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JINA MAHSA AMINI
The face of Iran's protests. Her life, her dreams
and her death.
And also
Read all about the assasination of the 22 year young Jhina Mahsa
Amini or Zhina Mahsa Amini (Kurdistan-Iran) and the Zan,
zendagi, Azadi (Women, life, freedom) revolution in Iran
2022
and the ZZA Revolution per month:
May--April--March--Feb--Jan
2023
covering
the period of the 'Women Life Freedom' revolution in 2023 and
with links to the period of the murdering of Jina Mahsa Amini on September 2022
'till December 2022
updated 6 May 2023
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'TO WEAR
OR NOT TO WEAR A HIJAB i.e. TO BE OR NOT TO BE A FREE WOMAN'
AND
MAY 2023:
'IRANIAN JOURNALISTS UNDER SIEGE' |
UPDATES: LINKS 2 'Blinding as a weapon' (menu to the right) AND
'Biological terror attacks' (menu to the left) go here:
www.cryfreedom.net/ZZA-JINA-FFF3-blinded-april-2023-eye-of-the-dragon.htm
Gino d'Artali
Indept investigative journalist
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Here we are to enter THE IRANIAN
WOMEN'S REVOLUTIONISTS against
'Facing Faces and
Facts 1-2' (2022) to commemorate the above named and more and food for
thought and inspiration to fight on.
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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.
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MEMO - Middle East Monitor - May 14, 2023
<<Shireen Abu Akleh personified truth to power
Since the shattering news broke of the brutal killing of one of
Palestine's most iconic journalists, an unmistakable sense of anger
began to surface across newsrooms in the Arab world and in many
different parts of the world, including South Africa. Shireen Abu Akleh
had been on assignment covering the settler colonial regime's military
raid in Jenin, within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, when she was
assassinated in cold blood. From eyewitness accounts by her colleagues
who were on the beat with her, it is clear that Abu Akleh was
specifically targeted. Her death was neither accidental nor the result
of a firefight between Palestinian resistance and the occupying army.
She died due to a premeditated plan by the Naftali Bennett regime to
assassinate her. Abu Akleh's profession required impeccable, accurate
and honest reporting, which she discharged with great integrity. Her
courage and determination to bring the unspeakable horrors flowing from
Israel's illegal occupation into the living rooms of millions, within
the Arabian Peninsula and beyond, stood as a bulwark against the Zionist
regime's goals to avoid public scrutiny. Her on-the-spot coverage of
daily violations by the apartheid regime, including detentions, home
demolitions, military raids and killings of Palestinians, placed her in
the crosshairs of Israel's terrorist army. Born and raised in Jerusalem,
Abu Akleh knew every nook and corner of occupied Palestine and 1948
Palestine. Her grasp of the territories, including her vast knowledge of
the history associated with the Nakba, made her an invaluable part of
Al-Jazeera's team.
Resourceful and professional to the core, Abu Akleh's iconic status was
unrivalled. Tributes that have poured in and continue to abound via
social media and mainstream platforms acknowledge her profound humanity.
In honouring her legacy, media houses and the entire fraternity serious
about journalism will need to discard the fear of being smeared as
anti-Semites by courageously reporting the reality of Israel's
brutality.
....
The assassination of Abu Akleh places an onerous responsibility on the
shoulders of journalists armed with their pens and cameras to not flinch
in the face of brutal suppression. Her untimely death has allowed the
world to witness a colonial settler regime that, to date, has escaped
consequences for its gross violations and abuses of fundamental human
rights. Unless this changes, expect Israel's illegal occupation and war
crimes to continue unabated. The agency of change possessed by media
activists must thus be utilised to the optimum. It cannot, and dare not,
be a passing phase which is obliterated and forgotten once the cameras
move on. We owe it to Abu Akleh and the thousands of journalists
worldwide to ensure that their unique role in highlighting injustice,
oppression and abuse of power remains a testament to the commitment to
truth and integrity. As a journalist at Al-Jazeera for more than two
decades, Abu Akleh had become a household name among millions who loved,
respected and deeply revered her professionalism.>>
Read more here:
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220514-shireen-abu-akleh-personified-truth-to-power/
MEMO - Middle East Monitor - May 11, 2023
Shireen Abu Akleh: friends and family visit resting place one year on
Martyred Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed one year
ago today, 11 May 2022, while reporting on a raid in Jenin in the
occupied West Bank. She was a veteran Palestinian reporter for Al
Jazeera, and revered by many across the occupied territories and beyond.
Several journalistic investigations into her death have provided
evidence that the Israeli sniper who shot Shireen could see that she was
a journalist, and fired at her with 'intent to kill' - according to
Forensic Architecture. So far there has been no serious international
investigation into her death, nor have any Israeli soldiers been
prosecuted.>>
Source:
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230511-shireen-abu-akleh-friends-and-family-visit-resting-place-one-year-on/
Note by Gino d'Artali: Maybe you ask what Shireen Abu Akleh'
assasination in occupied Palestina has to do with journalists under
siege in Iran. But you know better: a lot! Shireen Abu Akleh always has
been a role-model to me and I dare not even say I can compared with her
because I cannot! But I know one thing: never give up digging up the
truth!
For more information about her go here:
http://www.cryfreedom.net/Al Jazeera brings Abu
Akleh's killing to ICC.htm
NCRI - Womens Committee - in womens's news - May 11, 2023
Zhina Modarres Gorji Transferred to General Ward After One Month in
Solitary Confinement
Zhina Modarres Gorji, a journalist and prominent women's rights activist
from Sanandaj, was transferred from solitary confinement to the general
ward of the Sanandaj Rehabilitation and Correction Center on Tuesday,
May 9, 2023, after one month of detention. According to an informed
source, during her transfer to the general ward, this journalist had a
face-to-face meeting with her family for the first time during her
recent period of detention. According to informed sources, on Monday,
April 10, 2023, around 2 pm, Zhina Modarres Gorji was violently arrested
by the Intelligence Department of Sanandaj agents and transferred to the
city's Correctional and Rehabilitation Center. Zhina Modarres Gorji was
previously charged by the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court's Branch 1 with
<acting against national security by forming an illegal group and
joining it> in February 2023. She had also been accused of <propaganda
against the state> in the past. On September 21, 2022, Zhina Modarres
Gorji was arrested by agents of the Intelligence Department of Sanandaj
and spent 40 days in the women's ward of Sanandaj Prison before being
released on bail of 100 million tomans, on October 30, until the end of
her trial.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/05/11/zhina-modarres-gorji-moved/
Jinha - Womens News Center - May 11, 2023
<<Judicial pressure against women in Iran continues
News Center- Iranian security forces raided the house of Aliyeh
Motallebzadeh, journalist, women's rights activist and photographer, and
confiscated her mobile phone and other electronic devices. No
information has been received about the accusation against her. She has
been summoned to testify. Gazal Abdullah, daughter of Aliyeh
Motallebzadeh, made a statement saying, <We were alone at home with my
mother. The security forces broke our door and entered our house. My
mother argued with the members of the security forces. They took her
mobile phone and other electronic devices. My mother was told that she
had to go to Evin prison to testify in five days.> Aliyeh Motallebzadeh
is a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign for Gender Equality
as well as a campaign to protect acid attack victims. She was arrested
in 2016 and then released from prison. Masoumeh Soleimani taken to an
unknown location Masoumeh Soleimani, a wrestling coach and referee, was
arrested and taken to an unknown location by Iranian security forces on
May 10, 2023. There is no information about the accusations against
her.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/judicial-pressure-against-women-in-iran-continues-33254
Iranwire - May 10, 2023
<<Iranian Activist Matalabzadeh Assaulted by Security Forces, Summoned
to Court
Seven Iranian agents broke into the home of photographer, journalist and
civil activist Alieh Matalabzadeh and <physically assaulted> her,
according her daughter. Ghazal Abdullahi said in a tweet on May 10 that
the security forces confiscated her mother's phone and <all other
electronic devices.> They also summoned her to appear at the court based
in Tehran's Evin prison <within five days.> Matalabzadeh's summons comes
amid a crackdown by the authorities on dissent and the media. Last
month, the journalist and activist addressed the virtual panel
discussion <Dialogue to Save Iran,> which was organized by a group of
Iranian journalists and university professors. In her speech, she
criticized the government's repressive policies and accused officials of
being corrupt. Several other speakers at the conference have been
arrested or summoned by security agencies.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/116408-iranian-activist-matalabzadeh-assaulted-by-security-forces-summoned-to-court/
Iranwire - May 9, 2023
<<Jailed Iranian Journalist Samini Contacts Family 20 Days After Arrest
Iranian journalist Keyvan Samini was able to contact his family 20 days
after his arrest and revealed that he was being held in Ward 209 of
Tehran's Evin prison, his lawyer has said. The lawyer, Mustafa Nili,
said in a tweet on May 9 that the 74-year-old dissident journalist faces
charges over his planned participation in a virtual panel discussion
last month, amid a crackdown on dissent and the media. Samimi was
arrested in Tehran on April 20 and taken to an undisclosed location,
three months after his release from prison following two years of
incarceration. He was due to address on April 21 the conference
<Dialogue to Save Iran,> which was organized by a group of Iranian
journalists and university professors. Authorities said Samimi was
arrested for having <connections with hostile anti-state groups in
exile,> but they did not say whether he had been formally charged. They
also did not give any information about Samini's whereabouts to his
family. A week ago, Samimi's daughter, Adele, expressed concern about
her father's health, saying he suffers from a heart condition.
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A former editor of the now-banned intellectual magazine Iran-e Farda
(Iran Tomorrow), Samimi has been imprisoned several times, before and
after Iran's 1979 revolution. He was detained in December 2020 to serve
a three-year sentence and was released in January this year. In February
2022, Samimi was provisionally released from prison due to health issues
but was re-incarcerated in May.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/116378-jailed-iranian-journalist-samini-contacts-family-20-days-after-arrest/
Iranwire - May 9, 2023
<<Iranian Authorities Urged to Free Jailed Radio Journalist Shahrabi
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged the Iranian
authorities to immediately release a journalist who was arrested last
week on unknown charges amid a crackdown on dissent and the media.
<Iranian authorities must free journalist Sajjad Shahrabi immediately
and unconditionally and cease the practice of arbitrarily locking up
members of the press,> CPJ Program Director Carlos Martinez de la Serna
said in a statement on May 8. <Shahrabi's detention shows, shamefully,
that authorities do not find it necessary to disclose even a minimum of
details about why a reporter has been arrested,> he added. Shahrabi is a
reporter and radio host for the state-owned outlet Islamic Republic of
Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). He also hosts a weekly satirical sports
program for the state-run Radiojavan.ir. He was reportedly arrested on
May 3, after security forces raided his father's house in Tehran and
confiscated his and his family's personal and electronic items,
including the journalist's computer and notebook. Shahrabi is currently
detained in Tehran's Evin Prison. CPJ said it had been unable to
determine why the journalist was arrested or whether he had been
formally charged. According to the New York-based media freedom
watchdog, at least three other journalists have been arrested in Iran
since mid-April.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/116346-iranian-authorities-urged-to-free-jailed-radio-journalist-shahrabi/
NCRI - Womens Committee - in Women's news - May 7, 2023
<<Maryam Vahidian, journalist, condemned to 4 years in jail
Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced Maryam Vahidian,
a journalist, to four years in prison. Maryam Vahidian had been
previously pursued and imprisoned for <assembly and collusion with
intent to disrupt national security.> The verdict has been suspended for
five years. The trial for these charges was held on April 18, 2023, at
Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court. Maryam Vahidian, a journalist
reporting on workers' issues for the ILNA news agency, was arrested in
Tehran on November 27 and released from Evin prison on December 28,
2022. Reporters Without Borders noted that an unprecedented number of
female journalists have been arrested and imprisoned in Iran. Reporters
Without Borders has placed Iran in 178th place among 180 countries in
the World Press Freedom index in 2022, after China, Myanmar, and
Turkmenistan. Only Eritrea and North Korea are behind Iran. The
Committee to Protect Journalists announced Iran as the top jailer of
journalists in 2022. China, Myanmar, Turkey, and Belarus lag behind Iran
in the CPJ index. According to the CPJ, Iranian authorities have
imprisoned a record number of female journalists, a reflection of their
prominent role in covering this women-led uprising.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/05/07/maryam-vahidian-journalist-jail/
Iranwire - May 5, 2023
<<Arrested Iranian Journalist Abbasi Kept in Undisclosed Location
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urges the Iranian authorities
to release journalist Hasan Abbasi immediately and unconditionally, drop
any charges against him and put an end to <the practice of arbitrarily
locking up members of the press for doing their jobs.> <Authorities must
ensure that all journalists are able to cover newsworthy issues without
fear that they will be arrested,> CPJ Program Director Carlos Martinez
de la Serna said in a statement on May 4.Abbasi, a freelance
investigative reporter who covers news in the southern city of Bandar
Abbas, was arrested on April 30 following a complaint filed by Hormozgan
province’s governor over his reporting, according to news reports, amid
a crackdown on dissent and the media. It remains unclear where Abbasi is
being held or whether he has been formally charged. Reports said that
the complaint against Abbasi was filed in response to his coverage in
the semi-official outlet AshkanNews of retired sailors who had failed to
receive their pensions. Four days before his arrest, Abbasi posted a
video on social media saying that he was also facing another complaint
filed by the local office of the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Trade
accusing him of spreading <fake news> in his reporting on the ministry.
In December 2022, Abbasi was reportedly detained for his critical
coverage of alleged government corruption, was held for a week and
charged with disturbing the public order and spreading false news on
social media. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Iranian
authorities have arrested more than 95 journalists since anti-government
protests erupted across the country following the September death in
police custody of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/116223-arrested-iranian-journalist-abbasi-kept-in-undisclosed-location/
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