Iran Protest News: July 26, 2009

(Iran) Mir Hossein Mousavi plans memorial for victims of election violence

(Iran) Revolutionary Guard tightens hold in Iran crisis

(Iran) Another Iran protester dies in jail: Report
— “An Iranian student arrested in protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election has died in jail, a newspaper said today, the
second such death reported in recent days. ”
— “Amir Javadifar, “a student of industrial management in Qazvin (city) died in prison,” the reformist Etemad newspaper said, adding that his family has been asked to come for the body today morning.”
— “Etemad said Javadifar had been arrested in July 9 protests and had injuries in his arm and nose but it did not elaborate on the cause of death.”
— “Newspapers reported yesterday that Mohsen Ruholamini, 25, who had also been arrested on July 9 when thousands of protesters took to the streets on the anniversary of a bloody student uprising in 1999, also died in custody.”

“In Iran Friday Sermon, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami Highlights ‘Velayat-e Faqih,’ Criticizes Ahmadinejad’s Appointment of Father-In-Law As Senior VP, Calls New Gov’t Legitimate, and Stresses Foreign Involvement in Elections and Protests”

(Iran) Senate OKs funds to thwart Iran Web censors
— “The Victim of Iranian Censorship, or VOICE, Act, was added to the Senate’s defense-authorization bill Thursday evening as a response to mass protests following Iran’s disputed June 12 presidential elections and amid concerns that Western companies have sold Iran technology used to monitor dissidents”

Iran: two protesters die in Iranian jail – Mohsen Ruholamini and Amir Javadifar

(Iran) Another Iran protester dies in jail: Report
— “An Iranian student arrested in protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election has died in jail, a newspaper said today, the
second such death reported in recent days. ”
— “Amir Javadifar, “a student of industrial management in Qazvin (city) died in prison,” the reformist Etemad newspaper said, adding that his family has been asked to come for the body today morning.”
— “Etemad said Javadifar had been arrested in July 9 protests and had injuries in his arm and nose but it did not elaborate on the cause of death.”
— “Newspapers reported yesterday that Mohsen Ruholamini, 25, who had also been arrested on July 9 when thousands of protesters took to the streets on the anniversary of a bloody student uprising in 1999, also died in custody.”

Robert Fulford: “As Muslim women suffer, feminists avert their gaze”

Robert Fulford: “As Muslim women suffer, feminists avert their gaze”
— “In Sudan, Lubna Ahmed Al-Hussein has declared, ‘I am fighting for all women.’ But in our world, not all of them understand or care.”
— Note from Responsible for Equality And Liberty: we are reaching out to increasing numbers of supporters of women’s rights who are publicly speaking out and challenging the extremist war on women

Russia: Another Human Rights Activist Dead in Russia – Andrei Kulagin

(Russia) Another Human Rights Activist Dead in Russia
— “Just days after the kidnapping and murder of prominent human rights activist Natalya Estemirova, another civil rights activist in Russia has been buried after being found dead. The body of Andrei Kulagin, head of Spravedlivost (‘Justice’), was discovered in a quarry on July 10, roughly 600 miles north of Moscow”