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MEAN STREETS MEDIA
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Iran ( Women's "Human rights leader " gets 6 years in prison ) Nargess Mohammadi
Activist gets summons after meeting EU official
- Sunday, Jun 01 2014
, the Iranian human rights activist and deputy director of the Human Rights Defenders Centre of Iran, has been summoned by the Evin Prison Court.
Kaleme reports that Mohammadi has been summoned to appear in court on Sunday June 1, and the reason for her summons has been referred to as "charges stated in the file."
Mohammadi has been sentenced to six years in jail for "assembly and collusion against national security and propaganda activities against the regime."
Shirin Ebadi, the head of the Human Rights Defenders centre in exile, has reported on Mohammadi's summons, saying it may be connected to her visit with Catherine Ashton in Tehran.
Mohammadi was the head of a delegation of women's rights activists that met with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in Tehran on International Women's Day. The meeting at the Viennese embassy stirred severe reactions from conservative factions in Iran.
Radio Zamaneh
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Iran ( political prisoner first got 3 years - Now change of plan " Executed tomorrow" ) ?
Gholamreza Khosravi scheduled to be executed tomorrow morning
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani who was recently transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj has been transferred to the solitary confinements of this prison in order to be executed.
The authorities have asked him to inform his family to go to the prison for the last visit.
“The fact that he is granted a visit out of normal schedule proves that he is going to be executed. Even after some of the family members visited him, they were told to call the others to go to the prison as well.” Said one of Gholamreza Khosravi’s relatives
“He has been transferred to the solitary confinement since this morning.” He said
“Mr. Alavi, the intelligence officer has told him that he will be executed soon.” An informed source had told HRANA
Mr. Khosravi, a political prisoner of the eightieth, was arrested in Kerman, 2007, and was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment and 3 years suspended prison in charge of relation with MEK, but during serving this sentence, according to an unlawful process, his case again was activated and he is convicted to death penalty. This court verdict was verified by the Supreme Court.
Washington ( OMG - American soldier held prisoner -Released )
WASHINGTON (AP) — The only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed and is back in U.S. custody
after nearly five years of captivity, U.S. officials said Saturday.
after nearly five years of captivity, U.S. officials said Saturday.
The officials said the Taliban agreed to turn over Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The transfers happened after a week of intense negotiations mediated by the government of Qatar, which will take custody of the Afghans.
Iran ( Sunni youth " Vanished " after talking to police ??? ) 4 days ago ?
No news on condition of Sunni youth arrested four days ago
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 21-year old Abdol Ghani Wahid was arrested on Sunday by agents from the Ministry of Intelligence in a raid on his father’s home in the village of Tanbalan in the Zarabad district, Sistan-Baluchestan province of Iran.
According to reports, agents told the family that they had ‘only a few questions’ to ask Abdol Ghani, and that he would be returned after they had finished.
After several hours passed with no news, his family visited the offices of the Ministry of Intelligence in Chabahar and Konorak to enquire about his whereabouts. However, officials denied that they had arrested him.
Mexico ( Mexican Government Offers $5.4 Million for Information on Missing People )
MEXICO CITY – Rewards totaling 70.5 million pesos ($5.4 million) are being offered for information on the whereabouts of 27 missing people and the arrests of those behind the disappearances, the Attorney General’s Office said.The names of 27 missing people and one murder victim were listed in 20 reward announcements published by the AG’s office on Wednesday in the Official Daily of the Federation.
A reward of 1.5 million pesos (about $116,645) will be paid for information that helps authorities find each of the missing people, with the reward money totaling 40.5 million pesos ($3.1 million), the AG’s office said.
The same sum is being offered for information that leads to the identification and arrest of those responsible for the 20 cases of disappearances, some of which involve more than one missing person, the AG’s office said.
The cases deal with the disappearances of eight women and 19 men, as well as the murder of a woman, the AG’s office said.
The investigations are being handled by special units that deal with kidnappings and organized crime groups.
Rewards will be paid to individuals providing information that helps solve each case, the AG’s office said.
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