Iran protester reportedly sentenced to death
— Iran Unleashes Wave of Arrests of Dissidents, Analysts Say
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Iran: British Woman Begs for Mercy – Facing Lashes for Joining Protests
Iran: Please forgive me, begs British woman facing lashes over ‘subversion’ in Iran
— London Times: “Unidentified woman, 24, facing lashes after apparently pleading guilty to joining protests and consorting with foreigners”
Hong Kong Citizens Rally to ‘Protect Shen Yun, Protect Hong Kong’
Hong Kong Citizens Rally to ‘Protect Shen Yun, Protect Hong Kong’
— Epoch Times reports: “Nearly a thousand people chanted ‘Protect Shen Yun, Protect Hong Kong’ during a rally and parade at Edinburgh Place on Jan. 31. Participants included residents, artists, and current and former Hong Kong legislators who gathered to voice their concern that ‘one country, two systems’ was called into question by events that caused the cancellation of Shen Yun performances in Hong Kong.”
— See the rest of the report here
— D.C. Rally: Allow Shen Yun Shows to Go On in Hong Kong
— Chinese Group Protests for Freedom in DC Outside Hong Kong Offices
— See other R.E.A.L. postings on Shen Yun
Iran hangs alleged dissidents to warn opposition
Iran’s opposition spreads to heartland
Iran opposition leader shot at by mob
Iran: Tehran professors decry handling of protesters
Iran: Tehran professors decry handling of protesters
— CNN: “Nearly 90 professors at Iran’s oldest and largest university signed a letter to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, criticizing the government’s violent handling of student protesters.”
Iran: Reuters reports mass “pro-government” rallies, calls for punishment under Sharia law
Reuters: Tens of thousands at pro-government rallies in Iran
— Reuters: “Tens of thousands of government supporters rallied in cities across Iran on Wednesday swearing allegiance to the clerical establishment and accusing opposition leaders of causing unrest in the Islamic state”
— ” ‘You should repent … otherwise the system will confront you as a ‘mohareb’ (enemy of God),” cleric Ahmad Alamolhoda told reformist leaders at a Tehran rally, state TV reported. Under Iran’s Islamic sharia law the sentence for a mohareb is death.”
— “In Tehran, crowds burned American and British flags.”
