Iran: humans and rights May 6, 2012

After Mohsen Safaei Farahani and Mohsen Aminzadeh the secretary-general of Islamic Iran Participation Front Mohsen Mirdamadi suffers a hartcondition in Evinprison.
Despite doctor’s recommendations that Mirdamadi must be hospitalized, the judicial authorities have not authorized his hospitalization.
source: persianbanoo.wordpress.com


CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation published a statement calling attention to the human rights crisis in Iran.
They urge Iranian authorities to drop the charges against Mourning Mothers supporter Mansoureh Behkish who is sentenced to 4,5 years in prison.
source: iranhumanrights.org


An Iranian parlamentary committee rejected a government plan to cut the subsidies on gas and food. International sanctions made the prices go up.
The price for petrol has risen three-fold and the cost of gas has soared by 500 percent.
The budget still has to be approved.
source: rferl.org


Iranian newspaper Shargh reports that because of the imposed international sanctions against Iran there are shortages of drugs for the treatment of 30 illnesses including cancer, heart and breathing problems, Thalassemia and multiple sclerosis (MS).
The newspaper published a list (Fa) of these medicaments.
source: rferl.org


EAWorldView

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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