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Monday, November 11, 2013
Iran ( Pastor Saeed Abedini placed in a " Death row Cell with 5 Murderers " ) Token Pastor
By Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post Reporter
November 7, 2013|2:50 pm
Pastor Saeed Abedini has been placed in a single cell with five death row inmates in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj and is prevented from having any visitors, the American Center for Law and Justice said, raising further concerns that officials placed him there to "disappear."
"Rajai Shahr is a murders' jail. It's a violent criminals' jail," said ACLJ Executive Director Jordan Sekulow on Fox News following news that the U.S. pastor was abruptly transferred from Evin Prison in Tehran on Monday."He is not allowed any visitors, and he is under quarantine. He is in Ward 9, which is the murders' ward. So he's sharing a 10x10 cell with five people who have been convicted of violent crimes, these are people who are basically on death row. So unlike being in a prison that is horrendous and you may face torture, you are now imprisoned with people who are just as violent as maybe those prison guards."
Sekulow noted that recent protests in Iran against the U.S. government are evidence that certain elements in the Iranian regime are trying to undermine any change in relationship, or any negotiations between the United States and Iran.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been described as a "moderate" in a number of reports, and in September held the first communication between U.S. and Iran leaders since 1979 when he spoke with President Barack Obama over the phone regarding Abedini's imprisonment.
The ACLJ, which represents the pastor's wife, Naghmeh, and two children in the U.S., has led an international campaign calling for his release, insisting that he was arrested during a trip in Iran and later sentenced to eight years in prison because of his Christian faith. Despite these efforts, however, Iranian authorities have refused to release Abedini, and fears are that moving him to Rajai Shahr Prison may be a way to have him murdered by other prisoners.
Philippines ( shortage of electricity, food, water and medicine for survivors )
Authorities in the Philippines were counting bodies on Monday morning amid acute shortage of electricity, food, water and medicine for survivors, days after Super Typhoon Haiyan caused unprecedented devastation. The storm is now ripping through northeastern Vietnam.
Haiyan made landfall in northern Vietnam, near the Chinese border, after weakening to a tropical storm, carrying gusts of up to 98 mph.
About 883,000 people in Vietnam's 11 central provinces have been moved to safe zones, according to the state media, which also said at least 11 people had been killed in the country ahead of the storm. One of those killed was a journalist who died in an accident as she was traveling to cover the storm, according to BBC.
In the Philippines, survivors could be seen standing in lines for rice and water, some of them covering their faces with rags due to the smell of the dead, Reuters reported, describing the scene in Tacloban, the capital of Leyte province where Haiyan destroyed about 80 percent of structures in its path.
"From a helicopter, you can see the extent of devastation. From the shore and moving a kilometer inland, there are no structures standing. It was like a tsunami," Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas was quoted as saying, of Tacloban. "I don't know how to describe what I saw. It's horrific."
"I can't think right now," an eight-month pregnant woman, who has lost 11 members of her family including two daughters, was quoted as saying. "I am overwhelmed."
Haiyan made landfall in northern Vietnam, near the Chinese border, after weakening to a tropical storm, carrying gusts of up to 98 mph.
About 883,000 people in Vietnam's 11 central provinces have been moved to safe zones, according to the state media, which also said at least 11 people had been killed in the country ahead of the storm. One of those killed was a journalist who died in an accident as she was traveling to cover the storm, according to BBC.In the Philippines, survivors could be seen standing in lines for rice and water, some of them covering their faces with rags due to the smell of the dead, Reuters reported, describing the scene in Tacloban, the capital of Leyte province where Haiyan destroyed about 80 percent of structures in its path.
"From a helicopter, you can see the extent of devastation. From the shore and moving a kilometer inland, there are no structures standing. It was like a tsunami," Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas was quoted as saying, of Tacloban. "I don't know how to describe what I saw. It's horrific."
"I can't think right now," an eight-month pregnant woman, who has lost 11 members of her family including two daughters, was quoted as saying. "I am overwhelmed."
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Mexico ( Israeli photojournalist Shaul Schwarz - New documentary Narco culture )
The Israeli photojournalist Shaul Schwarz made a documentary on the border of Mexico and the U.S. , which warns that children mythologize and admire the lives of the lords .
The Israeli photojournalist Shaul Schwarz is convinced that the phenomenon of narcocorrido is the tip of the iceberg of a new way of understanding life and also death. It crosses borders and whose essence has tried to capture in the new documentary Narco culture.
The film premiered in the U.S. yesterday , follow the steps in Los Angeles of a Narcocorridos author , Edgar Quintero , leader of the band " Buknas " , Culiacan, and a policeman in Ciudad Juarez Richi Soto , in their day to day
investigating the bloody murders that later become song. a culture on the rise. It is a fact that a new generation that sees these guys ( the drug dealers ) as a kind of Robin Hood , said Schwarz , who insists that this goes beyond a fad.
It's in the movies, on clothing, in dialect , is in everything. Families in Juarez do not choose to have a crime scene in front of his house. " Culture is what is around you , the songs are part of that," he said.
Narco Culture was shot over two years between Mexico and the United States, a period in which Schwarz and his team looked closely at the evidence collected violence and trafficking , drug traffickers fans and artists , as XXI century troubadours , exploits the killings become heroes and villains.
To all the people you love the stories of those who live outside the law , from Tony Soprano to The Godfather . " If you look at what is happening in Mexico you realize that the bad guys are winning the battle and some children mythologize . Follows dream of Chapo Guzman ," said Schwarz .
Read more: http://www.elblogdelnarco.net/2013/11/ninos-admiran-la-vida-de-los-capos.html # ixzz2kGENgRTcFollow us : @ MundoNarco on Twitter
The Israeli photojournalist Shaul Schwarz is convinced that the phenomenon of narcocorrido is the tip of the iceberg of a new way of understanding life and also death. It crosses borders and whose essence has tried to capture in the new documentary Narco culture.
The film premiered in the U.S. yesterday , follow the steps in Los Angeles of a Narcocorridos author , Edgar Quintero , leader of the band " Buknas " , Culiacan, and a policeman in Ciudad Juarez Richi Soto , in their day to day
investigating the bloody murders that later become song. a culture on the rise. It is a fact that a new generation that sees these guys ( the drug dealers ) as a kind of Robin Hood , said Schwarz , who insists that this goes beyond a fad.
It's in the movies, on clothing, in dialect , is in everything. Families in Juarez do not choose to have a crime scene in front of his house. " Culture is what is around you , the songs are part of that," he said.
Narco Culture was shot over two years between Mexico and the United States, a period in which Schwarz and his team looked closely at the evidence collected violence and trafficking , drug traffickers fans and artists , as XXI century troubadours , exploits the killings become heroes and villains.
To all the people you love the stories of those who live outside the law , from Tony Soprano to The Godfather . " If you look at what is happening in Mexico you realize that the bad guys are winning the battle and some children mythologize . Follows dream of Chapo Guzman ," said Schwarz .
Read more: http://www.elblogdelnarco.net/2013/11/ninos-admiran-la-vida-de-los-capos.html # ixzz2kGENgRTcFollow us : @ MundoNarco on Twitter
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Iran ( No medical treatment for " Blind Woman " Zeynab Jalalian )
Posted on: 9th November, 2013
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), in response to bad physical condition of Zeynab Jalalian, prison authorities promised to send her to medical furlough one month ago.
Nevertheless, few days ago, she was informed that her request is rejected by security services and she cannot take any effective procedure.
This prisoner has been suffering from bad health condition, especially visual problem and recently has lost her sight.
Zeynab Jalalian was arrested by Kermanshah intelligence and security forces, in 2007, and first sentenced to death, and then to life prison.
This political prisoner has been under severe pressure and had gone to hunger strike several times.
Needed to be mentioned, earlier on a published report by media, reason of vision problems of Zeynab Jalalian was stated as stroke during interrogation.
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