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Iran ( Three Christian Prisoners and Some Political Prisoners Write Letter to Obama )

Saturday, 10 August 2013   

A group of 55 political prisoners and prisoners of conscience wrote an open letter to Obama. Among signatories of the letter were three Christian prisoners as well.

Mohabat News - More than 50 former and current political prisoners in Iran have written to Barack Obama calling for an end to the "crippling sanctions" and international isolation suffered by the country. They urge the US president to see the government of Hassan Rohani as "the last chance" for a breakthrough in the deadlock with the west.

The letter, whose signatories include prominent officials of the former reformist government of Mohammad Khatami and journalists, said the main victim of the "heavy and unprecedented" sanctions imposed over Iran's nuclear programme had been the Iranian people. Faezeh Hashemi, daughter of conservative former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, whose last-minute support helped Mr Rohani secure the victory, is among the signatories.

"All the Iranian nation, including the families of political prisoners, especially low income people, are suffering under runaway inflation and [the] shortage of medicine and basic staples. Sanctions have now turned into a mass punishment of the Iranian nation," it said.

Foreign sanctions and intolerable pressure on the public and the incumbent government would "enhance extremism and weaken the shaky sapling of democracy" in Iran, it added.

The letter, posted on opposition websites on Thursday, said the June presidential poll that led to the election of Mr Rohani – Iran's former nuclear negotiator, who has pledged to walk the path of "detente" with the world – must be seen as an opportunity to restore constructive interaction between Tehran and Washington.

"It's time for both [Iran and the west] to turn the pages of history and open a new chapter in approach toward each other," the letter read. "We think the tenure of this government may be the last chance for reaching a reasonable and acceptable solution by both parties," it warned. "The time is ripe for replacement of sanctions by a solution agreed by both sides . . . in which no side feels a loser."

those who signed the letter*

There are three Christian prisoners among those who singed the letter. They are "Farshid Fathi" and "Alireza Seyyedian", both sentenced to six years in prison, and "Mostafa Bordbar", sentenced to 10 years in prison

SURPRISE Az ( Missing 14 yr old girl and 11 yr old boy - Since Thursday ? )

SURPRISE, AZ - Maricopa County Sheriff's Office authorities are looking for two Arizona kids who have run away from their homes in the west Valley.



MCSO said 14-year-old Serenity Escobedo ran away from her Waddell, Ariz. home on Thursday, August 8. She is believed to be with her friend, 11-year-old Christian Brown.
Authorities believe they are together in the Surprise and Waddell areas.
Escobedo is described as 5-foot, 112 pounds, light brown hair and brown eyes.
Brown is described as 5-foot-2, 125 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes. He has been reported as a runaway from his home in Surprise.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office at 602-876-1011. Callers are asked to provide the report #: 13-151753 to the call representative.
The Surprise Police Department can also be contacted at 623-222-4000 referencing report number 13-0802831.


Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_west_valley/surprise/serenity-escobedo-christian-brown-teens-missing-in-surprise-waddell-area-police-say#ixzz2bgiteGIk

Amber Alert ( Rhode Island - Murder suspect - killed 2 people - and took a 2 year old boy )

JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) — A man suspected of killing two people at a home and then snatching a 2-year-old boy early Sunday is on the run and should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities said.


A nationwide Amber Alert for toddler Isaih Perez was issued shortly after police were called at 5:20 a.m. to the home in Johnston, a town of 30,000 residents less than 10 miles from Providence.
Police are looking for 22-year-old Malcolm Crowell of Providence, a suspect in the double homicide and in the kidnapping of Isaih, said Deputy Police Chief Daniel Parrillo.
Investigators determined that the victims were killed between 4:30 and 5 a.m. and that Crowell then fled the home with the child, Parrillo said.
"We don't believe the child was harmed, and we're just hoping that he will be safely returned," Parrillo said.
Crowell might be driving a small black car, he said.

Civil Rights ( Police Officer caught on video beating on female Shoplifter )

Iran News (Another Human rights blogger on hunger strike - Evin prison refuses medical attention to tortured man )

10 August 2013

Hossein Ronaghi Maleki has launched hunger strike

Keywords : Political Prisoners

فارسى

Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, jailed activist in Evin prison has launched a hunger strike following his protest of issues including the prison condition and lack of attention to his medical needs.

According CHRR, in the past weeks this political prisoner had shared with his family during visitations that in protest of the authorities’ lack of care for the life and physical state of a human being, if nothing were changed he would embark on a hunger strike. Hossein Ronaghi launched a hunger strike on Friday August 9th.

Seyed Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki, the father of the jailed blogger told CHRR in a recent interview that in addition to his kidney disease, Hossein now suffers from gastrointestinal bleeding and has been vomiting - prompting a physician’s order for him to refrain from taking the necessary medication for his kidney and prostate disease – yet medical furlough has been denied.

Hossein Ronaghi, blogger and Internet activist who is one of the founding members of Iran Proxy – a group that bypassed Internet censorship with proxy servers - was violently arrested on December 13, 2009 at his parental home in the city of Melikan located near Tabriz and was transferred to Ward 2A in Evin Prison [under control of IRGC]. Hasan Ronaghi Maleki, Hossein’s brother was also detained at that time despite the fact that he had not engaged in any political activities. Hasan was tortured and used as a tool in an attempt to intimidate his brother. For over10 months Hossein Ronaghi was held in solitary confinement in Evin’s Ward 2A which is under the jurisdiction of the IRGC. He was subjected to intense psychological abuse and physical torture in efforts to coerce him into making a false televised confession, which he refused.

On December 1, 2010 Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court presided by judge Pir Abassi handed Hossein Ronaghi Maleki a 15-year prison sentence. Among his charges were “membership in Iran Proxy”, “insulting the leadership”, and “insulting the Islamic Republic.” In 2010 Hossein Ronaghi went on 2 hunger strikes in protest of prison conditions and the mistreatment of prisoners. His mother also went on a 2-week hunger strike to voice her support for her son.

On August 22, 2012 Hossein Ronaghi who had been on medical leave from prison was detained along with his father and brother, Ahmad and Hasan Ronaghi Maleki, and 33 other volunteers and social activists who had gone to the aid of earthquake victims in the province of Azerbaijan.

Ronaghi received a 2-year prison sentence handed on the charge of “gathering and collusion against national security” in the Azerbaijan earthquake zone. Per a ruling handed down by Branch 112 of the Tabriz Public Court, he was also sentenced to 6 months in prison on the charges of “endangering public health through distribution of moldy bread,” and “disobeying an officer.” With the additional rulings, the total sentence for Hossein Ronaghi Maleki increased to 17.5 years in prison.

Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki, father of Hossein Ronaghi has been summoned to appear at Branch 8 of Hasheminejad Court tomorrow August 11th.