Iran ( Prisoner dies suspiciously a day before his release )

Iran: Prisoner dies suspiciously a day before his release

 

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Published on Monday, 01 July 2013 17:36

 

NCRI - On Monday June 24, 2013, a Baluchi prisoner, Aliraza Shahbakhsh, 23, suspiciously passed away in Zahedan prison a day before his release. In order to cloak this murder in secrecy, the clerical regime disconnected all prisoners’ connections for five days.
Aliraza Shahbakhsh had been arrested at age 16 for alleged killing of son of Abdulmajid Nodyzehi, an IRGC commander. After 7 years of imprisonment, Alireza was supposed to be released on Tuesday, June 24, after being proved to be innocent.
Abdulmajid Nodyzehi is hated by the people of the region for his crimes and direct role in execution and assassination of Baluchi minorities.
On June 20, 2013, Afshin Osanlou, 42, a political prisoner and a labor activist, suddenly and suspiciously died in saloon number 12 of ward 4 of Gohardasht Prison in the city of Karaj. He suspiciously passed away while he was to be released in few months after 5 years of imprisonment.
After his death, General Director of prisons in Tehran province falsely claimed that Mr. Osanlou died as a result of heart attack in hospital in Gohardasht, Karaj. (ISNA State News Agency- June 22, 2013), but according to hospital’s authorities he had already been died before his transfer to the hospital.
He had been arrested on December 2009 solely because of his syndicate activities and defending of worker’s rights. He had suffered severe tortures for a long time and signs of torture could be seen on his body.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 30, 2013

Russia ( Report: Snowden has asked for asylum in Russia )

Posted: Jul 1, 2013 11:07 AM by Associated Press
Updated: Jul 1, 2013 11:08 AM

 

MOSCOW (AP) - The Interfax news agency says a Russian consular official has confirmed that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden asked for political asylum in Russia.

Interfax cited Kim Shevchenko, the duty officer at the Russian Foreign Ministry's consular office in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, as saying that Snowden's representative, Sarah Harrison, handed over his request Sunday.

Snowden has been caught in legal limbo in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport since his arrival from Hong Kong on June 23. The U.S. has annulled his passport, and Ecuador, where he has hoped to get asylum, has been coy about offering him shelter.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin says Snowden will have to stop leaking U.S. secrets if he wants to get asylum in Russia, but adds that Snowden has no plan to quit doing so.

CAIRO ( Muslim Brotherhood shoot and kill 18 protesters )

18 Die in Protests in Egypt

CAIRO – At least 18 people have died in the protests across Egypt, hospital spokesmen told Efe on Monday.

Nine people were killed in clashes between opposition members and Islamists at the Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters in Cairo.

A total of 716 people have been wounded in the protests, which started peacefully on Sunday and turned violent after nightfall.

Protesters demanding that President Mohammed Mursi step down attacked the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, which the head of state belonged to until he took office, with Molotov cocktails and stones.

Muslim Brotherhood members fired shots at the protesters from inside the building, which the mob eventually took and burned.

The anti-Mursi protests continued on Monday, with hundreds of people occupying Tahrir Square and giving Mursi until Tuesday to resign.

Another wave of protests is expected to start at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. EFE

YARNELL Az ( A fire information officer says 19 firefighters are unaccounted for )

YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) — A fire information officer says 19 firefighters are unaccounted for while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire in a central Arizona community.

Mike Reichling told the Arizona Republic (http://bit.ly/158NjWp ) that 20 firefighters were involved in a "serious incident."


All died in fire R.I.P
 

The newspaper reports that one of the firefighters has been located.
The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office has notified residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell to evacuate.

Roxie Glover, spokeswoman at Wickenburg Community Hospital, told The Associated Press that the hospital has been told to expect residents with injuries and firefighters
Earlier Sunday, the fast-moving fire prompted evacuations of 50 homes in the Buckhorn, Model Creek and Double A Bar Ranch areas about 85 miles northwest of Phoenix.
In the afternoon, the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office expanded the evacuations to include residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell.
The wildfire also forced the closure of parts of state Route 89, the Arizona Department of Transportation announced. The department did not have an estimate of how long the closure would last but advised drivers to use U.S. 93 or Interstate 17 as alternate routes.

Dog News ( Chihuahua drug sniffing dog and Japan has " Momo" Japanese rescue dog )

Whoever thought a Chihuahua could be a police dog. Back in 2006 an innovative sheriff in Ohio came up with this novel idea while watching big dogs struggle to turn around inside a car, searching for drugs. He trained up his little Chihuahua to become what was then believed to be, the worlds smallest drug-sniffing dog.
Recently a Japanese police force adopted an open enrollment policy for search and rescue in their canine division. 70 Dogs competed for a spot and guess who made the grade? A 6.6 lb Chihuahua named Momo. The seven year old, long-haired Chihuahua was one of 32 successful candidates.

Momo - Japanese Rescue Dog (AP)

Momo will be used for rescue operations in disasters such as earthquakes, in the hope that she may be able to squeeze her tiny frame into places too narrow for German Shepherds, which tend to be the usual rescue dogs.
Watch this CBS News report, “Japan Hires a Chihuahua Police Dog” on YouTube
Looks like this little dog is a big deal.

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