South Carolina: ACC moves tourneys over Confederate flag dispute
— AP news reports: NAACP “has boycotted South Carolina for nearly a decade for flying and then displaying the Confederate flag on state capitol grounds”
Month: July 2009
Iran Reports – July 7, 2009
Iran Reformists Demand Crackdown Halt
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/07/world/main5139056.shtml
(Iran) France demands release of student Clotilde Reiss by Tehran
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6656429.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5770099/Nicolas-Sarkozy-demands-release-of-French-teacher-in-Iran.html
Iran security agents in spotlight for plainclothed brutality
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/08/plainclothed-brutality/?feat=home_cube_position2
(Iran) Video report: “10 years old boy shot by Iranian regime”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YAeZgJanjo
(Iran) Ahmadinejad says Iran election was world’s “freest”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090707/wl_nm/us_iran_opposition_4
— Ahmadinejad heralds ‘new era’ for Iran
— “In first national speech since Khameini declared results, Iranian president insists election ‘clean'”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443745925&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Iran) Ahmadinejad vows changes to team
— “Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed to make changes to his team and ‘respect’ young people when his new government takes office after his disputed re-election”
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25750242-23109,00.html
Chinese Human Rights Attorneys to Defend Rights of North Korean Refugees
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.”