Women’s rights activist severely beaten by plainclothes agents, in critical condition

Women’s rights activist severely beaten by plainclothes agents, in critical condition
by Maryam Nayeb Yazdi
08-Sep-2011
 

Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR) - According to reliable reports from Tabriz, women’s rights activist Faranak Farid has been severely beaten by plainclothes agents at the time of her arrest.

As a result of the beating, her arm has been severely injured and her left eardrum has been seriously damaged. She has allegedly lost her hearing in that ear. Additionally, due to the lack of medical care and medical facilities at Tabriz’s police detention center, her general health condition has deteriorated.

According to the reports, during the first days of her detention, Faranak Farid was interrogated for long hours by the Tabriz Ministry of Intelligence agents. Her charges were announced as, “Insulting the Supreme Leader”, “Propaganda against the Islamic Republic regime”, and “Acting against national security”.

Faranak Farid was secretary of the First Azerbaijan Women’s Congress on March 8, 2005. She was also the editor of the women’s section of the banned journal Dilmaj and editor of the special edition of this journal.

This researcher for Azerbaijan women’s issues was arrested on September 3rd during peaceful protest gatherings against the gradual drying of Lake Orumiyeh. The peaceful gathering turned violent following the interference of security forces in Tabriz and Orumiyeh.

- Translation by Davood Eftekhar

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R2-D2

In a previous comment .....

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In one of your other blogs, I encouraged you to tidy up, and include your media contacts, etc., in a user-friendly way -

I was hoping to see it here :) !

 

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asadabad

expose the crimes

by asadabad on

Iran needs international observers from the UN, at the very least.


asadabad

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Maryam Nayeb Yazdi

not surprising

by Maryam Nayeb Yazdi on

but horrific nonetheless and should be spread to all media contacts and human rights organizations. 


R2-D2

Maryam

by R2-D2 on

You have to understand one thing:

IRI's thugs, whether they are in the form of Sepah (Revolutionary Guards), Basijis, or regular plain clothes devotees, will do anything and everything if they can get away with it ..... !

Just remember what happened after the 2009 Fraudulent Elections -

Respectfully, if you understand that, then nothing should surprise you :) !

 

Period - End of Conversation :) !!

 

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vildemose

Deeply horrifying. Thanks

by vildemose on

Deeply horrifying. Thanks for posting this terrible news.

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