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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 15-1--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 18 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'
MAY 2023:
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.
Iranwire - May 26, 2023
<<Iran Urged to Hold Trial of Two Women Journalists in Open Court
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined its Iranian
affiliate, the Tehran Province Journalists Association (TPJA), in
demanding that the trial of women journalists Elahe Mohammadi and
Niloofar Hamedi be held in open court. The TPJA also renewed its call on
the Iranian authorities to release all journalists and media workers
held behind bars. It said a total of 13 journalists are still imprisoned
in the country for their coverage of the September 16 death in police
custody of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini and months of nationwide protests
demanding fundamental economic, social and political changes. Mohammadi
and Hamedi, who were among the first journalists to cover Amini's death,
have been in jail for eight months. They are set to stand trial on May
29 and May 30, respectively, on charges of collaborating with the <hostile>
government of the United States, colluding to commit crimes against
national security, and engaging in propaganda activities against the
regime. Spying charges carry the death penalty in the country. The
TPJA's committee that monitors the situation of detained journalists in
Iran issued an official request to the Iranian judiciary on May 24,
demanding that the court proceedings be open and accessible to the
public and the media. It also called on the judicial authorities to
allow the presence of a chosen lawyer to uphold the right of Hamedi and
Mohammadi to a fair trial. <Unfortunately, in recent years, the existing
procedure has been such that these types of trials have been held in
private and without the presence of the media, a method that prevents
the public from being informed about the hearing's details and the truth
of the matter,> the TPJA said on May 25. IFJ president Dominique
Pradalie said in a statement on May 26, <We strongly warn the Iranian
authorities about giving massive court judgments to journalists Hamedi
and Mohammadi, who have been <unfairly detained....for simply doing
their job.> <The imprisonment of journalists sends an alarming sign at
the international level,> he added. <We once again condemn the unfounded
accusations against our colleagues and urge the authorities to drop all
charges against them. Journalism is not a crime and the Islamic Republic
must release all imprisoned journalists and media workers in the
country.>
Hamedi, a reporter for the Tehran-based Shargh Daily, was arrested in
September after publishing a photograph of Amini's parents in Tehran's
Kasra Hospital, a few days after the young woman's death. Mohammadi of
the daily newspaper HamMihan was taken into custody for her coverage of
Amini's funeral in her hometown of Saqqez. Human rights groups and media
freedom watchdogs have condemned the arrest and prosecution of Hamedi
and Mohammadi, as well as the Islamic Republic's ongoing clampdown on
dissent and the media.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/116935-iran-urged-to-hold-trial-of-two-women-journalists-in-open-court/
Iranwire - May 17, 2023
<<Media Watchdog Denounces <Climate of Fear> for Iranian Journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged the Iranian authorities to
<stop terrorising> journalists and release all those detained during
their months-long crackdown on dissent and the media. <The Islamic
Republic of Iran has resumed its heavy-handed arrests of journalists
after a brief respite,> the Paris-based media freedom watchdog said in a
statement on May 17. <What with their being subjected to raids on their
homes, physical violence and being held incommunicado, this renewed
climate of fear for Iranian journalists is unacceptable,> said Jonathan
Dagher, head of RSF's Middle East desk.Alieh Matalabzadeh, a freelance
photojournalist and women's rights activist, is one of the latest
victims of the clampdown. She was manhandled when police officers raided
and searched her home on May 10 and ordered her to present herself for
interrogation at the prosecutor's office in Tehran’s Evin prison within
five days. Matalabzadeh was targeted for participating in an virtual
panel discussion last month that was organized by a group of Iranian
journalists and academics. In her speech, the journalist and activist
criticized the government's repressive policies and accused officials of
being corrupt. On the eve of this event, Keyvan Samini, a well-known
74-year-old journalist who planned to participate, was arrested for
having <connections with hostile anti-state groups in exile.> He was
held incommunicado for 20 days, before being transferred to Evin prison.
Sajjad Shahrabi, a journalist with state-owned Republic of Iran
Broadcasting (IRIB), was arrested on May 3 and taken to Evin prison
after security forces raided his father's home, where he lives, and
confiscated his and his family's personal and electronic items.
It is not yet known what he is accused of.
Shahrabi also hosts a weekly satirical sports program for the state-run
Radiojavan.ir. RSF said that the Iranian authorities have arrested 75
journalists since the start of nationwide protests in September 2022.
Seventeen of them are still incarcerated.
<Despite a series of pardons for journalists in March, many are still
being harassed, spied on or threatened,> the group said, adding that <at
least one pardon for an exile journalist was recently revoked.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/116627-media-watchdog-denounces-climate-of-fear-for-iranian-journalists/
Iranwire - May 16, 2023
PEN America Honors Jailed Iranian Activist Mohammadi
Iranian writer and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has been
awarded the prestigious PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award, which is
given to honor writers who are political prisoners. Mohammadi's husband,
journalist and activist Taghi Rahmani, will accept the prize on her
behalf at the organization's annual literary gala in New York on May 18,
the open expression advocacy group PEN America said in a statement on
May 15. <Narges Mohammadi inspires awe across the world for her
unflinching courage and resistance to the Iranian government's
determined campaign to silence her,> PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel
said. <The sacrifices that she and her family have made are
heartbreaking. She is a beacon for free expression in one of the most
harsh places in the world for writers, journalists, and artists.>
The PEN/Barbey prize is given annually to writers persecuted for their
work.
The 51-year-old Mohammadi has a long history of imprisonment and harsh
punishment, including torture and long periods in solitary confinement.
Sheis currently serving a 16-year sentence in Tehran's Evin Prison on
charges of <spreading anti-state propaganda> and defamation. Earlier in
May, the activist was among three imprisoned Iranian women to receive
the United Nations' World Press Freedom Prize.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/116581-pen-america-honors-jailed-iranian-activist-mohammadi/
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/
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/
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/
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.
....
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/
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