(Russia) Suspect detained in honor killing in Chechnya
— “Prosecutors in Chechnya say they have detained a young man accused of shooting his sister to death in an honor killing.”
— “Chechnya’s Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov said recently that some of the victims were rightfully shot by their male relatives for their ‘loose morals.'”
Day: June 21, 2009
Film “The Stoning of Soraya M.” to Premier June 20 in Los Angeles
(U.S.) Film “The Stoning of Soraya M.” to Premier June 20 in Los Angeles
— Saturday June 20, 3:30 PM PST
— Mann Festival Theatre 10887 Lindbrook Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90024
— “The Stoning will Premiere at the LA Film Festival June 20th buy your tickets now lafilmfest.com. Panel discussion to follow.”
— Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo Visits Good Day LA
— “Two at LAFF take residence”
— Projected List of Theater Release on June 26
— Other reports on R.E.A.L regarding “The Stoning of Soraya M.”
— Phyllis Chesler Related Articles:
— September 25, 2008: The Stoning of Soraya M in Iran: Not America’s Fault
— December 15, 2005: Islamic Gender Apartheid
Pakistan’s Lahore: Man kills sister in the name of ‘honour’ — in front of other family members
(Pakistan) Lahore: Man kills sister in the name of ‘honour’
— “A man from Sabzazar has been arrested for allegedly killing his sister in yet another honour killing case on Thursday.”
— “According to police, Iqbal strangled his 22-year-old sister Adeeba – in the presence of family members – for having illicit relations with a boy from their neighbourhood.”
(Iraq) IKWRO: On the trial of Saleh Hama Ali – regarding “honor killing” of Banaz Mahmod
(Iraq) IKWRO: On the trial of Saleh Hama Ali
— Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO) reports on the trial of Saleh Hama Ali for the killing of Banaz Mahmod
— IKWRO: “Banaz Mahmod was a young woman killed, and gang-raped in a brutal ‘honour’ killing ordered by her uncle.”
— while her uncle and father are in UK prison, “both IKWRO and the British police are aware, these men did not perpetrate the crime alone, but with the aid of other associates and the collusion of many in the wider Kurdish community. For some time, the British police have been trying to extradite two further suspects who had fled to the Kurdish region of Iraq to face trial for this murder.”
— “Today, in Iraqi-Kurdistan, Saleh Hama Ali faces trial: however, we in IKWRO are amongst many other opponents of ‘honour’ killings and supporters of women’s rights in the Middle East in believing that this trial will have little results.”
— “The United Kingdom seeks to extradite Saleh Hama Ali to face the same system of justice that has put Ari and Mahmod Mahmod behind bars. The Government of Iraq has agreed to this. However, the Kurdistan Regional Government refuses to do so, preferring to hold a show trial”
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Iran: Young woman describes beating at hands of paramilitary
Iran: Young woman describes beating at hands of paramilitary
— “A 19-year-old woman who was wounded by Iranian paramilitary forces with clubs escaped with her camera and shared her photos with CNN — after tricking a paramilitary soldier into thinking she had given him the images on a disk.”
— “He hit me and he was twice [as big] as me — he was so big. And I said, ‘You want to hit me?’ And he said, ‘Yes’ and then he hit me with a club.”
Iran Reports – June 21, 2009
Iran raises death toll in clashes to at least 20
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31469914/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
— In Tehran, an eerie calm as death toll jumps to 19
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090621/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
(Iran) Mousavi protestors defy tear gas in Tehran
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6544234.ece
(Iran) CNN Coverage
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/iran.elections/
(Iran) ‘Neda’ becomes rallying cry for Iranian protests
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/21/iran.woman.twitter/index.html
— “Like most of the information coming out of Tehran, it is impossible to verify her name,
Neda, or the circumstances of her apparent death, captured close-up on a bystander’s camera.”
— “CNN ran a pixilated version of the video, which was posted on YouTube. It shows a woman
in jeans and white sneakers collapsed on the street, as the person with the camera — most likely
from a cell phone — runs toward her and focuses on her face.”
(Iran) Neda Video on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBiUaFKyPw8
Iran police clash with defiant protestors
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/5667868/iran-police-clash-with-defiant-protestors/
Iran blames “terrorists” for violence
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE55F54520090621
(Iran) Top cleric Rafsanjani may be playing role in Iran unrest
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31465879/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
(Iran) Rafsanjani’s daughter arrested in Iran
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rafsanjanis-daughter-arrested-in-Iran/articleshow/4683868.cms
— Five members of Rafsanjani’s family arrested
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2008731&Language=en
(Iran) Tehran protest diary: an angry Muslim mother reports from inside Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5588307/Tehran-protest-diary-an-angry-Muslim-mother-reports-from-inside-Iran.html
(Iran) Daily Telegraph: “Iran election: how a week of protest has changed Islamic state for ever”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5588733/Iran-election-how-a-week-of-protest-has-changed-Islamic-state-for-ever.html
— Timeline: The week of protest that shook Iran’s clerical regime
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5588578/Timeline-The-week-of-protest-that-shook-Irans-clerical-regime.html
(Iran) Bomb kills two at Khomeini shrine: Iran TV
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Iran/idUSTRE55J1DY20090620
— Suicide bomber attacks Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s shrine in Iran
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle-East/Suicide-bomber-attacks-Ayatollah-Ruhollah-Khomeinis-shrine-in-Iran/articleshow/4681583.cms
(Iran) Rift grows among Iranian leaders
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/21/iran.election/index.html
Iranian rally organizer backs down amid police warnings
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle-East/Iranian-rally-organiser-backs-down-amid-police-warnings/articleshow/4679568.cms
Iran’s Khamenei throws down hard line with protesters
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0619/p06s13-wome.html
(Iran) Thousands Gather in France to Support Iranian Protesters
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,527883,00.html
Iran Rebukes U.S., Britain for Meddling in Election Affairs
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528010,00.html
(U.S.) White House Welcomes US Congress Condemnation of Iran Violence
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-19-voa52.cfm
— U.S. House votes overwhelmingly for Iranian resolution
—- only Rep. Ron Paul votes against it
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/19/iran.us.congress/index.html?iref=newssearch
(U.S.) Obama to Iran’s leaders: Stop ‘unjust’ actions
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31467080/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/20/republicans-pressure-obama-support-iranian-protesters/
(Iran) BBC correspondent ordered to leave Iran
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/BBC-correspondent-ordered-to-leave-Iran-/articleshow/4684149.cms
Walid Phares: “Iran – The Uprising Is On and There’s No Turning Back”
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/06/20/phares_walid_iran_uprising/
Iran: ‘Neda’ becomes rallying cry for Iranian protests
Iran: ‘Neda’ becomes rallying cry for Iranian protests
— Neda Video on YouTube
— “Like most of the information coming out of Tehran, it is impossible to verify her name,
Neda, or the circumstances of her apparent death, captured close-up on a bystander’s camera.”
— “CNN ran a pixilated version of the video, which was posted on YouTube. It shows a woman in jeans and white sneakers collapsed on the street, as the person with the camera — most likely from a cell phone — runs toward her and focuses on her face.”
Mississippi killings under review – Ku Klux Klan (KKK) murders of civil rights activists
(U.S.) Mississippi killings under review – Ku Klux Klan murders of civil rights activists
— Clarion Ledger: “Feds investigating 1964 murders in Philadelphia”
— Further investigation into living suspects in the 1964 deaths of Civil Rights activists Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman
— “The Ku Klux Klan’s killings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi that stunned a nation 45 years ago again are being investigated.”
— “‘This case is being actively reviewed by the Civil Rights Division and the FBI,’ Alejandro Miyar, a spokesman for the division, told The Clarion-Ledger. ‘Our goal in investigating this case is to lend our assistance to authorities in Mississippi so that they may make a determination whether sufficient evidence exists for a state prosecution.'”
— “Five suspects are still alive in the case, including reputed Klansman Billy Wayne Posey, who told Mississippi investigators there were ‘a lot of persons involved in the murders that did not go to jail.'”
— “The news comes as civil rights activists have been taking part in 45th anniversary ceremonies remembering the June 21, 1964, killings of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner and calling for justice in that case and others from the civil rights era.”
— “In 1967, 18 men went on trial on federal conspiracy charges, and seven were convicted.”
— “But the only murder prosecution took place in 2005 when a Neshoba County jury convicted reputed Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen on three counts of manslaughter. The FBI assisted the state’s investigation that ended with Killen being sentenced to 60 years in prison.”
— “The Clarion-Ledger has since revealed that the Neshoba County grand jury that indicted Killen came within one vote of also charging Posey, with a deciding vote against indictment cast by a Posey relative. The newspaper also has found three potential new witnesses against Posey”
— “The Clarion-Ledger has obtained a copy of statements Posey gave state authorities in which he admitted he was among those who pursued the trio that night, was there when they were killed and helped haul their bodies to the dam to bury them.”
—- June 16, 2009: Mississippi: Memorial service marks 45th anniversary of Neshoba Co. civil rights slayings by Ku Klux Klan
—– Story of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner written in book “We Are Not Afraid”