Amnesty International: Hundreds including doctors, academics arrested by Iran

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Source: VANCOUVERITE



Amnesty International: Hundreds including doctors, academics arrested by Iran

At least 15 protesters have been killed and hundreds more injured or arrested by security forces across Iran, Amnesty International says.

Some of those arressted include academics and while attention is centred on Tehran, the crackdown on dissent is widespread in interior areas of Iran following protests, Amnesty International said in a new report.

“Elsewhere in Iran, similar protests against the announcement of President Ahmadinejad’s re-election have been met with an excessive force by police and security forces. In addition to seven protesters killed in Tehran, three people are reported to have died in Oroumiye and Shiraz.

“While the arrest of dozens of political activists in the capital has been widely reported, less attention has been paid to the situation in provincial towns and cities,” Amnesty said.

“In Tabriz, north-western Iran, 17 political activists, including doctors and those affiliated to the Nehzat-e Azadi (Iran Freedom Movement) are reported to have been detained and taken to unspecified locations on Monday night after they staged a peaceful protest in the city’s Abresan Square.


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1. Thank you for posting this. nt

[saigon68]

8. We are about to see a little "RE-EDUCATION THRU LABOR"

And intensive study of "THE GOOD BOOK"

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

2. Ahmadinejad's reaction to Iranian Tweeters

[grannie4peace]

12. boy that's true

[BrightKnight]

3. You don't have to be a doctor or academic to smell BS like that "election." - n/t

[EFerrari]

4. So, it wasn't 30 or "many, many" as I read last night on Sullivan's website?

That's better news. Here's the entry at AI:

Arrests and killings rise as election protests grip Iran

17 June 2009
Demonstrations against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed election victory have spread to all corners of the country. New reports suggest that around 15 protesters have been killed and hundreds more injured or arrested by security forces.

Up to two million people, including supporters of opposition leader Hossein Mousavi, took to the streets in Tehran on Monday to protest the outcome of the election. Large numbers massed again on Tuesday afternoon despite government threats that they would clamp down on "illegal protests".

Elsewhere in Iran, similar protests against the announcement of President Ahmadinejad's re-election have been met with an excessive force by police and security forces. In addition to seven protesters killed in Tehran, three people are reported to have died in Oroumiye and Shiraz.

While the arrest of dozens of political activists in the capital has been widely reported, less attention has been paid to the situation in provincial towns and cities.

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/arrests-and-killings-rise-election-protests-grip-iran-20090617

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

17. with Iran govt threatening arrest to any reporters, citizen or not, we get what we get

We will know more if/when the walls come down.

This is a revolution.

[troubledamerican]

5. Assassinations of "rebel" leadership = The worst possible sign

The regime is not going to back down from the coup.

They are targeting all potential leadership, ala Chile 1973 & Argentina 1976 & the U.S.'s Operation Phoenix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Program

This is the worst possible news

[w4rma]

6. I hope we're doing something about this covertly. (nt)

[grannie4peace]

13. i wish the people on du would do more :(

[Turborama]

7. K&R thanks for posting this n/t

[saigon68]

9. NOW is the time for Israel to deal with the Atomic sites

While their Religious military Nut Jobs are busy, "busting a few skulls"

[ohio2007]

10. ? maybe they are. this is 1979 deja vu. killl a few protesters...crowds grow..kill a few more crowds

increase in size to protest the killings.

It's what the mullahs did. Good medicine.

[grannie4peace]

11. keep posting about iran... we need to support them

[bdamomma]

14. we shouldn't stop supporting them.

their story needs to be out there.

[grannie4peace]

15. AMEN!!!!!!

[Kaleko]

16. Thanks for posting. Recommended.