Italy Arrests 3 Suspects for Recruiting IS Members

ROME – Italian police arrested on Wednesday three suspects, a Moroccan and two Albanians, on charges of forming a terrorism cell that recruits jihadists from Italy and Albania to join the Islamic State, official sources said.

During the security operation “Balkan Connection,” Italian security forces apprehended a 20-year-old Moroccan, from the northern Italian city of Turin, who is believed to be the author of an IS propaganda document circulating on the Internet.

Accordingly, the Moroccan suspect is convicted of propagating terrorism over the internet.

The two other detainees, who were arrested in Turin and Albania, are accused of recruiting jihadists for the terrorist organization.

According to Italian media, the two Albanian suspects convinced a minor of Tunisian origin, living in Italy, to travel to Syria and join IS.

According to the director of the Italian Central Administration of Protection, Mario Baba, the arrests were made after two years of investigations in cooperation with Interpol. 

Nigeria: Hundreds of women and children kidnapped, locals say

Over 400 Children in Syria Recruited by IS Since Early 2015

BEIRUT – More than 400 minors have been enabled to join the Islamic State since early 2015 throughout areas under the group’s control in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, or SOHR, said on Tuesday.

At the same time, SOHR reported that at least 120 new jihadists have joined the IS since the beginning of the year, finding that “the last three months are considered the least in terms of proportion of joining to IS by fighters from all nationalities since the declaration of its self-proclaimed ‘Caliphate’ on June 28, 2014.”

The jihadist group continues “to attract and recruit children within its ranks under what so called ‘Ashbal al-Khilafah (lion cubs of the caliphate),” SOHR noted, adding that IS has recently opened youth recruitment offices in two Syrian cities, al- Mayadin and al-Bokamal.

“The organization also induces the parents and guardians to send their sons to these camps where the children undergo to Sharia and military courses,” the NGO documented.

The report explains that the IS curriculum in Sharia, Islamic jurisprudence, instills the extremist “IS ideology” in the hearts and minds of the children, while the military courses teaches them how to operate weapons and engage enemies in armed conflict.

IS is also reported by SOHR to entice children to join the group with money, weapons and cars, while the youth are often made to work as spies to gather information, and as guards on IS posts.

In two separate videos, thought to have been in part of the group’s propaganda campaign, youth members of IS were depicted allegedly executing two Russians and an Israeli Arab by gunfire, all of whom had been accused of being spies.

Mexico’s PAN Says 2 Party Activists Murdered

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s National Action Party, or PAN, confirmed that two youth activists were murdered and condemned their deaths in the strongest terms.

The victims, Martin Alonso Colmenero and Francisco Javier Aguilar, were both active members of the center-right party’s Youth Action Secretariat in the northern state of Chihuahua, according to the PAN, which called on authorities to conduct a thorough investigation.

“National Action is mourning along with the family and friends of these young activists who were killed in a cowardly fashion, and hoping they can soon find consolation after such a lamentable tragedy,” Sunday’s statement read.

The youths were found dead Saturday on the Aldama-Juarez highway with their hands tied and gunshot wounds.

“These young people were activists dedicated to serving the common good from this political institution and, at the time of their deaths, were working together on a rural property regularization program, among other projects, before being kidnapped and murdered in the state capital (Chihuahua city),” the statement added.

The PAN is “extremely concerned” about the level of violent crime in Mexico that recently “has affected some activists within our party,” Chairman Gustavo Madero was quoted as saying.

Yemen minister calls for military assistance from Gulf Arab states

Iran - Mohammad Ali " arrested ( Not the Boxer) Blasphemy charge

12 Instructors of Erfane Halghe Received Their 24 year Sentences

Posted on: 23rd March, 2015

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HRANA News Agency – 12 instructors of Erfane Halgheh (Interuniversalism Mysticism) have been sentences to 24 years imprisonment and about 100 Million Tomans Fines.

According to HRANA quoting from Mashregh, 40 followers and instructors of Erfane Halgheh were arrested in a teaching session and 12 of them were prosecuted and sentenced.

These 12 Erfane Halgheh Master’s (Instructors) who held teaching classes after the arrest of Mohammad Ali Taheri (the founder of this Mysticism) were prosecuted in court  on the same charges in a case made against them  and these 12 people were sentenced together to 24 years imprisonment and about 100 Million Tomans Fines.

Since they were charged with Blasphemy based on the degree of charges, they were sentenced between one to five years each and because of earning illegitimate were sentenced to Fines.

Also two individuals, who attended the protests formed in support of Mohammad Ali Taheri in front of Islamic Revolutionary Court, Evin Prison and in front of the Human Right Council office in Iran, were sentenced to 1 year imprisonment and 74 lashes each on the charge of disturbing the public peace.

This source continued in this report, Mohammad Ali Taheri is serving his sentence at Evin Prison on the charge of Blasphemy and his case is being reviewed for the charge of “Corruption on earth” and that the judicial system has been seeking advice from three supreme religion authorities (Marja Taghlid) who have confirmed Mohammad Ali Taheri’s Apostate crime has been agreed upon. A hearing took place on 11 March 2015 at the Islamic Revolutionary Court.

This News Agency added, during the past couple of month several groups close to Erfane Higher inside and outside of the country made claims about the critical health condition of Mohammad Ali Taheri. These claims continued to the point that sources announced his death and recently after Erfane Halgheh followers heard the news about his new court date and rumours about his health condition demanded an update on his health.  In spite of this, a clip was published on 16 March 2015 in which he was shown healthy in the court corridors and sitting next to his wife and later joined later by Alizadeh Tabatabaie and his other lawyer.

The user who published the 3 minutes clip on web mentioned in the description: “ an unexpected meeting with Master Taheri in the court corridor . Master’s health is good and despite what is rumoured, Master-as it is clear in clip- in is good condition. In the court, his wife was sitting next to him and Mr Alizadeh was there as well but I did not dare to approach them because of the security measures.”

Previously, 16 Erafen HAlgheh followers have been sentenced to 37 years imprisonment and 130 Million Tomans Fine and this is because considering the level of charged each of them received 1 to 5 years sentence and due to gathering of illegitimate funds – based on their income- they receive a Fine. Couple of them have been sentenced to lashes since Alcoholic Drinks were confiscated from them.

It is important to mention that some pupils of Mr Taheri believe this clip is fake and goes back to a long time before his hunger strike.

Iran - young laborer "beaten to death " by Iranian police ( returned to family dead)

NCRI - The Iranian regime’s henchmen killed a young laborer under torture after his arrest last Tuesday shortly before the Fire Festival marking the beginning of the New Year celebrations in Iran.

Mr. Mohsen Maleki, 25, who worked in a sweet shop was arrested on March 17, but his body was handed over to his family the next day with fractures, hematomas and injuries covering his face and various parts of his body.

According to eye-witnesses, he was completely healthy before his arrest.

Every year since 2011, the security forces had routinely summoned Mr. Maleki to police headquarters prior to the Fire Festival to threaten him not to hold the ceremony.

This year, following his summoning by regime elements, Mr. Maleki refused to report to the police headquarters.

Subsequently, he was apprehended by elements of the security forces and transferred to the security forces’ headquarters.

Hours after arrest, he lost his life due to the battering and savage torture he suffered at the hands of officers.

The Iranian Resistance calls on the UN Secretary-General, the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteurs, and other pertinent bodies, to strongly condemn this crime and it urges for the formation of an international delegation to investigate this atrocity and similar crimes such as the murder of Mr. Satar Beheshti, a laborer and blogger who died in custody in early November 2012 several days after being arrested by the Iranian Cyber Police unit for criticizing the Iranian regime on his Facebook page.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
March 22, 2015