JAPAN ( 3 arrested for violating Iran sanctions ) TOKYO

Police arrest three for violating Iran sanctions

CrimeJan. 24, 2013 - 06:45AM JST( 1 )

TOKYO —

Police said Wednesday they have arrested three employees of a Tokyo shipping agency accused of breaching economic sanctions imposed against Iran over its nuclear program.
The trio took part in illegally transferring fees totalling 14 million yen to a firm linked to Iran’s Hafiz Darya Shipping Lines (HDSL) last year and in 2011, authorities said.
The money was payment for transporting unspecified goods, Kyodo news agency reported, adding that it was the first such criminal case in Japan since its sanctions took effect in 2010.
The employees of Tokyo-based Ben Line Agencies (Japan), including a 64-year-old company director, allegedly broke a law that bans cross-border payments to Iranian-linked entities without official approval.
“They made the payments to HDSL without approval from the economy and trade minister,” a Tokyo police spokeswoman said.
The firm is reportedly an affiliate of state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, which is suspected of transporting materials used in Iran’s nuclear program.
According to media reports, the Japanese group admitted transferring the money but said it was unaware it was breaking the law.
Tehran, which is under several sets of international sanctions, insists that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes.

Mexico JUAREZ (Missing 3 yr old boy "Lorenzo " since 1954 ) Mother looking for him

 JUAREZ toddler missing since 1954

By Diana Washington Valdez \ El Paso Timeselpasotimes.com

Posted: 01/21/2013 12:14:22 AM MST

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Lorenzo "Lenchito" Vasquez has been missing for more than 60 years. (Courtesy photo)

 

 

Lorenzo "Lenchito" Vazquez Lazalde was about 3 years old when his El Paso relatives last saw him in Juárez.

That was in 1954.

His mother, Virginia Lazalde, said her son was at a relative's home playing outdoors when he vanished.

"Over the years, we received rumors that he was killed in an accident in Juárez, and later that he was spirited by different relatives to El Paso and then that he was taken to California, but we were never able to confirm these stories," the mother said.

Others said they saw the boy get on a public transport bus in Juárez after someone called out to him by his nickname, "Lenchito."

"For many years, his father's family refused to talk about him," his mother said. "His father died 20 years ago, and we still don't know what happened to my son. I need to know, if he is alive, that he is all right."

Virginia Lazalde cries and clutches the black-and-white photographs she had of her son as a toddler. She had other children, but has never forgotten her first child.

"I nearly went crazy after Lorenzo disappeared, and searched for him in many places for a long time," she said. "In my latter years, I don't want to die

without knowing what happened to him. I know his disappearance was reported because the police in Juárez came to my home to ask if I was hiding Lorenzo. In my heart, I believe that Lorenzo is out there, somewhere."

Virginia Lazalde said she would like help in obtaining an age-progression picture of her son that will show what he might look like today.

Anyone with information may contact the family at 915-780-9033 or 915-861-0895.

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Reporter: Diana Washington Valdez

 

Iran ( OMG - Public Amputation of man's fingers ) Man's fingers cut off in public -Sick photo

Iranian Authorities’ Terrorizing People Continues: Public Amputation of A Young Man’s Fingers- IHR Urges International Community To React

Thursday 24 January 2013

 

Iran Human Rights, January 24: Iranian authorities’ campaign of public medieval punishments continues. According to the state run Iranian news agencies amputation verdict of a prisoner was carried out in public in the city of Shiraz (southern Iran).
According to the report, the prisoner was a 29 year old man identified as "A. S. H." and was sentenced to "amputation of four fingers of the right hand" and three years in prison for and 99 lashes for immoral relationship.
The chief prosecutor of Shiraz warned that similar sentences of several other prisoners will be carried out in the near future.
Iranian authorities have increased implementation of public sentences such as lashing, executions and amputations in the recent months. Two young men were hanged publicly on 20th January for mugging in Tehran.
Iran Human Rights condemns today’s barbaric public punishment and urges the international community to react. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR said:”It seems that the Iranian authorities’ campaign of terrorizing the people through public medieval punishments doesn’t know any limits. Unless the international community show strong reactions, we are afraid that Iranian people, and especially children will have to watch more public hangings, lashings and amputations as we get closer to the Presidential elections in June 2013".
Amiry-Moghaddam continued: "We urge the UN, EU and all countries with diplomatic ties with Iran to condemn these barbaric punishments immediately. Iranian leadership among them the Supreme leader Ali Khamenei, and head of the Judiciary Javad Larijani must be kept accountable for these crimes".

Iran ( Qazvin Prison - west of Tehran- 3 Drug Dealers Flogged and Executed ) Hard Liners

Three prisoners in Iran were hanged today Wednesday 23 January 2013 [English] [فارسى] Iran Human Rights, January 23: Three prisoners were hanged in Qazvin Prison (west of Tehran) today. Fars, a state-run Iranian news agency reported that three prisoners, identified as "K Kh." (28), "A. N." (34) and "A. H." (41), were convicted of possession and trafficking of narcotic drugs. They were sentenced to fines, lashes and death by branch 2 of the Qazvin Revolutionary Court.

Lagos Nigeria ( Baby found buried alive - see photo's ) un-real

Some members of a community in Lagos found a baby who was buried alive yesterday. Surprisingly the baby survived. See pictures below. ( I found this article on a blog and there was not much posted on the  story).



The baby is alive and well.

Iran ( 5 men Teacher, Editor , Activist, soon to be Hanged publicly ) For a " act against god"

Death Sentences of Five Ahwazi Arabs Upheld by Iranian Supreme Court- IHR Urges International Community To Act Saturday 12 January 2013   Iran Human Rights, January 11: Sources in Iran have reported that the death Sentences for five Ahwazi Arab political prisoners were upheld by the Iranian Supreme Court. In July 2012 Iran Human Rights (IHR) reported that Judge Seyed Mohammad Bagher Mousavi, from branch 2 of the Ahwaz Revolutionary Court, notified lawyers and family members of the five Ahwazi Arab activists about their death sentences. Recent reports indicate that branch 32 of the Iranian Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences. The name of the Ahwazi Arab activists are: Mohammad Ali Amouri, Hadi Rashedi, Hashem Sha’bani, and two brothers by the names of Seyed Mokhtar Albooshooke and Seyed Jaber Albooshooke. Mohammad Ali Amouri is a cultural activist and the editor in chief of Altaras, a student publication at the Isfahan University of Technology. Hashem Sha’bani is a teacher at numerous high schools in the city of Khalfieh. Hadi Rashedi and the two brothers (Mokhtar and Jaber) were condemned to death based on the charges of "Acting against national security" and "Moharebeh" (enmity against God). The five political prisoners have reportedly been forced to make false confessions. Two of the men, Hadi Rashedi and Hashem Shabaninejad were featured on a program on Press TV, the Iranian authorities’ English-language satellite channel, confessing to their alleged subversive acts. Reports indicate that the confessions were extracted under severe physical and mental torture. The court sentenced the five activists to death in July 2012 based on the false confessions. IHR strongly condemns the death sentences against the Ahwazi Arab activists. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR said: "We urge the international community to condemn the death sentences." He continued: "Several political prisoners are in imminent danger of execution. Strong reactions are needed from the international community to stop these executions."

El Paso (Man see's - Our Lady of Guadalupe ) in his backyard

Central El Paso man sees Virgen de Guadalupe in backyard tree trunk

By Ramón Rentería / El Paso Timeselpasotimes.com

Posted: 01/22/2013 06:55:46 PM MST

Tony Parga sees the image of the Virgen de Guadalupe in a knot in the trunk of a tree in his backyard. He has since adorned the area with flowers and has even held a Mass and dances to celebrate the image. (Mark Lambie/El Paso Times)

Tony Parga says the image of the Virgen de Guadalupe appeared in the trunk of a tree outside his home.

Tony Parga is convinced an apparition of the Virgen de Guadalupe dwells within the crevices of a mulberry tree in the backyard of his one-bedroom duplex in Central El Paso.
"I'm a great believer of the Virgen de Guadalupe, ever since I was a kid," Parga said. "I have her with me all the time."
Parga, 53, a garage door installer, was sitting outdoors on a bench playing with his dogs when he first noticed a reflection in the lower tree trunk almost two years ago.
"I don't know if it was meant for me or if it was there before I moved in (five years ago)," he said. "Maybe I just never paid attention to the tree."
Some people say they can clearly see the virgin's face, a crown, the hands clasped in prayer, and even

Reporter Ramón Rentería

a rosary.
Parga collects images of the Virgen de Guadalupe. He has a dozen throughout the duplex.
He once paid tribute to the image in the tree trunk with an outdoor Mass and matachine dancers. A devoted Catholic, Parga also showed pictures of the image to a priest.
"They don't intend to come down here, but he told me that it was going to bring me a lot of peace," Parga said. "And it already has. There's been a lot of changes in my life. You just gotta have faith."
Parga said he doesn't mind sharing the image with others.
Justin Martinez, a neighbor, has shot pictures of the virgin's image with a cellphone.
"A lot of people don't believe, but you can see it," Martinez said. "I don't think it's ever