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Welcome to cryfreedom.net, formerly known as Womens Liberation Front.  A website that hopes to draw and keeps your attention for  babout the 21th. century feminist revolution as well especially the Zan, Zendegi, Azadi uprising in Iran and the and the uprisings of our sisters in other parts of the Middle-east. This online magazine that started December 2019 is published every week. Thank you for your time and interest.
Gino d'Artali
indept investigative journalist
radical feminist and women's rights activist 
 


You are now at the Iran 'Woman, Life, Freedom'  section
Click here for the Iran 'Woman, Life, Freedom' section 
Updated July 17, 2024                             
 
For the 'Women's Arab Spring 1.2' Revolt news click here  Updated July 18, 2024

 

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JINA MAHSA AMINI
The face of Iran's protests. Her life, her dreams and her death.

In memory of Jina 'Mahsa' Amini, the cornerstone of the 'Zan. Zendegi. Azadi revolution.
16 February 2023 | By Gino d'Artali

And also
Read all about the assasination of the 22 year young Jina Mahsa Amini (Kurdistan-Iran) and the start of the Zan, Zendegi, Azadi (Women, life, freedom) revolution in Iran  2022
and the latest news about the 'Women Live Freedom' Revolution per month in
2024: July wk3 P2 -- July wk3 -- July wk2 P3 -- July wk2 P2 -- July wk2 -- July wk1 P2 -- July wk1 -- June wk4 P2 -- June wk4 --  overview per month
 
and 2023: Dec wk 5 part 2 -- Dec wk 5 -- Dec week 4-3 -- Dec wk3 -- Dec 17 - 10 -- Dec week 2 and 1 -- click here for a menu overview November - Januari 2023


Tribute to KIAN PIRFALA, 9 years old and victim of the Islamic Republic's savagery 10 years ago. Update December 23, 2023

Editorial by G. d'A.: Dear reader, as a webmaster also I constantly have to guard the read-ability of the 'Cryfreedom'-outlet and sometimes decisions need to be made to have it be for your convenience and moreso in total support of the women-led revolt in Iran which inevitably will be a grand Victory. Still, choices must be made always and so I've decided to, for now, embed all the actual news about the 'NO-hijab; 'Biological terror attscks against schoolgirls'; 'Iranian journalists under siege'; 'Blinding as a weapon' and 'The hanging spree' as part of the 'Actual news' updates of the Iran 'Woman, Life, Freedom' section. But, if need be and urgent attention and action is needed concerning the above mentioned topics it will get an extra emphasized place as part of the actual news page-layout. Thank you for being a reader and for your support of the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' revolution.
Click here for the previously tabled topics

CLICK HERE ON HOW TO READ ALL ON THIS PAGE 

Here we are to enter THE IRANIAN WOMEN'S REVOLUTIONISTS against
the supreme leader, the arch-reactionary Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his placeman president, Ebrahim Raisi. The message of the women when he visited a university is plain: <give way or get lost> in 2023.
IN MEMORY OF ASRA PANAHI (16)- JHINA MAHSA AMINI (22) - NIKA SHAKARAMI (16), SARINA ESMAILZADEH (16) HADIS NAJAFI (20), AND MORE WOMEN WHO WERE ASSASINATED SO FAR BY THE IRANIAN AXIS OF EVIL.
  Click here for a total list so far

Dear reader, from here on the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' pages menu will look a bit different and this to avoid too many pop-ups ,meaning the underlined period  in yellow tells you in what period you are and click on another underlinded period to go there. However, when needed a certain topic will be in yellow meaning it's a link to go that topic and will open in a new window. If you dissagree about any change feel more than free to let me know what you think at info@cryfreedom.net
This does not count for the  above topics which, when clicked on, will still appear in a pop-up window and for now the 'old' lay-out 'till I worked that all out. Thank you. Gino d'Artali
(Updates July 19, 2024) z



UPDATES OF THE UPRISING  AND REVOLUTION AROUND THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JINA AMINI IN CUSTODY OF THE REGIME'S ATTEMPT AND CRUELTY TO TRY AND CRUSH IT. 

Articles about JINA
March 4 - February 27, 2024:
<<Iranian Teacher Arrested for <Illegal Gathering> at Mahsa Amini's Grave...
and more news

UPDATE: February 12 , 2024:
<<Unlawfully Imprisoned Activist and Organizer of Mahsa Jina Amini's Funeral Must Be Released on Medical Grounds
<<Mahsa Amini's Father: <Everything They Have Said and Shown is Lies>
and
WHO JINA AMINI REALLY WAS.
By Diako Alavi, a journalist from Saqqez and family friend of Mahsa Amini 
and
Jina Amini, the face of Irans uprising and revolution:
www.cryfreedom.net/the-face-of-irans-protests.htm
November 15, 2023 - <<Iranian Woman Arrested on Jinas' Anniversary Tells Her Story...>
December 12, 2023 - <<EU Remembers Mahsa Amini at Sakharov Prize Awarding Ceremony...>

December 23, 2023 - <<Saleh Nikbakht Interrogated at Khomeini Airport and the Sakharov Prize confiscated by Iranian security forces...>
























We all grief for the loss of our sister / daughter of Iran Armita Gevarnand:
 


Read her story here

AND

Updates of Jina Aminis' Revolution:
Part 16: December 28 - 16, 2023

Part 17: January 23 - 6, 2024
Part 18: March 4 - February 8, 2024
   

and links to earlier parts
 
Gino d'artali's opinion: We mourn AND fight!

And read also

ONGOING 'TILL VICTORY:
Jan 2024: 'WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM'
REVOLUTION

 

 

December 31, 2023 - Preface about the below 3 heroines of Iran by Gino d'Artali : Beacons of hope and inspiration on the road towards a long and free Iran . * Jina Amini, our sister/daughter who martyred herself for freedom; *Narges Mohammadi, our sister and as I call her 'mother of a free Iran' and winner of the Nobel Prize of Freedom 2023 and sentenced five times to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes but who refuses to give in to the mullahs' regime to wear a hijab or bow to their demands and therefore is refused medical care although needing it badly and bringing her live in danger but says "Victory is not easy, but it is certain"  * and Maryam Akbari Monfared, our sister who's encarcerated since 15 years and refuses to bow down to the mullahs saying "Finally, one day, I will sing the song of victory from the summit of the mountain, like the sun. Tomorrow belongs to us"
Read all about them here and let them inspire you on your road towards a long and free Iran or as we say in the West: 'Three strikes and the mullahs' regime is out'
Be the finalizing strike dear and brave dissent

 

 

 

A to VICTORY tribute to
NARGES MOHAMMADI
Update May 27, 2024
Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate criticizes the United Nations' planned memorial ceremony for Ebrahim Raisi, calling it "a commemoration of the executions and mass killings."

May 6, 2024
"Tyranny will fall"


"Victory is not easy, but it is certain"
watch it here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LAMPz57Aqw 
Updates:
January 23, 2024
"The more of us they lock-up the stronger we become"...

Click here for a news-overview from January 15, 2024 'till October 31, 2023
 

 

 

 

 



JINA AMINI'S VOICE IS ALSO HEARD
And do read the incredible update!

despite the mullahs' regime to force it down!
And her mother speaks out loud and clear

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 




MARJAM AKBARI MONFARED

Dec 30, 2023: Not bowing for the mullahs' regime she says: "Finally, one day, I will sing the song of victory from the summit of the mountain, like the sun. Tomorrow belongs to us"



 


June 19, 2024
Neda Agha Sultan Face of the 2009 uprising in Iran

 

 

 May 27, 2024
Zhina Modarres Gorji, Kurdish Women's Sentenced to 21 Years
 
 

Click here for more stories of Heroines of Iran 

April 30, 2024
Atena Farghadani - Target on her back

 

Please do read the following articles with mostly very 'Inspiring Stories' - click on the underlined topics -
Updates
July 17 2024: Activists behind bars
and
July 13 2024: Conditions of the Womens Ward
and
July 12 2024: Till Death Do Us Part--The-Deadly Cost of Divorce
and
July 9 2024: A Students Forced Disappearance
and
Click here for previous inspiring stories and  articles incl. Red Alerts

'The mullahs' regime / OHCHR* gallows' dance'

Update on this page:
July 8 - 4, 2024: The-death-sentence-against-Sharifeh-Mohammadi
June 15, 2024: Prisoner Swap with Iran is Shameful Reward
June 5 - May 23, 2024: It |Iran| puts people to death in order to terrorize the population into silence.
and other stories 
 
*OHCHR - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Click here for earlier reports

July 16 - 12, 2024
<<Iran seizes passport, electronic devices of Leyli Rashidi at airport...
and <<Women of Rojhilat demand unconditional release of Sharifeh Mohammadi...
and <<Iran's Anti-Execution Campaign Expands to 11 Prisons on 25th Week...
and <<Zarrin Taj Meshkini Ghalam: Over a Month of Uncertainty in Evin Prison...
and <<Political Prisoner Fatemeh Tadrisi Goes on Hunger Strike in Protest Against Prison Conditions...
and <<Six women's rights activists arrested to serve their prison time...
and more news but most with a 'give way or go away' yell!
 

 and it will also bring you through more news in June 2024  

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.



Prison of Rasht
NCRI - Womens committee - 13 July 2024 - in Articles
<<Lakan Prison of Rasht: Conditions of the Women's Ward
This report provides a detailed account of the conditions in the women’s ward of Lakan Prison in Rasht, highlighting the daily struggles and systemic issues faced by the inmates. The insights are based on first-hand experiences and observations within the prison.
Daily Life and Routine
The monotonous routine of moving between the cramped ward and the small outdoor yard marks the daily life of the inmates. This repetition becomes a constant reminder of the life they have left behind and the limited freedom they now endure. The ward's suffocating atmosphere contrasts sharply with the open sky, underscoring the stark reality of their confinement.
Physical Layout and Conditions
The women's ward of Lakan Prison, the only such facility in Gilan province, serves as a de facto exile due to its 250-kilometer distance from the province's farthest points. This distance makes family visits rare and challenging, exacerbated by the difficult travel conditions in Gilan, particularly in the rainy seasons. The ward comprises four narrow corridors with double-decker metal beds lined up along the sides, housing about 30 inmates per corridor. The separation of inmates based on their crimes is not strictly observed, leading to increased tensions and conflicts among prisoners with different backgrounds and anxiety levels.
Quarantine and Facilities
The quarantine section, called <Kanon,> is intended for new arrivals during their first ten days and for short-term detainees. This section includes a 50-square-meter outdoor area. A so-called <kindergarten> is also provided for children who accompany their mothers due to a lack of other guardians, although it lacks proper facilities for children.
Other sections include:
Etekaf Section: Originally for women accused of illicit relationships, now housing those with various offenses.
Shakibayi Section: Typically for financial crimes.
<Kosar> (Employment) Section: Mostly for those with long-term sentences or severe crimes, including many working inmates.
Entry and Security Procedures
The entrance to the women's ward opens into a small reception area where new arrivals undergo a stringent and humiliating body search process, including stripping and physical examinations. These procedures are repeated for any return from court hearings or external transfers, despite being against prison regulations.
Living Conditions
The physical space allocated to the women's ward is grossly inadequate, reflecting broader societal marginalization. The food provided is of poor quality and insufficient quantity, especially for those with special dietary needs. Weekly rations are meager, and fresh produce is rarely available unless purchased by inmates at inflated prices.
Hygiene
In Lakan prison, instead of installing clotheslines, old clothes are used, leading to the spread of various infections. The proximity to the polluted forests of Saravan also has detrimental effects on the prisoners' health. The prison water is very bad in smell and taste and is unhealthy. Only prisoners with financial means can buy bottled water. The monthly hygiene item quota includes a low-quality sanitary pad pack, half a pack of laundry detergent, a toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, and a razor blade. Items like underwear, towels, and slippers have been removed from distribution. Due to neglect in fumigation and keeping items on the ground, the prison is full of cockroaches and ants. The only hygiene measure is daily sweeping and washing of the bathroom, which is done by the prisoners.
Work and Education
Employment opportunities in the prison are limited to activities such as painting pottery, carpet weaving, and sewing medical gowns. These jobs provide minimal income, are often delayed and insufficient, and lack basic labor protections. Educational resources are scarce, with a small selection of books primarily comprising religious texts and low-quality novels.
Social Interaction and Restrictions
Phone calls and visits are severely restricted, with brief and infrequent allowances that do not suffice for meaningful communication with loved ones. The physical setup of the visiting areas further limits personal interactions, adding to the emotional strain on inmates.
Healthcare
Healthcare services are inadequate, with limited access to necessary medications and medical professionals. Emergency and specialized care are hard to come by, and routine medical needs are often unmet. The prison's dental services are rudimentary and provided by unqualified personnel.
Conclusion
The women's ward of Lakan Prison presents a stark picture of the harsh realities faced by female inmates. The systemic issues within the prison, from inadequate living conditions to insufficient healthcare and limited social interactions, highlight the broader challenges within the penitentiary system.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/07/13/lakan-prison-of-rasht-womens-ward/
 
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