Chinese Human Rights Attorneys to Defend Rights of North Korean Refugees
Day: July 6, 2009
Ireland: Warning of child abduction to sharia law states
(Ireland) Warning of child abduction to sharia law states
— Irish Times reports: “Former MEP Mary Banotti has called on the Government to monitor the number of reported child abduction cases involving sharia law countries which have not signed international conventions on the issue”
— “Figures published by the Department of Justice last week showed that a record 141 transnational child abduction cases were dealt with by the authorities last year”
Italy: Al-Qaeda threat against MP sparks Muslim support — Souad Sbai
Italy: Al-Qaeda threat against MP sparks Muslim support — Souad Sbai
— AKI reports: “she received threats in an Internet video message by an alleged Al-Qaeda supporter in Italy”
—- June 18, 2009: “Italian Muslim Women’s Rights Leader Souad Sbai in Court Over Extremist Death Threats to Her”
Pakistan: “122 cases of women being burnt were reported in Lahore”
Pakistan: “122 cases of women being burnt were reported in Lahore” — just from April to June 2009
Iran Reports – July 6, 2009
Iranian dissenters embark on campaign of covert civil disobedience
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6653179.ece
(Iran) Mousavi Promises To Continue Protests
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/06/AR2009070602962.html?hpid=moreheadlines
(Iran) Aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader Calls Mousavi a U.S. Agent
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530024,00.html?test=latestnews
Iran clerics declare election invalid and condemn crackdown
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6644817.ece
(Iran) Report: Iran to prosecute satellite TV contributors
— “In another move to crack down on information flowing out of Iran, the Islamic Republic’s judicial chief has ordered
the prosecution of individuals ‘who cooperate with satellite television programming providers,’ a reformist newspaper reported Sunday”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/05/iran.communication.crackdown/index.html
(Iran) France’s Nicholas Sarkozy condemns Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5759522/Nicholas-Sarkozy-condemns-Iran.html
Iranian lawyer ‘to meet’ detained embassy official
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5741111/Iranian-lawyer-to-meet-detained-British-Embassy-official.html
Iran backing down over arrests as reporter freed
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5752775/Iran-backing-down-over-arrests-as-reporter-freed.html
Iran frees Washington Times reporter amid fresh vote claims
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle-East/Iran-frees-Washington-Times-reporter-amid-fresh-vote-claims/articleshow/4741369.cms
UK: Police fear “spectacular” neo-Nazi attack
Norway invites Israelis to debate Nazi sympathizer’s legacy
Arizona: Bombing case suspect could be released – white supremacist suspects
(U.S.) Arizona: Bombing case suspect could be released – white supremacist suspects
— “One of two suspected white supremacists charged in a 2004 bombing that injured a black city official in Scottsdale could be released from federal custody on Wednesday, despite a prosecution argument that he’s a danger to the public and a flight risk.”
— “U.S. District Judge David Campbell is scheduled to decide at a hearing in Phoenix whether to uphold an Illinois magistrate’s order to release Daniel Mahon, 58, from custody on a $50,000 cash bond.”
— “Daniel Mahon and his twin brother Dennis Mahon are charged with conspiracy to damage buildings and property by means of explosive. They were arrested June 25 at their home in Davis Junction, Ill., where authorities say they found assault weapons, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and white supremacist material.”
Las Vegas: Five members of Aryan Warriors found guilty on federal charges
(U.S.) Five members of Aryan Warriors found guilty on federal charges
— Las Vegas Review-Journal reports:
— “Five members of a pervasive white supremacist gang that ruled prison yards through violence and drug dealing were found guilty Monday of at least one count of a federal indictment issued in 2008.”
— “The Aryan Warriors, who corrupted prison guards in order to operate gambling rings and smuggle in drugs, faced charges including racketeering, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of firearms during drug trafficking offenses.”
— “Charles Gensemer, James Wallis, Mike Yost, Robert Young and Kenny Krum are scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 7. A sixth one-time gang member on trial, Ronnie Lee Jones, was found not guilty.”
South Carolina: Neo-Nazi flyers end up at Hanahan homes
(U.S.) South Carolina: Neo-Nazi flyers end up at Hanahan homes
— WCBD Charleston, South Carolina reports:
— “Several residents along Dominion Drive in Hanahan were upset and confused over how fliers from a Neo-Nazi organization ended up at their homes in newspapers with which they have no subscriptions.”
— “‘Wake up Whitey’ and ‘It’s Tax Time Whitey’ were two of the titles on the flier rolled up in ‘Shopper’ and ‘El Informador’ newspapers Sunday morning. At the bottom of each message is contact information for the Nationalist Socialist Movement and their swastika emblem.”
— “NSM spokesperson Charles Wilson says the fliers were likely placed by local members of the organization.”
— “Wilson says there have been few if any legal ramifications through out the country. The organization was formed in 1974 by a former member of the American Nazi Party before its decline.”