Iran ( Inmates pay twice the amount for prison food )

High prices and black market at Rajai Shahr Prison

Posted on: 13th November, 2014

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Rajai-Shahr Prison in Karaj, Tehran, Iran

HRANA News Agency – Prisoners of various wards in Rajai Shahr prison have complained about goods high prices and black markets by prison’s shop and they say prison officials do not handle their complain.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), each of wards in Rajai Shahr prison, in Karaj, included 3 Halls, has a shop in its yard.

Considering prison’s poor quality foods, prisoners have to buy their needs from prison stores. It is a while that prisoners of Rajai Shahr prison complain about the prison stores’ high prices, but they say that the prison governor has not done anything regarding our complaint.

These expensive prices sometimes are up to twice than the actual price of the goods outside the prison.

Rajai Shahr prisoners also, say that the shop officials sell some of the goods at once to some of the prisoners to launch a black market inside the wards.

A prisoner from Rjai Shahr prison of Karaj, in a contact with HRANA’s reporter said: “Most prices of the goods in prison stores are twice up than normal. We were announced today that as tomato is the prisoners’ main order, its price is 6 thousands Tomans per kilo, while out of the prison it is 3 thousands Toman. All kind of fruits are 1500 Toman more expensive than its price out of prison”.

He also said: “The other problem we have is that some of the prisoners coordinate the prison shop and prison shop sells some items at once to those prisoners. This will cause the black market inside the wards. For example, last month there were sewing scissors with a price of 6 thousands Tomans, but the scissors were not sold in the store and now its price is 70 thousands Tomans on the black market sales”.

This prisoner also added: “The quality of prison food is very low and a number of cockroaches and even rats have been found in food. That’s why prisoners do not tend to eat prison’s food. There is no choice but to buy from wards stores, and that causes financial abuse of prisoners. Prisoners’ representative has talked to prison governor about it, but he does not respond effectively to our complaint.”

Iran ( Woman arrested for activities in cyberspace )

Nahid Gorji is still under detention

Posted on: 11th November, 2014

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HRANA News Agency – Nahid Gorji, a citizen of Mashhad, has been arrested because of her activities in cyberspace and she is still in uncertain condition in prison and the investigator has refused lawyers for his case.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Nahid Gorji who was arrested by security forces one month ago is still in uncertain condition under detention.

The family of this Mashhadi citizen has introduced a lawyer to pursue her case, but “Heidari”, the investigator who handles the case has announced that in these circumstances he does not accept lawyers in security cases.

An informed source told HRANA’s reporter: “The authorities have set a bail of 400 million Thomans for Nahid Gorji and her family is not able to deposit the amount of this bail”.

He also added: “Ms Gorji is now in the custody of security agencies and although they had promised to transfer her to Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad, but, they have not done it yet.”

That is to say, on 11th October, Nahid Gorji was arrested due to activities in cyberspace in her house in Mashhad by the Security Forces.

Pakistan brothers kill mother, sisters on adultery suspicions

Two Pakistani brothers were arrested Tuesday for killing their mother and two teenage step-sisters after accusing them of adultery, police said.


The brothers, in their early thirties, were detained after their father reported the incident in the eastern city of Lahore.

“Shaban Ahmed, father of the accused, reported the incident to the police saying his sons have killed his wife, Sughra 50 years old, and his daughters Muqadas, 18, and Amina, 16,” local police official Mohammad Ayub told AFP.

Last year 869 women died in so-called “honour killings” according to the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.

The statistics highlight the violence suffered by many women in conservative Muslim Pakistan, where they are frequently treated as second-class citizens.

Many Pakistani women have no say in who they marry and disobeying the wishes of relatives is believed to bring shame on the whole family.

FBI Investigating Chinese Info Pirates in Postal Service Hack-In

WASHINGTON – The FBI is investigating Chinese government hackers for allegedly hacking into the U.S. Postal Service computers, putting the data of 800,000 employees at risk, The Washington Post reported Monday.

The investigation came to light just as President Barack Obama is visiting Beijing to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum.

Officials close to the investigation cited by the newspaper blamed China for the Postal Service hack-in, which the FBI discovered in mid-September.

However, the Chinese government has always denied accusations of cyber-spying, one of the issues that is tarnishing the relations between the two countries.

The cyber-intrusion was carried out by “a sophisticated actor that appears not to be interested in identity theft or credit card fraud,” USPS spokesman David Partenheimer said.

“It is an unfortunate fact of life these days that every organization connected to the Internet is a constant target for cyber intrusion activity,” the U.S. postmaster general, Patrick Donahoe, said in a statement.

“The United States Postal Service is no different. Fortunately, we have seen no evidence of malicious use of the compromised data and we are taking steps to help our employees protect against any potential misuse of their data,” he added.

Nevertheless, the USPS believes that the cyberthieves were unable to access the most important data, including names, birthdates, Social Security numbers and personal information about employees.

Credit card information on customers or data about purchases that have been made online from the Postal Service are safe, the agency said.

Shoring up the system to prevent new hack-attacks was carried out this past weekend and resulted in involuntary interruptions of the system.

FBI spokesman Joshua Campbell asked the public and postal employees to report to the federal agency’s online complaints department any suspicions or information they may have about who may be responsible.

Pregnant U.S. Teen Wounded by Mexican Cops During Chase

MEXICO CITY – Authorities in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas said on Tuesday they are investigating the conduct of police who fired shots that wounded a pregnant U.S. teenager.

The adolescent and her unborn baby “are out of danger, but remain under medical observation,” the state Attorney General’s Office said in a statement.

The incident took place shortly before midnight Monday near the international bridge connecting the Mexican city of Reynosa with Pharr, Texas.

Indira Michelle Blanco Gonzalez, 14, got into a pickup truck driven by a male friend after leaving a store.

Three state police patrols “approached the couple and ordered them to stop, but the minor’s friend ignored them and sought to flee at top speed,” the AG’s office said.

The officers fired shots at the truck’s tires to force the driver to stop, according to the statement. Once they had the couple in custody, the cops noticed that Blanco Gonzalez was wounded and took her to a hospital.

Prosecutors will question the officers involved in the incident, the Tamaulipas AG’s office said.

Arizona ( Chandler Police target Native American shoplifters only )

An Arizona police sergeant who told officers to take only Native Americans to jail for shoplifting will be punished with a demotion so that she can retire with a full pension after 2015.

A Chandler Police Department Internal Affairs investigation obtained by The Arizona Republic said that Sgt. Sue Freeman had responded to a shoplifting problem in south Chandler patrol district, which borders the Gila River Reservation, by ordering officers to jail only Native American shoplifters. Other shoplifters were to be given citations and immediately released.

“Your directive was interpreted by members of your team as removing any discretion for handling a shoplifting investigation and more specifically for singling out a race of people for disparate treatment,” the charges against Freeman indicated.One officer testified that he had heard Freeman give the instruction to officers as many as 12 times.

Chandler police spokesperson Sgt. Joe Favazzo told The Arizona Republic that officers refused to follow Freeman’s orders.

“I think it was probably a poor choice of words, poor communication,” Favazzo explained. “She was telling her officers not to give them a ticket. It was an unlawful order.”

On Oct. 16, Freeman signed a disciplinary agreement, allowing her to avoid termination and protect her pension. She will be permitted to stay with the department until at least Dec. 31, 2015 or whenever she obtains the 20 years of service needed to retire with benefits.

As a part of the agreement, Freeman was expected to lose her rank as sergeant.

According to The Arizona Republic, she would have received a lighter punishment if she had not already had two disciplinary actions on her record from 2012. Freeman also faces the possibility of termination before she is eligible to retire if she does not follow the terms of the Oct. 16, disciplinary agreement.

Young Israeli killed in West Bank stabbing

One of three Israeli settlers stabbed in the West Bank died on Monday, Israeli police said, adding that the stabber had been shot and killed, according to Agence France-Presse.

Police said the assailant stepped out of a car at a bus stop in front of the settlement, then stabbed three people before he was shot by a security guard adding that the attacker was in serious condition.

Medics said a woman of around 25 died in the attack on a road outside the Alon Shvut settlement.

“Paramedics confirmed the death of a young woman,” the emergency services said of the incident at a bus stop near the western entrance to the settlement.

Police said the attacker had driven to a bus stop near Alon Shvut and began attacking people with a knife. 

“A car stopped at the hitchhiking stop at the entrance to Alon Shvut, the driver got out of the car and stabbed three civilians who were standing there,” police spokeswoman Luba Samri said.

“The guard at the entrance shot the suspect,” she said.

Medics confirmed evacuating a man with serious gunshot wounds who was taken to a Jerusalem hospital, but he died shortly afterwards from his injuries, police said.

Monday’s incident occurred shortly after a similar stabbing gravely wounded an Israeli soldier at a Tel Aviv train station.