Category Archives: Pakistan
News from Iran – Week 31 – 2012
News of the Prisoners A- Transfers Mostafa Daneshjoo, lawyer of Gonabadi dervishes, transferred to Modarres hospital. Amir Eslami, Gonabadi dervish, transferred to Taleghani hospital. Abolfazl Ghadiani transferred to hospital after beating in prison. Afshin Karampour, lawyer of Gonabadi dervishes, transferred to Milad hospital for treatment of his broken leg. Esmaeel Sahabeh transferred to hospital […]
News from Iran – Week 30 – 2012
News of the Prisoners A- Transfers On day 56 of hunger strike Human Rights activist Mohammad Sedigh Kaboudvand was admitted to hospital for 2 hours then returned to Evin. Narges Mohammadi is back in prison. Vahid Rastgoo transferred to methadone ward in Tabriz prison. B- Arrests/Incarcerations Mitra Aali was transferred to Evin 350 to […]
#Mauritania: On The Edge
In April 2012, it seemed that all Mauritania’s sources of discontent were erupting at once. But protests are nothing new in this land where a coup has been the answer to every political ill, whether real or imagined, for decades. Now Mauritania appears to be entering a new phase in its ever-evolving struggle.
News from Iran – Week 23 – 2012
News of the Prisoners A- Transfers Javad Alikhani transferred to hospital for too little time to allow proper treatment, and then back to prison. Jailed Kurdish rights activist, Mohammad Sadegh Kaboudvand, in critical condition after embarking on hunger strike, transferred to prison clinic. On day 8 of hunger strike, Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, in dire health […]
Al-Qaeda’s deputy chief in Afghanistan, a Saudi, reportedly killed
Kabul: Al Qaeda’s second in command in Afghanistan and one other unnamed militant had been killed in an air strike near the Pakistani border, NATO said on Tuesday 29 May 2012. According to media reports quoting International Security Assistance Force (ISAF),Saudi-born Sakhr al-Taifi, also known as Mushtaq and Nasim, commanded foreign fighters and directed attacks […]
