Iran ( U. S will maintain sanctions on Iran's human rights abusers )

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The United States will maintain sanctions on human rights abusers in Iran, which must allow a UN special rapporteur to visit the regime, the US National Security Advisor Susan Rice said this week.
She named the Iranian regime as among the world's worst abusers and where leaders use their 'tyrant’s tool kit of repression to retain power'.
Ms Rice was speaking at the Human Rights First Annual Summit in Washington DC on December 4, where she told delegates: "In Iran, as we test the potential for a diplomatic resolution to the nuclear issue, we are mindful that another key test is whether we begin to see progress on human rights.
"We call on the government to allow the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran to visit the country."
She added: "Our sanctions on Iran’s human rights abusers will continue and so will our support for the fundamental rights of all Iranians.
"The Iranian people deserve the same right to express themselves online and through social media as their leaders enjoy."

Iran ( AOG Pastor and Minister Released from Ahwaz Prison )

 Thursday, 05 December 2013   

Two Christian prisoners were released from Sepidar prison in Ahwaz after 214 days.

 

According to Mohabat News, two Christian prisoners, Farhad Sabokrouh, Pastor of the Assemblies of God Church in Ahwaz, and Naser Zamen-Dezfuli, a church minister were released on December 4, 2013 after 214 days in Sepidar prison.

On December 23, 2011, Iranian security authorities raided a Christmas celebration at the Assemblies of God church of Ahwaz and arrested everyone in attendance. All those arrested were transferred to an unknown location in two buses.

All those arrested were threatened and released after being interrogated and their personal information taken. However, Pastor Sabokrouh, his wife, Shahnaz Jayzan, and two of the church ministers, Naser Zamen-Dezfuli and Davoud Alijani, were held in prison for converting from Islam to Christianity, proselytizing Muslims, and propagating against the Islamic regime through evangelism.

(Khuzestan province, south-west of Tehran)

Later, the Revolutionary Court of Ahwaz sentenced each to one year in prison. Davoud Alijani was arrested and taken to prison to serve his sentence when he went to the court on May 1, 2013, while the three others were summoned to the court and transferred to prison on May 4.

Pastor Sabokrouh and Mr. Zamen-Dezfuli have been released while there are still two weeks remaining from their prison term. Iranian judicial authorities have refused to provide a reason for their slightly early release, thus it is not certain whether this pardon will include the pastor's wife, and Davoud Alijani or not.

It should be mentioned that according to a directive from Iran's Revolutionary Court and as part of the court's policy to further pressure and persecute religious and political prisoners, Christian convicts are not to be granted leave permits while serving their sentences.

The Assemblies of God Church of Ahwaz, which is technically a house turned into a church, is registered and thus under the supervision of Iranian authorities. Despite this fact, the church has been targeted and subject to unreasonable pressure.
Arbitrary arrests and restrictions on Christian converts are not a new phenomenon. In fact all religious minorities in Iran are subject to various forms of discrimination in one way or another.
After the Islamic revolution of 1979, the situation of religious minorities in Iran has always been a major Human Rights concern. /Farsi

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Libya ( American teacher Killed " " While going for a Jog " )

December 5, 2013|11:34 am

An American chemistry teacher working abroad in Benghazi, Libya was shot and killed by gunmen Thursday during his routine jog near the U.S. Consulate, security sources in the country confirmed Thursday. The man died one week before he was supposed to travel back to his native state of Texas to celebrate Christmas with his wife and young son.

Security official Ibrahim al-Sharaa said that it is unclear why the Texas-native chemistry teacher working at Libya's International School Benghazi was shot, although he was doing his regular exercise routine close to the U.S. Consulate, where Islamic militants attacked and killed American ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans last September. The city's International School is a government-owned institution that follows American standards for curriculum, according to the Association Press.
"He was doing his morning exercise when gunmen just shot him. I don't know why. He was so sweet with everyone," Adel al Mansouri, director at the school, told Reuters. Libya's special forces have reportedly been struggling to contain Islamic extremists in the country, especially in Benghazi. Members of the militant Ansar al-Sharia group reportedly inhabit the city, and this same group is the one the U.S. blames for the September 2012 attacks on the U.S. Consulate.
Fadyah al-Burghathi, spokeswoman for the Al-Galaa hospital, confirmed to reporters that the body of a man from Texas was brought to the hospital Thursday with gunshot wounds. The teacher had reportedly been shot around lunchtime near his home.
Peter Hodge, the principal of the International School Benghazi, told NBC News that the teacher was expected to be returning home to his wife and young son in time for Christmas next week. "He was very much loved," Hodge said. The man had been working at the school for the past 18 months.
Libya has remained unstable since the ousting of Moammar Gadhafi two years ago, with interim security forces struggling to contain the Islamic militants and former rebels who continue to run their own checkpoints in Benghazi and participate in common suicide bombings.

Mexico ( The body of a decapitated man was found wrapped in a blanket )

The residents of the colony Panfilo Natera found the decapitated body of a man wrapped in a blanket of red in a wasteland of that colony in Ciudad Juarez.

The discovery occurred at 14:00 hours on the streets and Peacock September 12, a few meters from a shelter for children and Peripherals Camino Real, the body corresponds to a 25 or 30 years.

The man's head was found inside a plastic bag while his body was wrapped in a red blanket and tied to half color, the place arrived quines authorities cordoned off the area for several minutes to make appropriate inquiries

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Rugby News ( The women's rugby team at the University of Oxford stripped for a calendar )

The women's rugby team at the University of Oxford stripped for a calendar that will be sold and the amount of which will go to the charity campaign to raise awareness of mental health.



It is estimated that the calendar is sold at 10 pounds, about 12 euros.
The ​​naked players indicated that it represents the strength of women today.

Iran ( Peaceful Protest Against the Death Penalty in Front of the Iranian Parliament in Tehran )

 

2013-11-26 18:22:10

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Iran Human Rights, November 26: Following the execution wave in the past months in Iran, families of death row prisoners gathered today outside the Iranian Parliament, Majles, in a peaceful protest against the death penalty.
The protesters who were mainly women were carrying placards where it was written "Why Death Penalty?".
According to the state run Iranian news agency the protest ended peacefully.
Earlier today 11 prisoners were executed in the Ghezelhesar Prison of Karaj (west of Tehran) according to unofficial sources.
Despite the execution of more than 300 prisoners since the Presidential elections of June 2013 in Iran, there have not been any noticeable international reactions to these executions.