Category Archives: Iraq
News from Iran – Week 06 – 2013
Prisoners News A- Transfers Political prisoner Ahmadreza Ahmadpour suffering from multitude of illnesses hospitalized due to medicine administrated at prison. Adel Naeemi transferred from Evin to Rejaei Shahr. B- Arrests/Incarcerations Two weeks after release on furlough Mahsa Amrabadi returned to Evin prison Senior Reformist Feyzollah Arabsorkhi was returned to Evin from hospital […]
News from Iran – Week 05 – 2013
Prisoners’ News A- Transfers Student activist Amir Chamani moved to workshop section from the quarantine ward in Central prison, Tabriz. Pan-Iranist member Milad Deghan [43 days of interrogation in solitary ] moved to Ward 8 in Karoon Prison Political prisoner Reza Sharifi Boukani was moved from RajaeiShahr, Karaj to ward 209 in Evin in […]
Iraq Protests – 9 Demands
Elections looming on the horizon and 5 days of protests have led to a sudden burst of interest in Iraq, the country the world usually chooses to ignore. The protests erupted after the arrest of the Finance Minister’s bodyguards sparked already simmering anger. Prime Minister Maliki has denied ordering last Thursday’s arrests and suggested that […]
#Syria: #Refugee Crisis Deepens
Since Syrian protests developed into a civil war, the entire region has experienced an exodus of refugees from the violence. More than 250,000 Syrians have registered in neighbouring countries with the UN High Commission on Refugees, while many have fled without registering, and more than a million are internally displaced.
News from Iran – Week 36 – 2012
Prisoners’ News A. Transfers Dr. Nader Babaei transferred handcuffed and shackled to hospital with internal bleeding. Massoud Bastani and Keyvan Samimi were transferred to solitary confinement at Rajaei Shahr Prison. Iran’s oldest political prisoner, Abbas Amir-Entezam, discharged from hospital and allowed to go home. On day 17 of hunger strike, political prisoner Rasoul Herdani has been moved […]
