*Sun of Iran*, a song for Nasrin Sotoudeh, prisoner of conscience in Iran<http://www.tlaxcala-int.org/article.asp?reference=8513> http://www.tlaxcala-int.org/article.asp?reference=8513 According to reports from Tehran, the imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoodeh has started a hunger strike on 17 October 2012 to protest refusal on the part of prison authorities to allow regular visits from her children and other family members. Nasrin Sotoodeh who is currently serving a 6 year prison term has been in prison since September 4, 2010 without even one day of furlough, and security officials have denied her regular visits from her family.
*Mahsa Vahdat & Mighty Sam McClain - Sun of Iran * ** *video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqi0y8HIXV0* Nasrin Sotoudeh is an iranian lawyer a has been imprisoned in Tehran since September 2010. Her crime was to defend human rights activists. She also defended people who were sentenced to death for crimes committed when they were children. Letter from Prison: Nasrin Sotoudeh explains to her children why she can’t see them <http://persian2english.com/?p=23128> http://persian2english.com/?p=23128 -------------------------- http://persian2english.com/?p=24302 FOUR WOMEN STONED TO DEATH IN IRAN – CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION <http://persian2english.com/?p=24302> November 03, 2012 Based on reports received by the Melli-Mazhabi (Religious-Nationalist) website, security agents from the Iranian Judiciary transferred the bodies of four women who had been stoned to death to the Tehran forensic medicine department. HEADLINES <http://persian2english.com/?p=24288> Human rights groups urge UN to cease anti-drug trafficking funding until Iranian authorities renounce use of death penalty for drug-related offences<http://persian2english.com/?p=24288> October 10, 2012 Today, on International Day against the Death Penalty, groups dedicated to human rights issues inside Iran and the cessation of the death penalty have called for a moratorium on international funding to Iran’s anti-drug trafficking programs until such time Iran renounces its policy of execution for those convicted of drug-related offenses. ----------------------------------------- http://iranlaborreport.com/ Latest Posts Isfahan ّFuel Truck Drivers Go on Strike<http://iranlaborreport.com/?p=2071> October 27, 20120 <http://iranlaborreport.com/?p=2071#respond> On October 24, fuel tank drivers stopped delivering gasoline to the stations causing long jams at the gas stations in the city of Isfahan. Ali Yazdani, head of the Association Continue Reading... <http://iranlaborreport.com/?p=2071> Hamedan Communication Workers Protest <http://iranlaborreport.com/?p=2069> October 27, 20120 <http://iranlaborreport.com/?p=2069#respond> In a second protest action this year, temporary drivers and rural employees of Hamedan Telecommunications Company took their protests to the main offices of the company in the city of Continue Reading... <http://iranlaborreport.com/?p=2069> Strike at Azad Dam in Kurdistan <http://iranlaborreport.com/?p=2067> October 27, 20120 <http://iranlaborreport.com/?p=2067#respond> According to the reports by Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers Organizations, Jahad Tosse workers, the contractor for Azad Banir Dam went on strike on October 19, demanding back pays. 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According to the website, Continue Reading... <http://iranlaborreport.com/?p=2065> Metal Works Industries Workers Take their Protest to the Streets Again<http://iranlaborreport.com/?p=2055> October 14, 20120 <http://iranlaborreport.com/?p=2055#respond> 600 Metal Works Industries workers Numbers 1 and 2, held a protest gathering by the Ministry of Labor on October 13 and a following gathering on October 14 by Tehran Continue Reading... <http://iranlaborreport.com/?p=2055> -------------------------------------------------------------------- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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