August 01, 2006
Iranian Dissident Dies in Prison.
Akbar Mohammadi was on hunger strike. He succumbed after only five days according to official Iranian sources. His friends however claim it was closer to 30 days. Iranian authorities claim they attempted to feed him medically but he refused. One has to wonder just how concerned they were and how hard they tried. I was going to put this in the roundup below but a man’s death deserves his own post. Let’s pray for this man’s family and for all those opposing the Iranian Mullahs.
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Radio Free Europe: PRAGUE, July 31, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The Student Committee of Human Rights Reporters of Iran reported Mohammadi's death in a statement released today.
The news was soon confirmed by Sohrad Soleimani, the head of Tehran Province's prison authority.
Soleimani told Iran's ISNA student news agency that Mohammadi fell ill while showering with other inmates, then died during his transfer to the prison infirmary.
Soleimani did not elaborate on the cause of death, saying coroners have not yet reached a conclusion...
...Reports suggest Mohammadi had been on hunger strike since July 23. But a fellow inmate -- another former dissident student -- told Reuters today that Mohammadi launched his protest in May in a bid to secure his release.
Mohammadi's lawyer, Nemat Ahmadi, told Radio Farda today that his client sounded resolute about not letting his determination falter:
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Howie, why can't people see beyond the left and right? Don't they know that by putting economics aside, all dictatorships are the same? People in this country need to reevaluate what they reallly are. Many anti-gay people in this country don't care that Iran executed two gay teenagers and people would have executed them if given the chance.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4725959.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4725959.stm
Posted by: anarchistmanifesto at August 01, 2006 05:05 PM (YsTfk)
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I can hear the Iranian Prefect of Police now. "I was just filling out the report. We haven't decided yet wether he commited suicide or was shot rying to escape..."
Posted by: Cybrludite at August 01, 2006 06:15 PM (nWKBU)
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Hell, he should have requested a transfer to GITMO. At least we would have gotten two hots, and cot, with ocean view.
Posted by: Leatherneck at August 01, 2006 06:20 PM (D2g/j)
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Howie,
We Iranians have a simple prayer for people like that brave man; we say: "May his spirit be blissful [in Heaven], and may his name be eternally honoured."
I say the same prayer for all the service men and women of all allied nations who have died in the War on Terror.
We Iranians have a simple prayer for people like that brave man; we say: "May his spirit be blissful [in Heaven], and may his name be eternally honoured."
I say the same prayer for all the service men and women of all allied nations who have died in the War on Terror.
Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at August 01, 2006 06:29 PM (Bp6wV)
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Hopefully this will spark a revolution. A very very sad day.
Posted by: Some Dude at August 01, 2006 07:47 PM (WW510)
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I dunno Anarchist. I only have two rules about gay people. I'm not so please don't touch me and the marriage issue, no sorry.
Posted by: Howie at August 01, 2006 08:25 PM (D3+20)
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Oh and I thought this guy dying just after being in the shower was suspicious.
Posted by: Howie at August 01, 2006 08:26 PM (D3+20)
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Anarchist, you're kind of all over the place. Let me try to get this straight; you're a pro-gay, neo-fascist, anti-Jewish, pro-islamist, social democrat?
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at August 01, 2006 08:47 PM (v3I+x)
Posted by: Barney Coppersmith at August 01, 2006 09:15 PM (2BOvC)
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Howie,
Here are a few lines I've translated from the transcript of a conversation between a reporter and an older brother of the victim who managed to escape the Mullahs:
Reporter: "Sir, how exactly did your brother die?"
Reza M: "They forced some drug in his mouth; and returned him to his prison cell. His clothes were drenched in blood. After a half hour he passed away."
Reporter: "Did you contact your brother's lawyer?"
Reza M: "Yes, we've been in touch with his lawyer but the regime arrested the lawyer too, since apparently he had intended to write a letter to the UN Human Rights Commission."
Reported: "How did you learn about the stuff they put in his mouth and the bloody clothes?"
Reza M: "From other prisoners we know."
Here are a few lines I've translated from the transcript of a conversation between a reporter and an older brother of the victim who managed to escape the Mullahs:
Reporter: "Sir, how exactly did your brother die?"
Reza M: "They forced some drug in his mouth; and returned him to his prison cell. His clothes were drenched in blood. After a half hour he passed away."
Reporter: "Did you contact your brother's lawyer?"
Reza M: "Yes, we've been in touch with his lawyer but the regime arrested the lawyer too, since apparently he had intended to write a letter to the UN Human Rights Commission."
Reported: "How did you learn about the stuff they put in his mouth and the bloody clothes?"
Reza M: "From other prisoners we know."
Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at August 01, 2006 09:20 PM (Bp6wV)
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Akbar Mohammadi, a 36 year-old pro-democracy activist who was on a hunger strike to protest his own detention and call for the release of all political prisoners, died in the Evin Prison in Tehran
Posted by: nima at August 02, 2006 05:57 AM (aP/dL)
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IM it seems to me he is being exacly what he says anarchist. Anarchism is fun becuase you can drop all those term you used into a hat, mix em up and whallah. Any way the wind blows.
Posted by: Howie at August 02, 2006 08:29 AM (D3+20)
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Please don't run the little guy off. He's funny.
Posted by: Greyrooster at August 02, 2006 03:38 PM (XqAoh)
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