Libye : la famille Kadhafi dispersée, les rebelles avancent vers Syrte. The Latest from Iran (19 August): "A Lonely Purgatory" 1940 GMT: Fashion Watch.
The hijab controversy (see 1330 GMT) showed up in the Friday Prayer of Ayatollah Alamolhoda in Mashhad, as he took direct aim at the special issue of the pro-Ahmadinejad Iran, "Black chador was approved by the Prophet and not Qajar kings! " Iran had featured an interview with a former senior advisor to President Ahmadinejad, who allegedly said that 19th-century Shah had brought the chador to Iran after seeing women dressed in black for evening parties in Europe. Alamolhoda said that those responsible for the "Khatoon" special issue must be judged in court. 1500 GMT: Political Prisoner Watch.
Zoleykha Mousavi, the mother of detained Hossein Ronaghi Maleki (Babak Khorramdin), has said that she has been warned by authorities, "If you continue to give interviews, we will arrest your daughters too. " Mousavi said earlier this week that Maleki had been beaten in prison. 1450 GMT: Campus Watch. Iran - Arrestation de la cinéaste iranienne et militante des droits de la femme, Mahnaz Mohammadi (29.06.11. Iran Essay Contest (3rd Place): Integrating Human Rights. EA has been honoured to support the essay contest run by Iranian Progressive Youth, "What are the Ways to Bring About Democratic Change?
". Over the next three days, we will feature the winning entries. Today's third-place essay by Raha Bahreini considers the challenge of integrating sexual orientation and socio-economic rights in the movement for change in Iran. In the Civil Society of today’s Iran, “Human Rights” has emerged as a central vehicle for progressive political claims, and protestors and activists routinely frame their demands for equality and justice in the language of human rights. A lot could be written on the international human rights framework of which the right to life and security, freedom of expression and association, equal protection and non-discrimination, and minority and cultural rights are a part and on the potentials and limitations of this framework for the struggle of Iranians for justice and equality.
Since then, we have been met by brutal force. The Latest from Iran (27 June): Messages for the Hunger Strikers. 1750 GMT: Ahmadinejad Watch.
MP Mohammad Dehghan has tried to check the move towards possible impeachment of President, saying that members of the Board of Parliament do not believe questioning Ahmadinejad is favourable for the country. Dehghan said he will talk with Ali Motahari, one of the leaders of the petition to interrogate the President. 1735 GMT: Elections Watch.
Iran Cartoon of the Day: The Victory of the Hunger Strikers (Kowsar) T.co / Twitter. Two years after Ahmadinejad’s re-election, Iran gets ready to protest. On June 12, 2009, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected president of Iran.
The highly controversial vote had sparked an unprecedented wave of protests in the country, dubbed the ‘Green Movement’. The demonstrations were brutally quashed by security forces and a feared Islamist militia called the Basij. The ‘green movement’ was gradually reduced, its members imprisoned or forced into exile. Nevertheless, some opposition activists are trying to rekindle the movement, two years exactly after Ahmadinejad’s re-election. A recent video shows a man painting graffiti on Tehran walls, calling for a massive protest on Sunday, June 12. In Censorship Move, Iran Plans Its Own, Private Internet. Douloureux anniversaire iranien. C'est en Iran que tout a commencé.
C'était il y a deux ans jour pour jour. Le 12 juin 2009, des dizaines de milliers d'Iraniens descendaient spontanément dans la rue pour protester pacifiquement contre la réélection à la présidence de Mahmoud Ahmadinejad qu'ils estimaient entachée de fraudes massives. Ce mouvement, baptisé "mouvement vert", mais qui ne remettait pas pour autant en cause les fondements de la République islamique, demeurait exceptionnel à plusieurs titres.
Il représentait les plus importantes manifestations dans le pays depuis l'avènement de la République islamique en 1979. Il sonnait pour la première fois le réveil dans un pays musulman d'une population face à son gouvernement, et allait servir d'exemple à toute une région... "C'est totalement faux", s'insurge Azam, professeur en université à Téhéran. Deux ans plus tard, le régime iranien a réussi à réduire au silence le mouvement. Un nouveau stade a même été atteint dans la répression. Rape and Torture: Legacy of the Post-Election Crackdown. Video Testimony from a Young Woman Raped in Detention, Most Detailed Account to Date UN Special Rapporteur Should Investigate Rape Allegations in Light of Rampant Impunity “The raw material of this video was originally obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting.
Reach them at information@cironline.org.” (10 June 2011) On the second anniversary of the disputed June 2009 election and the ensuing repression, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today released video testimony from a young female detainee describing in detail her severe torture and repeated rape after her arbitrary arrest. Her forceful testimony challenges the Iranian authorities’ official narrative, which denies widespread use of torture and rape by security forces against ordinary protestors. “Rape is one of the worst forms of torture and allegation after allegation of sadistic torture and sexual abuse continue to emerge,” said Hadi Ghaemi, the Campaign’s spokesperson. Flash - Iranian Stories.