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Somayeh Tohidlou: Flogged

Activist chained and lashed at Evin Prison

Tohidlou is a student and political activist who is a Ph.D. student in Sociology.  She was active in Mir Hossein Mousavi's Campaign in 2009. She has been arrested, imprisoned, prosecuted, and sentenced to one year in prison and 50 lashes.  An appeals court later overturned the one year in prison on the charge of "insulting the President."  Today she was taken to Evin Prison, chained by her hands and feet, and her flogging sentence was carried out.



جرس: اجرای حکم پنجاه ضربه شلاق سمیه توحیدلو، از فعالان ستاد میرحسین موسوی روز گذشته در حالی که زنجیر به دست و پایش بسته بودند، انجام شد. به گزارش جرس سمیه توحیدلو متولد 1357 و دانشجوی دکترای جامعه شناسی دانشگاه تهران است، روز گذشته برای اجرای حکم شلاق راهی اوین شد و حکم در حالی که به دست و پایش زنجیر بسته بودند، اجرا شد. پنجاه ضربه شلاق در حالی بر پیکر این دانشجوی دکترا وارد آمد که احمدی نژاد ایران را آزاد ترین کشور جهان خوانده و در آستانه سفر به نیویورک خبر از آزادی دو کوهنورد امریکایی داده که به گفته مقامات قضایی جمهوری اسلامی جرم جاسوسی شان محرز است. از سوی دیگر، همزمان با ادعاهای اصولگرایان برای تلطیف فضای سیاسی کشور و تشویق مردم به شرکت فعال در انتخابات مجلس، حکم شلاق این نویسنده و وبلاگ نویس و فعال عرصه انتخابات در اوین اجرا شد. سمیه توحیدلو از فعالان ستاد موسوی نقش زیادی در برپایی زنجیره انسانی سبز از راه آهن تا تجریش داشت و از برنامه ریزان اصلی آن بوده است >>>

14-Sep-2011
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Tiger Lily

strange set of affairs,

by Tiger Lily on

when the Wizard of O becomes a national institution.


default

Is she educated or .......?

by rain bow movment on

it's barbaric act of IR as a true representetive of Islam to  tourtur this woman.

but the sad fact is she didn't undrestand that Mosavi and the other mobs are part of this regim, her self is part of this kiling machine and the regim is truly an Islamic regim.

what ever the IR is doing are true Islamic way of dealing with their opponents,even they are kinder than ali eb-ne abutalieb.

31 years ago as an X muslem I found that all religions are bad ,but Islam is the worse.

There is no limit to stupidity & ignorance of these kind of educated person


Roozbeh_Gilani

Yes, just sit down and wait....

by Roozbeh_Gilani on

Until this fascist entity, the islamist regime is "reformed", so we ar told day in, day out.....

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."


G. Rahmanian

يك مرد؟

G. Rahmanian


بنويسيد يك نامرد رذل نه "يك مرد!"


jmyt17

Barbaric IRI

by jmyt17 on

 

What we do expect from these Dirt, ugly people.

One day they have to pay for it.

 


asadabad

Bad PR

by asadabad on

The iranian regime is doing a better job disgracing itself than any media outlet in the West could possibly dream of doing.  Of course, this is based on the assumption that they had any honor in the first place.


amirparvizforsecularmonarchy

I feel humiliated as a result of so many things, caused by IRI.

by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on

this sentence just added to my load. Sickening.


vildemose

 "Be happy, for if you

by vildemose on

 "Be happy, for if you wanted to humiliate me, I confess that I feel my entire body is suffering with degradation."

"These are the words written by Somayeh Tohidlou on her blog after she received fifty lashes yesterday while her hands and feet were chained together."....

 //azarmehr.blogspot.com/2011/09/fifty-lashes-for-somayeh-tohidlou.html

Reform requires the consent of the corrupt


Mammad

Another pious Muslim

by Mammad on

who is highly educated, cultured, well-read, courageous, and born in a family that believes in "Charlatan" Dr. Ali Shariati, was humiliated, if not beaten, while a part of a crowd here at IC constantly demonizes Muslims. Such courageous Muslims are at the forefront of the struggle for democracy in Iran, while the usual suspects in this website do not miss any chance to attack and demonize Muslims and Islam. See what Somayyeh's father said in his blog after his daughter was arrested:

//ftohidloo.blogfa.com/post-68.aspx

When she realized that what is presented in the name of Islam in her town is not the same as what she had learned from her own studies and teachers, she began a constructive critique of it and expressed her views honestly in her blog, while also reading the views of others.

Somayyeh was already tortured when she was arrested immediately after the 2009 election for 70 days, including many days in solitary confinement. She was one of the very first that was arrested, just a day after the election.   And Saham News has rejected the notion that the lashing was not done, or that it was done symbolically.

//sahamnews.net/1390/06/91382/

To read more see

//www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbure...

Mammad


Shifteh Ansari

حکم ننگین کاملا اجرا شده / سمیه توحیدلو را یک مرد شلاق زد

Shifteh Ansari


تکذیب دروغ پردازی جدید رسانه های اقتدارگرا: حکم ننگین کاملا اجرا شده / سمیه توحیدلو را یک مرد شلاق زد

//www.kaleme.com/1390/06/24/klm-73196/

یک منبع آگاه به دروغ پردازی های رسانه های اقتدارگرا واکنش نشان داد و تصریح کرد که خلاف این دروغ پردازی ها، حکم ننگین شلاق برای سمیه توحیدلو دقیقا اجرا شده و برخلاف قانون، این عمل توسط یک مامور مرد صورت گرفته است.

رجانیوز امروز ادعا کرده بود که شلاق خوردن سمیه توحیدلو «ادعای دروغ» است، خبری که به نظر می‌رسد هدفی جز مخدوش کردن واقعیت شرم‌آور این برخورد دستگاه قضایی و تحت الشعاع قرار دادن ابعاد تاسف بار این اقدام ندارد.

او تاکید کرد: برخلاف آنچه رسانه های اقتدارگرا سعی در القای آن دارند، حکم شلاق برای سمیه توحیدلو دقیقا اجرا شده و مانند همه خانم‌ها که حکم شلاق آنها را از روی لباس اجرا می‌کننند، به همین نحو اجرا شده است. از نوشته‌ی مسئولانه و متواضعانه‌ی ایشان هم که گفته‌اند اجرای شلاق در واقع «نمادین» و با هدف تحقیر بوده، نباید اینطور برداشت شود که شلاق زده نشده است. دقیقا زده شده و تنها ایشان از سر تواضع و برای اینکه هیچ اغراق و کار غیر اخلاقی انجام نشود یا دوستانش نگران نشوند، توضیح داده‌اند که زدن شلاق اینطور نبوده که بدن ایشان را زخم کند یا جای آن باقی بماند. بلکه بیشتر به قصد تحقیر بوده است.
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yolanda

.......

by yolanda on

Hi! Comments,

    I did not invent the word "Barbaric"! Anybody can use it!

 


comments

It's time for regime to go where?

by comments on

It's time for regime to go where?  How many more years are we going to wait for that?

Isn't a better approach to use "substitution" rather than "elimination"?

//www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/substitution.html

p.s. Since all Iranians are so genius in math I thought this could be a good example.  We won't have many Iranians remaining in Iran if we go with elimination.


amirparvizforsecularmonarchy

Guys I hope we all realize the regime has to go

by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on

and not be reformed as it is impossible.  These guys are the bottom of a pile of s%#$. Regime supporters need to wake up, this situation's unacceptable.

By go I mean Liberation.  


comments

Though...

by comments on

I liked "What has the UN special rapporteur done so far? Nothing!" very much though.

UN sounds more protective of itself than human right issues.

p.s. Yolanda: I meant the sentence from your comment:)


comments

Barbaric? So what?

by comments on

What types of activist will Somayeh be after flogging?  Will she be more determined on human rights subjects?

Definitly yes.  As long as she is "alive" and hopefully healthy she becomes more determined to do her job.

Can't we be a bit creative in our comments please?  We all know the barbaric is the more appropriate word to describe flogging, but so what?

p.s. Yolanda: I don't mean any specific person.  I used your word as an example:)  Sorry.


Esfand Aashena

Rea more flogging for you.

by Esfand Aashena on

Here read Tala Rassai's story.  Basically in Iran if you're caught doing somthing "unIslamic" and you're rich, you pay your way out.  If you don't have money you get flogged.

80s, 90s, 00s or 10s, doesn't matter!  Law of the land is the Sharia law and you won't want to be the one making headlines by being flogged.   Many won't even make it to the headlines and are just not known.

Everything is sacred


Maryam Hojjat

Barbaric IRR

by Maryam Hojjat on

Everyday a barbaric act shocks the world in 21 century.

These akhoonds are worse than animals in the woods. 


Rea

EA

by Rea on

I have no doubts that Iranian women were flogged in the 80s and possibly 90s. But I have my doubts about flogging in 2011.

PS. looks like a great movie, will dig it up.


Fred

BBC reports it as "symbolic" flogging

by Fred on

 

او ساعتی پس از آنکه خبر اجرای حکم شلاقش منتشر شد، در "گوگل ریدر" نوشت: "برای دوستانم که نگرانم شدند تنها بنویسم که اجرای حکم، نمادین بود و به شیوه و شمایلی که در خاطر داشته اند و دارند نبوده است و لذا نگرانی بابت هیچگونه درد و رد فیزیکی نداشته باشند".

یکی از نزدیکان خانم توحیدلو هم به بی بی سی گفت که او دیروز برای اجرای حکم به زندان اوین فراخوانده شد و در آنجا دست و پایش را با زنجیر بستند، اما ضربه های شلاق را به اطراف او زدند.


Esfand Aashena

Rea flogging women in Iran is definitely real.

by Esfand Aashena on

The movie My Tehran For Sale was made in Iran and was ready for release just when the 2009 election happened and as a result it never got on the screens in Iran but was shown worldwide to large audiences and found its way back to Iran again. 

In that movie they talked about few young women who were flogged.  In a country where women are stoned you think flogging is of any consequence?

The actress who played in that movie was recently arrested She is a well known and popular actress and has played in many other movies. 

Everything is sacred


Rea

Is this real ?

by Rea on

I mean, really real ?


Shifteh Ansari

She was flogged alright

by Shifteh Ansari on

Her hands and feet were chained and she was flogged by a man. Read this:

//sahamnews.net/1390/06/91382/


Anahid Hojjati

So as I was getting prepared to feel her pain

by Anahid Hojjati on

now I read that hokm has been "namadeen". I hope she and other political activists are not harned; real or namadeen.


Fred

شلاق خوردن "نمادین"

Fred


در مورد صحت شلاق خوردن این هوادار میر حسین موسوی خامنه که در دوران نخست وزیریش هزاران ایرانی اعدام شدند؛  خودنویس گزارش میدهد که تردیدهایی وجود دارد  و از قرار حکم وحشیگری شلاق  "نمادین " بوده.


Ali P.

Her blog:

by Ali P. on


Esfand Aashena

Yolanda you're right UN Special Rapporteur needs 2 say something

by Esfand Aashena on

Shameless thugs masqueraded as "Judiciary"!  Shame, shame, shame! 

Everything is sacred


Simorgh5555

Amir Parviz -I'll tell you what's funny

by Simorgh5555 on

What really is hilarious is Trita Parsi and NIAC who say that that supporting the MEK or imposing sanctions will stifle the 'opposition movement' in Iran. What kind of opposition movement will be abpe to reason with a regime which resorts to this barbaric treatment of another human irrespective of their gender. What kind of opposition movement is going to succeed when its leaders are under house arrest and thousands of its supporters have been silenced, tortured and raped in prison?
There ie no hope for women in Iran. There is no hope for an opposition movement. There is no hope for humanity or Iran. With their
The only solution is stealth and brute force. The Basij and Revolutionary guards together with their supporters must be killed to liberate Iran. Violnce is the ONLY solution.


amirparvizforsecularmonarchy

And the funny thing is, she's a regime supporter!!!!!

by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on

ALL I CAN SAY IS NO HUMAN DESERVES THE TREATMENT SHE IS GETTING!  HOWEVER, SINCE IT'S GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH OR WITHOUT MY CONSENT, I PRAY THIS CHANGES HER BELIEF IN THE REGIME AND SHE DECIDES SHE WANTS A REFERENDUM FOR CHANGE, NOT MOUSAVI.


yolanda

..........

by yolanda on

Barbaric!

What has the UN special rapporteur done so far? Nothing!