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Thursday, July 10, 2014
Iran ( Female Journalist gets " 50 lashes " and 2 years in prison ) 50 lashes ,Come on ?????
New Wave of Arrests and Prison Sentences Against Journalists
- Thursday, Jul 10 2014
The prominent journalist Marzieh Rasouli was summoned to Evin Prison on July 8, 2014, for the implementation of her sentence of 50 lashes and two years' imprisonment, she announced on Twitter, even though Rasouli has not yet received confirmation of the initial sentence from the appeals court.
"They quickly want to implement the sentence," she added on Twitter.
Her case is one of many recently, reflecting a current wave of arrests, prosecution under vague national security grounds, and imprisonment of journalists in Iran.
Rasouli was arrested on the eve of January 17, 2012, at her home in Tehran. She was detained for 40 days in Section 2-A of Evin Prison under the supervision of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards. She was released on payment of bail set at 300 million tomans (about $100,000) but was found guilty of "propaganda against the state" and "disturbing public order by participating in gatherings," for which she received the two years and 50 lashes sentence.
Rasouli is a veteran journalist who has worked for several reformist publications, including Shargh, Kargozaran, and Etemad newspapers. She writes on culture, music, and literature and has not been involved in any political activities.
Meanwhile, another journalist, Rayhaneh Tabatabaie, was summoned to Evin Prison on June 21, 2014, to begin serving her six-month sentence at the facility's Women's Ward, on charges related to publishing news about the opposition Green Movement.
In addition, a third female journalist, Saba Azarpayk, working for the Etemad newspaper and the Tejarat-e Farda weekly, was arrested on May 28, 2014, and has been held ever since in IRGC's Ward 2-A at Evin Prison. The only information about her situation, only surfaced on July 9 when her lawyer Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaie told the Iranian media Azarpeyk has been indicted under the charges of "propaganda against the state" and "dissemination of falsehoods."
On April 21, 2014, the journalist Hossein Nouraninejad was arrested by security forces and taken to IRGC's Ward 2-A at Evin Prison. He was released nearly two months later on June 16, on 200 million toman bail ($77,600), and is awaiting sentencing on charges of "propaganda against the state" and "acting against national security."
Another prominent journalist and former central council member of the Tahkim Vahdat student organization, Serajeddin Mirdamadi, is in temporary detention at Section 2-A, awaiting trial at Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court on August 2 on charges of "propaganda against the state" and "assembly and collusion against national security."
The veteran Iranian journalist Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, who has served as the chief editor of several newspapers, wrote on his Facebook page on June 29, 2014, that judiciary officials have charged him with "propaganda against the state" for his speeches at international and regional journalism conferences. He has been freed on bail of approximately $80,000 and banned from traveling outside the country for the second time.
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
Iran ( political prisoner’s wife arrested in Tehran ) Evin prison for her ?
Posted on: 7th July, 2014
HRANA News Agency – Ziba Mohammadian, the wife of Mohammad Ali Taheri, has been arrested at her house last Wednesday.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ziba Mohammadian, the wife of Mohammad Ali Taheri, the conscience prisoner of Evin prison, has been arrested at her house on Wednesday, July 2.
An informed source told HRANA’s reporter, “Mrs. Ziba Mohammadian was arrested by two women and three men and transferred to Evin”.
The officers have investigated the house and have seized personal laptop, few cell phones and surveillance camera.
There were some reports about a letter from Mohammad Ali Taheri to Ahmad Shaheed in recent days.
Mohammad Ali Taheri is the founder of Universal Sufism (circles) and two complementary post treatment methods of Meta-treatment and Sciemtology.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ziba Mohammadian, the wife of Mohammad Ali Taheri, the conscience prisoner of Evin prison, has been arrested at her house on Wednesday, July 2.
An informed source told HRANA’s reporter, “Mrs. Ziba Mohammadian was arrested by two women and three men and transferred to Evin”.
The officers have investigated the house and have seized personal laptop, few cell phones and surveillance camera.
There were some reports about a letter from Mohammad Ali Taheri to Ahmad Shaheed in recent days.
Mohammad Ali Taheri is the founder of Universal Sufism (circles) and two complementary post treatment methods of Meta-treatment and Sciemtology.
Iran ( Three Christians arrested in Anzali, north of Iran ) Priest taken out of church arrested
Posted on: 7th July, 2014
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Seyed Alireza Ali Haghnejad, known as Mathews, the new converted to Christianity from Anzali city was arrested on July 5th.
Mathews is a priest of Iran church, who was arrested along with Mohammad Roghangir, known as Vahid and Soroush Rezayi, who are from the same church in Shiraz, in Anzali, at Mathew’s house, on Saturday, July 5.
The security forces have seized the holy books, pamphlets and personal computer of Mathews.
Previously, Yousef Nadar khani, another member of Iran church was sentenced to death, but because of the activities of human rights organizations the sentence was cancelled and he was released.
Behnam Irani, another member of this church, who is serving his sentence at Central Prison of Karaj was transferred to an unknown location for two weeks last month, despite his bad physical and health condition. He is deprived of all the rights of a prisoners like furlough.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
GAZA/JERUSALEM ( Rockets Launched from Gaza Hit Outskirts of Jerusalem )
GAZA/JERUSALEM – Rockets launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel struck the outskirts of Jerusalem late Tuesday, causing damage but no casualties.Witnesses told Efe that one rocket, which activated the air-raid sirens for the first time since Israel launched its offensive against the Islamist movement Hamas in Gaza, hit in the area of Mateh Yehuda, a mountainous zone west of the Holy City.
The Israeli press reports that a second rocket fell in a vacant area near Pisgat Zeev, a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem.
Earlier Tuesday, the municipal government had decided to begin opening the city’s air-raid shelters given the possibility that Hamas has rockets that could reach the city.
Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv, within a range of 70 kilometers (43 miles) from the Gaza Strip were already on alert for rocket attacks.
In a later communique, Hamas said it had launched four M75 rockets against Jerusalem, which is 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Gaza Strip.
While many Jerusalem residents are sleeping in shelters, others gathered downtown to watch World Cup action from Brazil.
Air-raid sirens have also been heard in Tel Aviv, where the Iron Dome antimissile shield intercepted at least one rocket.
The armed wing of Hamas said that it had launched rockets against Haifa, on Israel’s northern coast, more than 150 kilometers (about 93 miles) from Gaza.
Israel on Tuesday began a massive military operation against the Gaza Strip.
During the first few hours of the offensive, at least 18 people died, many of them civilians, Palestinian health officials said.
Defense Ministry officials said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had not ruled out a ground offensive and Israel’s Security Cabinet mobilized 1,500 reservists and called up 40,000 others to gradually reinforce regular troops on the border with the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu said at the end of the Security Cabinet meeting that Israel should be prepared for a “long, continuous and tough campaign against Gaza.”
The Israeli army said about 200 rockets had been fired from Gaza since June 12, when Israel began a massive search for three Jewish seminary students who went missing in the West Bank and were found murdered last week.
Israel blamed the kidnappings on Hamas, which has denied any role in the three Israelis’ deaths, and arrested 500 people, most of them linked to the Islamist movement, during the search.
Tensions between the two sides flared after a Palestinian teenager was abducted in Jerusalem last week and found burned to death hours later in a revenge killing for the murders of the three Israeli students.
Israeli security forces have arrested six people in connection with the murder, one of whom confessed on Monday and confirmed the involvement of the other accused.
SAN JUAN ( 10 Guards Injured in Prison Riot in Puerto Rico )
SAN JUAN – Ten guards and several inmates were injured during a large-scale riot at the Zarzal Correctional Institution in the eastern town of Rio Grande, Puerto Rican authorities said.The riot started after prison guards uncovered a stash of illegal substances, which led to a showdown with the prisoners, who in turn attacked the guards.
After several clashes about which few details have been reported, the riot was controlled by a prison service SWAT team, though the authorities are as yet unable to say how many inmates were injured.
One of the guards suffered facial wounds and was taken to the Rio Piedras Medical Center for observation and care.
BOGOTA ( Colombian Cop Killed for His Bicycle )
BOGOTA – A Colombian police officer died of stab wounds inflicted by three assailants who stole his bicycle, authorities said Tuesday.The commander of the Bogota police, Gen. Humberto Guatibonza, announced Tuesday a reward of 20 million pesos ($10,000) for whoever provides information about those responsible for the killing.
The incident occurred around 10:40 p.m. Monday, when Lt. Jesus Arango of the drug squad left work and crossed a bridge on the west side of Bogota on his bicycle.
On the bridge, located at a busy station of the TransMilenio transit system, he was attacked by three men who stabbed him several times and stole his bicycle.
Witnesses of the robbery alerted the emergency system, which in turn called the police to take Arango to the Colombia Clinic, where he died.
The investigation indicates that the criminals belong to a gang of bicycle thieves who prowl the capital’s bridges at night, and dismiss any possibility that the attack was related to Arango’s work as a cop.
Authorities are also investigating the slaying of a soldier in Medellin, the country’s second-largest city, who was robbed of his cell phone.
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