Day: June 12, 2009

Turkey: Lawyers: Abused Turkish woman in hiding — Nahide Opuz

(Turkey) Lawyers: Abused Turkish woman in hiding — Nahide Opuz
— “In 2002, Nahide Opuz’s ex-husband, Huseyin Opuz, shot and killed her mother in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir. Prior to that, he ran over the two women once with a car, and in a separate assault, stabbed Nahide Opuz seven times with a knife.”
— “Police detained the assailant after both incidents and then released him after fining him. Huseyin Opuz remains free after serving six years for the killing of his mother-in-law.”
— European Court of Human Rights: “A court spokesman said this was the first time the court ruled a government had violated Article 14 of the European Convention of Human Rights,  which prohibits discrimination in connection with a domestic abuse case.”

European court rules against Turkey in domestic violence case
— “In a landmark decision on domestic violence, the European Court of Human Rights has said Turkey failed to protect a woman from being murdered by her son-in-law and ordered Ankara to pay damages”

— April 11: Turkey – Extremists Criticize “Feminist” Reporting on So-Called “Honor Killings”
— March 24: Turkey: Poll – Over a Quarter Support Extremist “Honor Killings”


Holocaust Memorial Shooter – SPLC says Michigan man recently took over racist site

(U.S.) Holocaust Memorial Shooter – SPLC says Michigan man recently took over racist site
— Chicago Tribune reports: “The Southern Poverty Law Center says the suspect in the fatal shooting of a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum recently transferred the domain name of his racist Web site to a man in southwestern Michigan.”
— “Internet domain registration records show James von Brunn created www.holywesternempire.org in October 2000.”
— “The hate-crime watchdog group said Thursday that Steve Reimink acquired the domain name around the first of this month. The Montgomery, Ala.-based organization designated it as a hate Web site in 2003.”
— “The site was taken down Wednesday, after the shooting.”
— “Reimink lives in Ottawa County’s Grand Haven Township, about 25 miles west of Grand Rapids. He has not responded to phone messages and e-mails seeking comment.”
— SPLC: Alleged Holocaust Museum Shooter Had Given Up Hate Site, Planned Other Attacks
— Blog: “Holocaust Museum shooter’s website registered to domestic partner of Ron Paul campaign coordinator”
— Grand Rapids Press: “Brother defends hate site operator Steve Reimink who has ties to alleged Holocaust Museum shooter”
— “Steve Reimink, he said, apparently took over administration of the Web site simply to help out another person connected to the site.”

Iran Reports – June 12, 2009

Iranians vote in droves, rival victory claims
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSEVA14340720090612
— Ahmadinejad claims victory after Iran’s polling stations are kept open
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6486939.ece
— Record turnout in Iran election as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ‘faces defeat’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5516661/Record-turnout-in-Iran-leaves-Ahmadinejad-facing-defeat.html

(Iran) ‘Mousavi win wouldn’t stop nuke drive’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1244371078382&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) North Korea, Iran joined on missile work: U.S. general
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE55A4E720090611

Iran playing double game in Afghanistan: Gates
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=80381

Iran: Tehran student forced to live double life

(Iran) Tehran student forced to live double life
— “Music student Aida Shirazi is thoroughly Westernised – but in public she must play the part of an obedient Islamic woman”
— “she knows that if she wears anything too short, or too tight, she will fall foul of the Ershad, the morality police who have cracked down on un-Islamic conduct since President Ahmadinejad came to power”
— “Ms Shirazi’s personal freedoms have been curtailed in other ways in the past four years”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6482003.ece