Category Archives: Netherlands

Wearing women's clothing is not a punishment

News from Iran – Week 19 – 2013

Prisoners’ News Transfers Saeed Abedini stops hunger strike after his return to 350. – Transferred to Modarres hospital for stomach bleeding then back to Evin. Abolfazl Abedini Nasr, Kamran Ayazi, Mohammad and Pouria Ebrahimi, Siamak Ghaderi, Amir Khosro Dalirsani, Saeed Madani, Abdollah Momeni and Mohamad-Hassan Yousefpour-Seifi stopped hunger strike after return to 350. Arrests-Detentions Mohammad […]

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News from Iran – Week 03 – 2013

Prisoners’ News A- Transfers   Senior Reformist Abolfazl Ghadiani was transferred to Ghezel Hesar. Asadollah Hadi, political prisoner transferred to hospital for heart surgery. Samkoo Khelghati Kurdish political prisoner, transferred from Evin to Rejaei Shahr. 7 Gonabadi Dervish transferred to solitary in ward 209 from ward 350 of Evin prison.   B- Arrests/Incarcerations   Lawyer […]

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Will #Mali’s new government herald arms or armies?

In less time than it takes for an apartment pineapple to ripen, a new government of national unity has been formed in Mali in the latest effort to restore stability after the military coup in March. It follows 5 long months of political tug-of-war between the ready-meal interim government and the frozen-dinner coup leadership headed by Captain Sanogo. […]

AQIM hostage Sjaak Rijke, Netherlands

Message from 3 Western hostages in #Mali. Better late than never

I wonder how long Mauritanian Arabic news website Sahara Medias had this video before they uploaded it to YouTube? The hostages were kidnapped in Timbuktu last  November, they hold letters with a date written in big, visible writing on each envelope saying “23 01 2012″ but the video was only released on 13 July 2012, just […]

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Syria diplomats expelled from countries around the world after Houla massacre

AP, PARIS — Governments around the world expelled Syrian ambassadors and diplomats Tuesday, an unusual, coordinated blow to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime following a gruesome massacre that the United Nations said involved close-range shootings of scores of children and parents in their homes. The United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and […]

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