Since June 2009 presidential elections and the coup that followed and people's constant demonstrations and objections against the 'selected' president Ahmadinejad, thousands of Iranians have been detained either on the streets or at home or workplace and taken to various unknown prisons. The number of people in custody and those murdered under torture or killed on the streets is uknown. The judiciary system which is supposed to protect the rights of people is working hand in hand with the henchmen of the 'selected' president. Therefore, families of the detainees are deprived visitations or even any news of the whereabouts of their loved ones. In some cases, the mutilated body of a son or brother has been given to the families long after he has been dead. Women have been in the forefront of the demonstrations and as a result many have been taken prisoners. We are concerned about these women as they have been denied access to lawyers or visitation.
A group of Iranian women outside the country have established a committee of solidarity with women in the Iranian prisons. The blog hambastegizanan(women solidarity) will update the readers on the names, cases and the situation of women in detention. Iranianwomenuk & focusiran are two sister weblogs which will publish the English version on the Persian solidarity blog. Please check with these blogs which publish information and news in English. http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/focusiran
www.iranienwomenuk.blogspot.com
Below are the names of some women still held in the Iranian prisons.
1. Atefeh Nabavi (arrested on 16 June)2. Bahareh Dowaloo (Human Rights activist,arrested on 8 July)3. Bahareh Hosseini (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)4. Bahareh Shahidi(Babol,arrested on 17 June)5. Elaheh Imanian (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University dormitories at midnight on June 14)6. Ezat Torbati (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories midnight on June 14)7. Fariba Vatankhah (27 years old,Tehran arrested on 9 July)8. Farnaz Mo'ayerian (22-year-old)9. Fateme Ziaii Atefeh Nabavi10. Haleh Sahabi (54 yeasr old , Women’s activist, arrested on 05.08.2009)11. Hengameh Shahidi (journalist ,member of Tehran branch national trust ,arrested on 29 June)12. Jamileh Salar (Amol, 17 June)13. Laya Farzadi (in Tabriz)14. Layla Asfari (student at Zanjan Uni .,arrested on 16 June)15. Leila Soleimani (arrested on 15 June)16. Mahsa Amrabadi (journalist and blogger in Tehran arrested 14 June)17. Malihe Dadkhah (Mohammad Ali's daughter ,8 Juky)18. Marjan Abdolahian (photographer , arrested date :unknown)19. Marjan Fayazi (student at Mazandaran University arrested June 22)20. Maryam Ameri ( member of Karroubi-s Campaign)21. Maryam Khazayee ( children's rights activist)22. Maryam Zolfaghar23. Marziyeh Bagheri (24 years old, arrested 9 July)24. Mehdieh Hejazi (28 years old, arrested on 09.07.2009, currently in Evin prison)25. Ms. Azmoudeh26. Ms. Babakhani27. Ms. Sabeti (member of freedom movement of Iran-Tabriz)28. Nahid Siahvand (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)29. Nasrin Kargar (Kermanshah)30. Nastaran Khodarahimi (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)31. Nazi Kalantari (27 years ,Tehran ,arrested on 8 July)32. Rojin Yeganeh (Kermanshah)33. Roshanak Siasi34. Saiede Kordinejad (graduate student in Economics)35. Sara Mahboubi36. Sara Memaran (29 years old , 20 June)37. Shahin Fathi (Unknown ) ?38. Shahin Nasirinia (arrested on 20.06. 2009, currently in Evin prison)39. Shahin Nourbakhsh( member of the Iran Participation Front) ?40. Sheela Najafi (leftist activist,poet and expelled student ,Amol city )41. Shiva Nazarahari (a member of the Reporters of Human Rights Committee and a journalist arrested 13 June)42. Sima Didar (Blogger and activist)43. Sima Nasrati(blogger)44. Sogand Alikhah ( student at Mazandaran University arrested June 22)45. Somayeh Tajdar(26 years old Tehran arrested on 9 July)46. Somayeh Tohidlou (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)47. Sousan Ale Agha Nasser (student, arrested on 09.07.2009, currently in Evin prison)48. Zahra Nozari (Pouya Maqsoud Beigi 's mother who was arrested due to mourning for his son )49. Zahra Tohidi (an expelled graduate student arrested June 17)50. Zhila Baniyaghoub( journalist and editor in charge of the Iranian Women’s Center website arrested 20 June)51. Zohreh Aqajari (member of Islamic Iran Participation Front )52. Zoya HassaniAlso:Clotilde Reiss (French journalist and graduate student at the eminent Lille Political Sciences Institute June 2009)MissingMahnaz Enayati (unheard of since 20 June )
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Iranian prisons dungeons of dark ages
Women and young men in imminent danger in the prisons of the Iranian regime.
Rouhi Shafii
Since the election-coup on 12 June 2009, thousands of people have been kidnapped, detained and arrested in various locations by variuos layers of security forces who are not accountable to anyone. Among them the situation of young men and women is significantly dangerous. Cases of rape of young men has repeatedly been reported. A few who were released have spoken of being gang-raped and tortured for days. Whether these men would ever be able to lead a normal life is in seriuos doubt. Worse than that is the situation of women. When a group of thugs enters a house and take the wife away in an unknown car, no one can imagine the agony of her husband and her family( Somaieh Towhidlou, 28 July, 3 am). Even if a woman gets to prison unharmed, she is prone to all types of dangers as no law governs the Iranian prisons regarding the human rights of the prisoners. We are deeply concerned about women prisoners as they are kept in solitary for days even weeks with no access to lawyer or contact with their families. Even if in these situations they are abused, in a society which stigmatises women they would not be able to talk about it. The case of a young woman, Taraneh Mousavi whose family refused to disclose the details of her tragic death is an example. Apart from immidiate danger, there are women who have been kept without charge or trial; Shiva Nazar-Ahari, Mahsa Amrabadi (who is pregnant), Zahra Towhidi, Sowgand Alikhah, Marjan Fiazi, Djila Baniyakoob, Maryam Zolfaghari, Hengameh Shahidi, Sara Mahboobi, Eleheh Imanian are among the many who are kept in Evin prison without access to a lawyer.
Among women, Shadi Sadr a prominent lawyer was lucky to be released after 11 days with a heavy endownment. Shadi was kidnapped in braod daylight and in front of many spectators. She was beaten up while her Islamic dress was ripped off and her scarf taken away. She was taken away in a van which sped off to the unknown. In the recent months prior to elections and in the opposition to the election-coup Iranian women have fought alongside men and have proved to be on equal footage with them. Consequently, they have not been spared the beatings, assualt and imprisonment. When these dark days come to an end, no one can claim that women were in any way behind men. It is enough one listens to the night chantings on the rooftops of Tehran to hear the loud female voices chanting 'death to the dictator'. It is enough one looks at the photos taken from the streets of big cities to see women at the forefront of demonstrations and rallies. It is time we say once and for all that Iranian women have proved to be equal with men in all fronts in all situations at all times. End
Rouhi Shafii
Since the election-coup on 12 June 2009, thousands of people have been kidnapped, detained and arrested in various locations by variuos layers of security forces who are not accountable to anyone. Among them the situation of young men and women is significantly dangerous. Cases of rape of young men has repeatedly been reported. A few who were released have spoken of being gang-raped and tortured for days. Whether these men would ever be able to lead a normal life is in seriuos doubt. Worse than that is the situation of women. When a group of thugs enters a house and take the wife away in an unknown car, no one can imagine the agony of her husband and her family( Somaieh Towhidlou, 28 July, 3 am). Even if a woman gets to prison unharmed, she is prone to all types of dangers as no law governs the Iranian prisons regarding the human rights of the prisoners. We are deeply concerned about women prisoners as they are kept in solitary for days even weeks with no access to lawyer or contact with their families. Even if in these situations they are abused, in a society which stigmatises women they would not be able to talk about it. The case of a young woman, Taraneh Mousavi whose family refused to disclose the details of her tragic death is an example. Apart from immidiate danger, there are women who have been kept without charge or trial; Shiva Nazar-Ahari, Mahsa Amrabadi (who is pregnant), Zahra Towhidi, Sowgand Alikhah, Marjan Fiazi, Djila Baniyakoob, Maryam Zolfaghari, Hengameh Shahidi, Sara Mahboobi, Eleheh Imanian are among the many who are kept in Evin prison without access to a lawyer.
Among women, Shadi Sadr a prominent lawyer was lucky to be released after 11 days with a heavy endownment. Shadi was kidnapped in braod daylight and in front of many spectators. She was beaten up while her Islamic dress was ripped off and her scarf taken away. She was taken away in a van which sped off to the unknown. In the recent months prior to elections and in the opposition to the election-coup Iranian women have fought alongside men and have proved to be on equal footage with them. Consequently, they have not been spared the beatings, assualt and imprisonment. When these dark days come to an end, no one can claim that women were in any way behind men. It is enough one listens to the night chantings on the rooftops of Tehran to hear the loud female voices chanting 'death to the dictator'. It is enough one looks at the photos taken from the streets of big cities to see women at the forefront of demonstrations and rallies. It is time we say once and for all that Iranian women have proved to be equal with men in all fronts in all situations at all times. End
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