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Gino d'Artali
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When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi
figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da
qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so
called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali
The Guardian
28 Oct 2022
By Patrick Wintour
<<Iran unrest intensifies as three killed following protester's funeral
Iran appears to have entered a cycle of deadly violence after three more
people were killed by security officers overnight during a pro-test
rally held after the funeral for another protester killed on Wednesday.
Funerals for protesters have become flash points in the weeks-long
unrest that has gripped the clerical state since the death in police
custody of Mahsa Amini on 16 September. Hengaw, a Norway-based human
rights group, said security forces shot dead at least three protesters
in the city of Mahabad near Iran's western border with Iraq on Thursday
night. The deadly gunfire came after mourners paying tribute to Ismail
Mauludi, a 35-year-old protester killed on Wednesday night, left his
funeral and made their way to-wards the governor's office. <Death to the
dictator,> protesters yelled, using a slogan aimed at Iran's supreme
leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the Mahabad governor's office burned.
Amnesty International said in a statement late on Thursday that
<unlawful killings> by Iran's security forces had claimed the lives of
at least eight people in four provinces within 24 hours. In a highly
unusual admission of fault on the part of Iran’s security apparatus,
aut-horities in Sistan and Baluchestan province said the head of police
in the provincial capital Zahedan had been sacked due to <deficien-cies>
in his handling of protests in the city on 30 September. An internal
inquiry found that police had fired on protesters and that this
contributed to what the inquiry said was a total death toll of 35. An
order to pay compensation to the families of the victims has also been
issued in a further sign that the Iranian state fears that ten-sions in
the province have not subsided. The Zahedan protest had been called in
response to the reported rape of a teenage girl by a police commander.
Rights groups have put the death toll from that day - which has come to
be known as Bloody Friday among Iranians - at above 90.>>
Read more here:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/28/iranian-forces-kill-three-in-unrest-after-protesters-funeral
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: I very highly recommend to read also the
related article I quoted from below.
France 24
28 Oct 2022
Text by News Wires
<<Iran withholding bodies of slain protesters from families, says UN
rights office.
The UN human rights office on Friday voiced concern about Iran's
treatment of detained protesters and said that authorities were
re-fusing to release some of the bodies of those killed. The death of
22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody last month has ignited
protests in one of the boldest challenges to Iran's clerical leadership
since the 1979 revolution. Rights groups have said at least 250
protesters have been killed and thousands arrested. <We've seen a lot of
ill treatment ... but also harassment of the families of protesters,>
Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson of the Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights, told a Geneva press briefing, citing multiple sources.
<Of particular concern is information that authorities have been moving
injured protesters from hospitals to detention facilities and refusing
to release the bodies of those killed to their families,> she said.
Shamdasani added that in some cases, authorities were placing conditions
on the release of bodies, asking families not to hold a funeral or speak
to the media. Protesters in detention were also sometimes being denied
medical treatment, she said.>> (Reuters)
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20221028-iran-withholding-bodies-of-slain-protesters-from-families-says-un-rights-office
France 24
28 Oct 2022
<<Iraq's new government unlikely to solve crises
Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq's parliament has approved the government of Prime
Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani after more than a year of political
paralysis, but the war-ravaged country is far from reaching safe shores.
Sudani now faces the gargantuan task of delivering on pledges to fight
corruption and offer job opportunities to the country's disaffected
youth, all while grappling with an unpredictable political opponent. In
a bid to dispel criticism over his pro-Iran poli-tical backers in
parliament, he has also vowed not to <adopt the polarised politics> of
the past that saw Iraq split amongst fiercely rival camps. But oil-rich
Iraq has for years suffered rampant cor-ruption preventing the adequate
distribution of funds, and analysts predict no imminent end to the
country's protracted crises.
Will anything change?
>>
Read more here:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221028-iraq-s-new-government-unlikely-to-solve-crises
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr is able to call
forward tens of thousands of his followers to oppose this new go-
vernment and also look back at what he did in Iraq and last but
certainly not least he and his followers will at least try to get the
new government on his side concerning Iran's previous governmental
forces where hitting hard on the Zan, zendagi, azadi!> (Women, life,
freedom) revolution.
The Guardian
27 Oct 2022
by Clea kopelitti
<<'This generation is really brave': Iranians on the protests over Mahsa
Amini's death. Tens of thousands of Iranian protesters have marked 40
days since Mahsa Amini's death by gathering in her home town, Saqqez,
with people in Tehran, Mashhad and other cities also taking to the
streets. Here, four Iranians describe the 40th day and how the protests
have evolved in recent weeks.
Saqqez, Kurdistan province
I wasn't able to go to Aichi cemetery, where Mahsa Amini is buried,
yesterday but my siblings were there. Wednesday was the 40th day after
Mahsa's death. In Iranian culture people gather another time for her
loss. The governors had closed the road to Aichi so people had to walk
through rural areas to get to the cemetery. Some had come from other
cities. Governors had sent forces and basij [para-military volunteer
militia] from around Kurdistan province. I was very worried about my
siblings, they had to leave their phones at home because they were
concerned about GPS tracking. They said forces were using teargas in the
streets and shooting in Zindan square [on the way to Aichi]. My brother
told me the cemetery was really crow-ded. There were so many people; the
government had tried its best to prevent it but people still went. All
the people they knew in the city were there. In the cemetery my brother
noticed there were drones in the sky. He said it felt like there wasn't
a leader at the cemetery - that was the weakness of the event. They
weren't chan-ting in unity. If we had more freedom we could be more
organised - it's not people's fault.
....
Students are active and they go out on the streets. Parents are scared
but this generation [is] really brave and united. The police are afraid
of people and want to suppress them harshly. Some of the basij look very
young - just teenagers. Zeynab, 31
Tehran
....
Lately I have seen more and more anger. People are well organised now.
More slogans on street walls, insulting the regime and supreme leader
directly. There is no neighbourhood where you don't hear chanting
slogans every night. The city is full of anti-riot police. Peo-ple talk
about the situation and there [are] plenty of women without hijab in
streets and malls. I think the leaders are frightened. They speak to the
media more than past weeks trying to justify their ac-tions. They are
trying to ignore their violence and put the respon-sibility on the
people who are protesting. This is the basic strategy of the mullah's
regime: everyone is our enemy, and every country is our enemy and all of
these people in the streets are the enemy's forces. When you watch state
TV or state media you [would think] all the world is burning and we live
in heaven. But the broken technology, economy, corrupt government and
the strong hand of mullahs makes the country like a hell. Ali, 44, works
in advertising.
Fars Province
....
Me and my friends in Shiraz constantly ask each other about how we feel.
It's stressful and horrifying. It's a daily routine now. We say: <How
are you? Are you safe? Please take care of yourself.>
Even though this is a very religious and deprived small town, mostly
people encourage the protests, especially women. The majority want the
regime gone. I spoke to two religious women [and even they] were talking
about how the regime is brutally killing people. But sexism here is
still an issue. The movement has brought a new perspective - it's been
very impressive. People are talking about freedom a lot. And I see why
they're calling this movement feminist, because now women know how
precious they are. Something that they've forgotten this whole time -
this is something you can feel. Sara, 22, graduate
Mashdad
....
I didn't see people shouting slogans but almost all the shops are closed
- people who were on the streets, weren't just out for fun. I hadn't
seen this many basij on the streets since the beginning of the protests.
There were many people in the streets but they were not gathered
together. I could smell teargas. There were people honking in their
cars, which can be interpreted as a protest. I saw basij shoot at them
with paintball guns and some people being arrested and beaten in the
street. Before Wednesday, the protests in Mashhad started strongly, but
after a couple of weeks have become more calm compared [with] other
cities. I think this may be because Mashhad is more religious than other
cities. The protests here are not every day now - they're usually twice
a week. Before, they were in many parts of the city, but now they've
moved to specific streets.
....
When people see others beaten in the street fewer believe in reform. I
myself was one of those who believed in reforms four to five years ago,
but I later came to understand that reform is not possible under this
regime. I can see the change in my parents, too - my father par-ticipated
in all the elections since the revolution except in the last election
where he didn't vote. I think older people are mostly against the
corruption in government; for younger people the motivation is that they
want to have more freedom. I think the younger genera-tion, those who
are 16, 17, are much braver. These kids have been raised differently and
we can see the results. I admire them. Social media has had a vital role
in this. Many people, when they want to go and protest, they use
Telegram to set a time and place on the channels; when others see how
people have been beaten in the street they want to join and help. The
quality of the internet de-creases closer to night. You need a good IT
knowledge to get online in Iran. Many thought these protests would be
done in two weeks. They haven't finished and they don't seem like they
will finish soon. Hossein, 30s, teacher>>
Read all here:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/27/this-generation-is-really-brave-iranians-on-the-protests-over-mahsa-aminis-death
The Guardian
27 Oct 2022
By Patrick Wintour - Diplomatic editor
<<Iran protests reignite at funerals and commemorations for those
killed.
Protests against the Iranian government have suddenly regained momentum
as funerals for those killed and a highly emotional commemoration of the
movement have stretched security forces drawn into a further cycle of
arrests and repression. Dozens of towns were rocked by protests on
Wednesday night as mainly young crowds used the cover of darkness to
mark the 40th day since Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman, died in
police custody, sparking unprece-dented unrest. Official state news
agencies focused on an unrelated attack that left as many as 15 people
dead and 30 injured after three extremists fired at pilgrims inside the
Shah Cheragh, or Emperor of the Night shrine, in Shiraz. Protesters
appeared to have taken control on Thursday of Mahabad, a heavily Kurdish
city of about 200,000 people close to the border with Iraq. The unrest
boiled over when a 35-year-old Kurdish man named as Ismaeli Maludi was
shot dead on Wednesday, reportedly by direct fire from government
forces, according to Hengaw, a Norway-based group that monitors rights
violations in Iran's Kurdish regions. Another protester was shot in
nearby Sanandaj. After Maludi's funeral on Thursday a crowd attacked a
police station and the governor's office chanting <death to the
dictator> and <Kurdistan, the graveyard of fascists.> Grainy video
appears to show the streets packed with protesters, a bank enveloped in
smoke and the police station in flames.
Official news agencies said the protesters had smashed windows in banks,
the tax office and the civil registry, but denied the police station had
been seized. All market activity had stopped on Thursday as the protests
continued. The official news agency, however, reported: <The city is
completely calm, and life is normal and the fire and rescue services are
busy cleaning the city after the fires in rubbish bins.> Crowds also
gathered at the burial site of Nika Shakarami, 16, who died on 20
September in Tehran. Officials said she had killed herself and had a
history of depression. But video footage released by CNN appeared to
support the claim that she may have been shot during the protests. The
footage showed her hiding behind a car while fleeing the security forces
and urging the driver: <Don't move, don't move.> Nika's aunt had urged
crowds to come to her commemoration, but the security forces tried to
block the roads.
Her family say the state buried her body without their permission in
Vesian village in Khorramabad, the capital of Lorestan province. Chants
of <Death to Khamenei> were heard at her memorial. Nika's mother, Nasrin,
said in a speech: <I will for ever be in agony for your sufferings, but
I love you. When I see that pure seed of your thinking - freedom,
courage and honour blossoms in the hearts of other loved ones, I am
happy and grateful.> Nasrin previously gave an interview to BBC Persian
in which she said: <Like Nika, I have been against compulsory hijab
since I was a child. But my generation was not brave enough to protest.
People my age accepted years of suppression, intimidation and
humiliation, but my daughter protested and she had every right to do
so.> Iranian human rights groups said there were unconfirmed reports
that some members of Amini's family were under house arrest, but Reuters
was unable to verify the reports.
The protests have also taken on a more explicitly anti-clerical flavour.>>
Read more here:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/27/iran-protests-mahsa-amini-memorial
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