Thursday, June 23, 2011

Iran: protest

Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre (IHRDC) published the testimony of Mohammad Shams, a young political opposition supporter.
Shams testifies how and when he was arrested, beaten and tortured after the elections in 2009.
source: IHRDC

Shiva Nazar Ahari wrote a column regarding the hungerstrike of 12 political prisoners in Evinprison. She describes that in her own hungerstrike she was already that weakened after 2 days, that she could not leave her bed.
She also writes about her fear for the life of the hungerstrikers, who are already in their 5th day.
source: banooyesabzirani.blogspot.com


After a few days on furlough Mohsen Aminzadeh is returned to Evinprison, along with Mostafah Tajzadeh.
Aminzadeh joined the group of 12 hungerstrikers of ward 350, in protest of the death of Haleh Sahabi and Hoda Saber. Aminzadeh is sentenced to 5 year in prison.
source: freedomessenger



June 21 is journalist Zahra Yazdani arrested in her home.
Her house was searched by securityagents and they confiscated personal belongings.
The reason for the arrest is unknown and she did not contact her family yet.
source: freedomessenger

EAWorldView


In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
Poster amnesty.nl

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