has voiced concerns at the repressive measures against members of Iran's religious and ethnic minority communities, trade unionists, women's rights activists and students.She asks to release the eight arrested students immediately.
In a statement of March 12, the Centre for Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) condemns the arrests and urges to reinstate the banned students.
February 5, four students of Amir Kabir university were arrested: Esmail Salmanpour, Majid Tavakkoli, Hossein Torkashvand en Koroush Daneshyar.
After a demonstration February 24 were detained Mehdi Mashayekhi, Nariman Mostafavi, Ahmad Qasaban en Abbas Hakimzadeh .
Amnesty International has called on the Iranian authorities to ensure that the students detained on 5 February and those arrested on 24 February be protected against torture or other ill-treatment and that they be allowed immediate access to their family and lawyers.
source: Amnesty International



Somali pirates in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland have hijacked an Iranian vessel,on accusation of illegal fishing.
An official at the East African Seafarers Assistance Program told Reuters that it happened Monday.
He said the villagers have taken it because of fishing illegally or for damaging fishing equipment. He told that they usually move when you destroy their nets or boats and hold the ship until they are paid back.
source Press-TV


In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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