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Quicksand Years

2011-09-16T03:51:00.000-07:00

Quicksand Years

by Walt Whitman

Quicksand years that whirl me I know not whither,
Your schemes, politics, fail, lines give way, substances mock and elude
me,
Only the theme I sing, the great and strong-possess'd soul, eludes not,
One's-self must never give way--that is the final substance--that
out of all is sure,
Out of politics, triumphs, battles, life, what at last finally remains?
When shows break up what but One's-Self is sure?

بزرگ‌داشت حسن اسدی‌زیدآبادی، علی ملیحی، میلاد اسدی و مجید دری

2011-04-21T07:26:00.000-07:00

ایستادند و حاضر نشدند تعهد بدهند که در مقابل ظلم سکوت کنند. می‌دانستند باز نخواهند گشت، می‌دانستند انکار می‌شوند، اما فریاد بر آوردند.

میلاد اسدی، عضو شورای مرکزی دفتر تحکیم وحدت، متولد ۲ اردی‌بهشت ۱۳۶۵ و محکوم به ۷ سال حبس تعزیری است. وی در ۹ آذر ۱۳۸۸ دستگیر شد. وی از زمان دستگیری تاکنون تنها یک بار در ایام نوروز به مرخصی آمده است.

حسن اسدی‌زیدآبادی، مسوول کمیته‌ی حقوق‌بشر سازمان ادوار تحکیم وحدت، متولد ۸ اردی بهشت ۱۳۶۳ است که ۱۲ آبان ۱۳۸۸ بازداشت و به ۵ سال حبس تعزیری محکوم شده است. وی همچنان بدون مرخصی در زندان است.

مجید دری، عضو شورای دفاع از حق تحصیل. متولد ۲ اردی‌بهشت ۱۳۵۸ و محکوم به ۶ سال حبس به همراه تبعید در زندان بهبهان است. او از ۱۸ تیرماه ۱۳۸۸، بدون مرخصی در زندان به سر می‌برد.

علی ملیحی، روزنامه نگار و عضو سازمان دانش آموختگان ایران، متولد ۸ اردی‌بهشت ۱۳۶۲ و محکوم به ۴ سال حبس است. وی از زمان دستگیری - ۲۱ بهمن ۱۳۸۸- بدون مرخصی در زندان به سر می‌برد.
این روایت تأسف‌برانگیز برخورد امنیتی با دانشجویانی است که تنها به جرم اندیشیدن گرفتار آمده‌اند. حکایت بهترین فرزندان این آب و خاک که گناهی جز بیان آزادانه عقاید و دفاع از حقوق خود و دیگر هم‌اندیشانشان ندارند. اینان هر سه تنها به علت تمرین حق مسالمت‌آمیز خود در ابراز مخالفت با رویکرد ناقض حقوق انسانی دستگیر و به تحمل حبس ناعادلانه محکوم شده‌اند و از این رو زندانی سیاسی و عقیدتی محسوب می‌شوند.

ما جمعی از فعالان دانشجویی، حق تحصیل و حقوق بشر بر آنیم تا به مناسبت سالروز تولد این سه تن، با تشکیل کمپینی در حمایت از آنان، توجه حامیان و بانیان حقوق بشر را به شرایط این دانشجویان در بند، جلب کنیم. این کمپین در نظر دارد با گرامیداشت تولد دانشجویان دربند فعالیت‌های ارزنده‌ی آنان را در ارج نهادن به ارزش‌های انسانی پاس بدارد. این کمپین در این راه کلیه یاران، همراهان و صاحب نظران را به همکاری دعوت می‌کند.
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مگان می‌توانند نوشتن متنی درباره یاران دبستانی، ارسال کارت تبریک برای خانواده‌ها، تهیه‌ی پوستر و ویدئوهای کوتاه تبریک (کمتر از یک دقیقه) و نیز تهیه نماهنگ و مالتی‌مدیا یاد این عزیزان را گرامی بدارند. مطالب نگاشته شده در ویژه‌نامه یاران دبستانی و سایر سایت‌های دانشجویی و حقوق بشری منتشر خواهد شد.

این کمپین ضمن تاکید مجدد بر مبرا بودن فعالان یاد شده و بسیاری دیگر از کنشگران دربند از اتهامات وارده خواستار آزادی بی‌قید شرط آنان است و فعالیت خود را تا رسیدن به این مهم برای تماس و همکاری با کمپین به ما ایمیل بزنید:

کمیته گزارشگران حقوق بشر: chrr.iran@gmail.com
جمعیت مبارزه با تبعیض تحصیلی: edu.right1@gmail.com
شورای دفاع از حق تحصیل: showra@gmail.com
کمپین خانواده زندانیان سیاسی: info@freemyfamilycampaign.com
سایت دانشجویان ایران (دانشجو نیوز): info@daneshjoonews.com

2011-03-29T09:38:00.000-07:00

Neither just, nor beauteous
was life
before we came upon its stage

We pondered
its unattained justice,
and beauty came into existence.

(A. Shamlou; The Collected Poems)

Life

A girl who left Iran some months ago, seeing how much time I spend on the Green Movement, noted... but “Shiva jan” one also has to live.

It is Nowruz and the beginning of Spring and so it is natural for one to ponder the quality life at this time.

Yet, it is not necessary to think much to wonder what holds more “life” than what we are going through in this movement? What bears greater joys and sorrows, hope and despair , wonderful friendships with people around the world, bonds to beings one has never met and yet relies on, thought and wonder, endeavour and perseverance , learning by doing, creating new forms of social change through new media and testing new methods, attempting collective wisdom, tears and laughter - and every single day lived to the fullest?

Is there anywhere else, where one can learn so much every day, come upon love, friendship, empathy, generosity, anger , pity, jealousy, meanness, betrayal and all that there is to life? Is there another life that is filled with more “life to the rim” as we are experiencing?!

There may be things that I am missing out on at this moment, but it certainly is not life! And that it is so, is because of the rising of our people, our children, our mothers, our women and men and each and every one of you who go through this life with me.

Thank you for this life you have granted me and a happy Spring , a great new beginning for Iran as well as the region and the world , in this our year of “Awakening until Freedom”.

Even now, for me it is not about hate, but our common call for Democracy and Freedom!

2011-02-04T07:10:00.001-08:00

Why do dictatorships use violence? The answer may seem simple: to keep their power ! And yet there is also another side to it. They use violence also to make us hate - and out of hatred behave in similar ways towards one another even , only so that they can call: see you are the same, were you in power all would be the same.

And it is up to us , through our actions and reactions to prove that : no we are not, and that no it would not be the same.

And it is thus that after all these months, the killings of our children, the hostage-taking of our activists, journalists, students, workers and specialists as well as torture and horrific executions , I still do not feel hatred! For hope is a duty - and not hating is a tool of battle on the road to democracy.

And I practice this not only towards the representatives of the tyranny we are battling , but also towards my fellow Greens and all other Iranians and honorary Iranians - who belong to our rainbow of possibilities - striving for Free Elections and Freedom in Iran.

I do not like all of you, endeavour to be friends with every single one of you, pretend to be liked by each and everyone one you, or even have the illusion that I can work with you all. There are some in this movement, whom I have come to value without measure; so that often I think of them and say that I can not imagine my life since June 12th , 2009 - without them. There are some with whom I work well. And there are those whom I do not like or can not work with. Yet I hate no one and I shall not belittle any one of my fellow travellers on this road to Freedom, for it is on the potential, strengths and actions of each and every single one of you that my future rides.

On this road to Freedom, we are not only all together, but we are dependent on one another’s ways and means. And I respect that!

Shiva Nojo

Marco and Shiva in Dialogue on Iran and the Iranian people's potential!

2011-01-17T07:19:00.000-08:00

And we gladly share some of these letters with you, in the hope of encourgaing thought and debate...also among yourselves (If you are going to read only a part; please scroll down and read the last letter by dear Marco! )

Jan 15th, 2011

Shiva jan,

…I really would like to talk with you and others someway, tell me how. I think I'm not doing what I could do for the prisoners, and I keep claiming that we should work in different groups to support each group a single "category" of prisoners. Women, students, journalists, artists, human rights activists, lawyers... I wrote "women" not because I want to be a male-chauvinist, but because I really think that the female-participation in this movement, and the fact that so many women are paying a heavy and awful price for this, should be much more emphasized. The idea that in Iran there is not just Sakineh, but many brave women in jail, should arrive to the international media. Surely we cannot think to start anything all together, and I think it would be a great proof of maturity and responsibility to accept this. Each one of us, each group could accept that "variety" as a chance to do much more things in various fields, instead of fighting each other and wasting time to impose one opinion. Whoever can agree together on a project, should start it. Who disagree will do something else. All together, in different ways, we could achieve some goals. Of course I don't mean that we have to avoid discussions and not to try to bring people together... but we must act, because our brothers and sisters are in jail since 18 months.

A big hug Shiva jan,
M.

Jan 16th, 2011

Marco jan,

Yes, there is much we can do, but we are limited by our failures and rivalries.

Further to your mail about activists and Iran; I now share with you a mail I sent to one of our groups was - made up of women and student activists - some days ago.

A big Hug,
S.

I wonder…

About 18 months ago, I joined a group called “Where is my vote“.
Its intention was clear; to defend the vote I took much pain over casting and with it to defend the idea of elections in Iran - be they ever so flawed - and to use the arisen division in the regime to promote the idea of free elections as well as all the other basic demands that this brings with it!

Over the course of the last 18 months, this group has been forced into almost silence, partly due to the repression and arrests within but also by the same measure via the atmosphere created by members who seemed to prefer silence to any thoughts to which they did not agree with themselves.

And yet , are we all happier this way? Do we prefer silence? Do we look back and wonder what our part in all this division has been?

On a day such as today, when two political hostages were killed also as the result of the fact that we raised our voice demanding our rights, this group should have been a place of solace and support, and yet even more than before… it has come almost not to be.

I wonder about my own part in all this. I am not proud of myself for having been part of a group of such original calibre which did not blossom.

I truly wonder about my own part in all this?

Shiva

Jan 17th, 2011

Shiva jan,
Thanks for showing me this letter.

Yesterday I was walking with Cris in the Capitol Square in Rome, and when we passed near the big photo of Sakineh hanging from the balcony of the city hall, we both told each other how much annoyance we feel looking at that picture. It's not Sakineh in person who is the problem (she really needs to be helped), but what her case means and what it evokes in the world: the image of an old Iran, where women are illiterate, without a public role in society, subdued. And we both told each other: "This is the image of Iran that is useful for enemies of democracy and freedom in Iran. An image that could even help to justify, in the future, a war against this "barbaric" and "primitive" country where women are stoned."

Well, I think that we don't help Iran to walk to freedom and democracy if we don't tell everybody what kind of Iranian women we know (Nasrin, Shiva, Bahareh, Mahdieh, Atefeh, Hengameh, Jila, Mahsa...), women whom each western girl or woman could feel close and similar, whereas Sakineh is so far and different. We need to stress this side of the matter, if we want to find more friends for the Green cause and explain the world that Iran is not a country to "civilize", perhaps with bombs and democracy, but a country with a strong tradition of culture, a country where many women study, work, have a social role not just as "wives of" or "mother of" or "sister of" or "daughter of". This is a big difference from many other countries of Middle East: the female presence in the grass root, in the cultural élite of the country. This is something that, if known, could have a strong impact on the international audience. We should show that Iranian women are the biggest hope of a new Iran, something to admire and to bet on with good chances to win.

The Sakineh case pushed us back. We were "forced" to fight for her hoping that it was some way a chance to talk about Human Rights in Iran, but actually it damaged the movement and distracted the attention from the real issue: we cannot save Sakineh if we don't understand that Nasrin, Shiva, Bahareh and the others will save all the Iranian Sakinehs. The answer is in Iran and we must "free" that answer and show the world how much strong is that answer, that is how much brave, emancipated, cultured are the "Sakineh's sisters". When people talk with Cris and they know that she lives with two Iranian girls, their question are: "They are veiled? Do they eat pork ? And do they drink ? And why Iranian girls can go abroad to study?" This is what many people thinks of Iranian women. I think we need something more than a One Million Signatures Campaign, we need to show the world that many Iranian women are fighting not just for gender equality in a backward country, but for freedom of their husbands, sons and brothers, and for the democracy of all the country.

This could be an amazing innovation: women who are paying a price not only fighting for themselves as women, but for themselves as citizens. And in this way we should turn the solidarity for Sakineh into solidarity with Nasrin, Shiva etc.

I think a big new campaign should be done in this direction, with the help of the ONS Campaign, of Nobel Women, of activists. I think the 8 March it's a date we should not to waste.

And, of course, we have the journalists, the students, the lawyers, the activists to take care of.

A big big hug,

M.

من ايستادن را بر گزيده ام... دهم تا شانزده آذر: هفته تحریم کالاهای چینی

2010-11-29T06:58:00.000-08:00

آذرماه " سمبل ایستادگی دانشجویان در برابر حکومت های ضد

ملی است. 16 آذرماه پیام آور " نه " بزرگ دانشجویان

بخون غلتیده ای است که

مردم را به ایستادگی در برابر استبداد داخلی

وسلطه بیگانگان فرا می خوانند

...

برای دفاع از استقلال کشور

برای دفاع از کارگران

برای دفاع از کشاورزان

برای دفاع از تولیدات داخلی

برای دفاع از منافع ملی

و برای نه گفتن به وطن فروشی مستبدان حاکم

و برای نه گفتن به تلاش چین در به یغما بردن ثروت ملی ایرانیان

به پیروی از شهدای 16 آذر

هم به استبداد داخلی نه می گوییم و هم به سلطه جویان خارجی

دهم تا شانزده آذر: هفته تحریم کالاهای چینی

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نه به کودتا گران داخلی
نه به سلطه جویان خارجی

من ايستادن را بر گزيده ام

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One Shiva

2010-08-31T09:20:00.000-07:00

It is very early in the morning and I am at the airport to pick up an arriving passenger. The few others around me are all half awake. Everything is slow and sleepy. Suddenly the quiet of the morning is disturbed by a mother scolding and directing her three small children as they trail behind her. She is angry and the three can do nothing right and I sense how the innocence of the early hour is crushed for me and all about this scene.

One person manages to ruin the peace and promise of this morning for all she comes across. One person. The influence of one single person!

My mind – ready these days to always return back to Iran and the movement for change ongoing there - goes over to the opposite; to the positive influence of one single person! One Shiva, locked up in Evin prison, preparing to be tried for nothing other than caring and feeling responsible, for standing up for the right of others - as well as her own right to live in a humane society.

One Shiva, living the fact that we are each partly responsible for that which is , in the country we were born in. One Shiva, compassionate, sincere, unafraid, strong, not seeking praise or grandeur, but simply unable to remain silent or inactive in the face of injustice. One Shiva, showing us how much potential there is in every single one of us…so that united we are a force to be reckoned with. One Shiva, uniting us with ourselves and with one another.

And united we say: “Shiva Nazar Ahari is a human rights defender. Since defending human rights is neither against the law or religion and is actually a duty for all, we demand the immediate and unconditional release of Shiva Nazar Ahari”.

Shiva Nojo

پدر پابرهنه به ملاقات دختران محبوس خویش شتافت

2010-08-12T03:05:00.000-07:00

تاریخ تنظیم 1389/5/21

پدر دو دختر زندانی با خود اندیشید که مامورین سفاک رژیم با دیدن پاهای خارخلیده او دلشان به رحم آمده و به وی اجازه ملاقات با دختران دربند خویش را خواهند داد! هر چه باشد وی هفت سال در جبهه جنگ در راه آزادی میهن جنگیده و تا کنون انتظار ذره‌ای پاداش هم نداشته، اکنون تنها چیزی که می‌خواهد حق ملاقات با دختران خویش است که از سه ماه پیش در زندان اطلاعات تبریز تحت انواع شکنجه‌های روحی قرار گرفته‌اند. این دیگر یک حق کاملا طبیعی و قانونی‌است که برای وصولش نیاز به این همه تلاش ندارد.

مراجعه و تظلم وی به مراجع مختلف برای کسب حق ملاقات با دخترانش پینار و سونا تا کنون هیچ نتیجه‌ای نبخشیده، او این بار با پای برهنه از اورمیه به تبریز آمد و با همین هئیت وارد اتاق ریاست دادستانی آذربایجان‌شرقی گردید.

گفتنی است داماد وی یوروش مهرعلی‌بیگلو نیز همزمان در زندان اطلاعات تبریز تحت شکنجه‌های شدید فیزیکی قرار دارد. تنها فرزند سه ساله یوروش و صونا اکنون بیش از سه ماه است که از دیدار پدرومادر خویش محروم گشته و در خانه پدربزرگ بی‌تابی می‌کند. مامورین معذور حتی به این طفل سه ساله نیز اجازه ملاقات با پدرومادرشان را نداده‌اند.

آنجا به پدر گفته‌اند که وی اکنون فقط می‌تواند تلفنی با دختران خویش صحبت کند اما پدر، غرور خویش را نشکسته و گفته است حال که اجازه ملاقات نمی‌دهید با همین پای پیاده برمی‌گردم. دادستان آذربایجان شرقی (گویا با شکسته نفسی زایدالوصفی!) تلاش نموده تا به هنگام بازگشت کفشی به پای او بپوشاند، اما او خشمی که در مشت گره‌کرد بود، راه خود را کشیده به شهر و دیار خود بازگشت.

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پدرجان آنچه در پای تو خلید، خاریست که در چشم دشمنان آذربایجان فرو خواهدرفت، بگذار جهانیان بدانند که ما با چه موجودات پست و جبونی در افتاده‌ایم که حتی دیدار یک طفل معصوم با والدین خویش امنیت خاطرشان را برهم میزند!

پدرجان ما همه فرزندان رنج کشیده این دیار بر پای تاول زده تو بوسه میزنیم. دیر نیست زمانی که همگی چکمه مشکین به پا کنیم و در گورستان شوونیسم مذهبی شانه به شانه هم یاللی برقصیم.

شکنجه‌های شدید فیزیکی و روحی در زندان تبریز ادامه دارد.

2010-08-01T06:31:00.001-07:00

آخرین اخبار از زندان تبریز

تاریخ گزارش 89/05/09

شکنجه‌های شدید فیزیکی و روحی در زندان تبریز ادامه دارد.

1- به قرار اطلاع آیت مهرعلی بیگلو علاوه بر شکنجه سفید که به تمامی زندانیان وارد میشود، تحت شکنجه‌های بسیار شدید فیزیکی قرار گرفته. نیروهای امنیتی قصد دارند نسبت به فعالیتهای مربوط به تشکیل یک تشکل سیاسی اعترافاتی از وی بگیرند. همچنین دو خواهر زندانی خانمها پینار و صونا فرجزاده (همسر آیت مهرعلی بیگلو) با توهینهای بیشرمانه مامورین وزارت اطلاعات مواجه شده و تحت فشارهای شدید روحی‌اند. اعضای این خانواده مبارز آذربایجانی تا کنون اجازه هیچگونه ملاقات و یا تماس با خانواده خود را نداشته‌اند. حتی علیرغم قولهای داده شده صونا تا کنون موفق به دیدار فرزند سه ساله خود نگردیده است.

2- اخیرا یکی از زندانیان آذربایجانی بنام مسعود آقازاده تحت شکنجه شدید فیزیکی قرار گرفته است. از چند و چون اتهامات وارده و مقاصد شکنجه گران اطلاعی در دست نیست

3- پس از ملاقاتهایی که اخیرا برای تنی چند از زندانیان صورت پذیرفته، مامورین اطلاعاتی تبریز به خانواده‌های مراجعه کننده اظهار داشته اند، که دیگر ملاقاتی در کار نخواهد بود. این اقدام در راستای افزودن فشار روحی به زندانیان ارزیابی میشود

افشای یک جنایت هولناک/ تعدادی از جوانان معترض و بی گناه بصورت جمعی و مخفیانه به شهادت رسیده اند!

2010-06-26T13:15:00.000-07:00

سایت خبرنگاران سبز با انتشار گزارش تکان دهنده ای اعلام کرد که جمعی از جوانان برومند و معترض کشورمان که خرداد ماه سال گذشته در اعتراض های خیابانی توسط نیروهای سپاه و بسیج دستگیر شده بودند ، بصورت جمعی دربیابانهای اطراف تهران به شهادت رسیده اند. شواهد ارایه شده در این گزارش حکایت از آن دارد که تعدادی از شاهدان این ماجرا که یا با این اقدام مخالفت داشته و یا پس از مدتی دچار عذاب وجدان شده اند در بند ویژه ای از زندان مخوف افسریه نگهداری می شوند و تحت بدترین شرایط جسمی و روحی و در بایکوت کامل بسر می برند. گزارش منتشر شده در سایت خبرنگاران سبز به این قرار است: پس از کودتای 22 خرداد 88 و استقرار فضاي امنیتی و سرکوب در سراسر کشور بویژه تهران ، علاوه بر زندانها و بازداشتگاههای رسمی ، تعداد زيادي از فضاهای نظامي و انتظامی و نيز بسياری از فضاهای غير نظامی به بازداشتگاههای مخوفی مبدل شدند تا قابلیت حبس و سرکوب هزاران نفر را بطور همزمان داشته باشند. در همين حال رشد و بروز گسترده اعتراض های آرام مردمي در قالب جنبش سبز ، واکنش شدید و مستبدانه رهبر حکومت دينی و ديگر عوامل سرکوبگر او را به دنبال آورد و باعث گردید بازداشتگاههاي آشکار و نهان تحت اختيار بسیج و سپاه ، به دور از هرگونه کنترل قانوني اداره شوند و صدها تن از فرزندان بی پناه اين آب و خاک که عموما گمنام هستند زیر شدید ترین شکنجه های جسمی و روحی قرار گيرند.

یکی از مخوف ترین بازداشتگاههای تحت اختيار سپاه ” بازداشتگاه افسريه” است که در شرق تهران و در محدوده قصرفیروزه و اراضی تحت کنترل سپاه قرار دارد. اين بازداشتگاه که رسما به دور از نظارت قوه قضایيه ایران فعاليت می کند ، جزء امنیتی ترین و مخوف ترين بازداشتگاههاي اختصاصی کشور بشمار می رود و همواره سعی کرده اند نامی از آن برده نشود و فعالیت هاي آن مورد بحث قرار نگيرد. بنابر اين آگاهی از رويدادهاي اين بازداشتگاه نیز به سختی قابل دسترسی است و حتي ورود و خروج به بخش های ويژه درون بازداشتگاه نیز ، جز برای افراد ويژه و شناخته شده میسر نیست. بر اساس اخبار دریافتي و موثق ، هم اکنون حدود 200 تن از بازداشتی های اين زندان، نیروهایی از سپاه و بسيج هستند که در سرکوب های خياباني و رویدادهای پس از کودتای انتخاباتي در تهران یا برخی شهرستانها از دستورات مقامات نظام در برخورد با معترضان سرپیچي کرده و در حال حاضر از کمترين حقوق انسانی هم محرومند. استفاده از مرخصي و ملاقات با خانواده برای بازداشت شدگان ویژه اين زندان اکيدا ممنوع است و حتی ارتباط تلفنی زندانیان جز در موارد خاص و تحت کنترل دقيق با بیرون از زندان ميسر نيست.

اما فراتر از آن ، در برخی بندهای انفرادي این بازداشتگاه افرادی هستند که حدود 10 ماه است حق ملاقات و حتی ارتباط با دیگر زندانیان را ندارند و در مورد تعدادي از دیگر بازداشتي ها اين محدوديت شامل محرومیت از هواخوری هم مي شود که عملا زندانيان را مبتلا به بيماریهاي حاد جسمی وروحی کرده و بر اساس این گزارش ، درگذشت حداقل 2 نفر از بازداشتي ها به دليل فشارهای عصبي کشنده نیز تایید شده است. رده بندی حفاظتي در این بازداشتگاه بسیار بالاست و جز تعدادی افراد ويژه کسي امکان دسترسی و ملاقات يا بازجويي از زندانیان و آمارگيری و آگاهی از وضعیت آنها را ندارند.

نکته ای که موضوع بازداشتگاه افسریه را بسيار مهم مي سازد اطلاعات نهفته در دل بازداشتی هايی است که در آنجا به بند کشيده اند.بطور مشخص 3 تن از اين افراد به دلیل ارتباط با ستاد مرکزي انتخابات وزارت کشور یا مجریان آن شاهد و ناظر بر تقلب های برنامه ريزي شده ای بوده اند که در پي سرکوبي خونین معترضان بی گناه ، پس از مدتی دچار عذاب وجدان یا … شده و در بین برخي همکاران خویش مشاهدات خود را از نحوه تقلب ها باز گفته اند و اسناد خود را ارائه کرده اند و دقيقا از همان زمان به عنوان نيروهاي غیر قابل اعتماد و خطرناک که احتمال زبان باز کردنشان فراوان است به بند کشيده شده و خود و اطلاعاتشان را در بایکوت محض قرار داده اند.

از جمله دیگر بازداشت شدگان در این زندان، کسانی هستند که پس از سرکوب های خونین مردم ، شاهد وقوع اتفاقاتي از کشتارهاي پنهانی بوده اند ولی توان مشارکت در آن فاجعه انساني را نداشته یا پس از مدتی پشیمان و سرخورده شده اند . اما از آن جهت که احتمالا دستشان به خونی آلوده نشده و معترض به برخي شقاوت هاي پنهان و دردناک بوده اند ، پس از بازداشت فوري، ارتباط آنها را با جهان خارج قطع کرده و تلاش دارند تا آنها را در قرنطینه ای دائمي قرار دهند. بر اساس برخی اطلاعات، عناصر امنيتی سپااه ضمن تهدید خانواده برخی از اين نيروهای دستگیر شده آنان را وادار به خروج از تهران کرده و اخطار داده اند که در صورت بیان هر گونه مطلبي در مورد شخص بازداشتي ، او را سر به نیست خواهند کرد.

در حال حاضر 7 تن از بازداشت شدگان بندهای ویژه زندان مخوف افسريه ، افرادی هستند که شاهد حداقل دو مورد قتل عام جمعي از بازداشت شدگان جوان و معترض پس از انتخابات بوده اند که اين رویداد در ماههای خرداد و تير سال گذشته و در منطقه بیاباني بين تهران و قم و بيرون از محوطه کهریزک صورت پذیرفته است. در تایید ارتکاب این جنایات همین بس که برخی مقامات رژیم هم بطور سري سوالاتی را پیرامون آن پرسیده اند اما فرماندهان سپاه به بهانه رفتار خودسرانه! برخی نيروهاي بسيج آن را توجيه کرده اند، بنا به گزارش های رسیده پس از این اقدامهای هولناک ، تعدادي از قربانيان در همانجا مدفون و تعدادي را نیز مخفیانه در بهشت زهرا به خاک سپرده اند.

این رويدادی است که نظام مستبد شدیدا از افشای آن هراسان است و به هر قيمتي مانع از انتشار آن شده و یکي از دلایل ممانعت از فعالیت کميته تحقيق نمایندگان- حتی در همين مجلس وابسته به حاکمیت- نیز، جلوگيري از افشاي این گونه موضوعات بود.امید که با پیگیری این گزارش کوتاه پرده از بخشي کوچک از وقايع کودتاي انتخاباتی و جنايات هولناک آن برداشته شود و بخش عمده ای از رويدادهی پنهان و دردناک صورت پذیرفته در یک سال گذشته که در دل بازداشت شدگان زندان سیاه افسریه حبس شده آشکار گردد.

منبع: سایت خبرنگاران سبز
: http://www.greencorrespondents.com/2010/06/blog-

تغییر را باید از خود آغاز کرد

2010-02-25T04:41:00.000-08:00

وضعیت پیش آمده در شرایط فعلی جنبش - خصوصا در بین فعالین خارج کشور- از برخی جهات شایسته و مطلوب چنین مبارزه مسالمت آمیزی نیست. باید بیاموزیم که همگام با جنبش پیشرو در داخل کشور ، نماد همه فعالیت ها و همراهی ها جمله " ما همه با هم هستیم " باشد. تلاش برای متهم ساختن یا سرزنش کردن دیگری فقط آب به آسیاب رژیم ریختن است و بس. متاسفانه برخی افراد یا گروههای انحصار طلب رفتارهایی از خود بروز می دهند که عملا ، نتیجه ای جز همراهی و همسوئی با عوامل رژیم ندارد و خواسته یا ناخواسته باعث ایجاد فضای سوء ظن، بی اعتمادی و گسست بین فعالان می شود . ضروری است همه با هم به بازنگری رفتارهای خود و اثر آن بر روند مبارزه پیش رو بپردازیم و ببینیم تا چه اندازه در جهت خواست عزیزان جانباخته و زندانیان مظلوممان برای آزادی ایران قدم برداشته ایم . دوستان! مبادا پا روی خون های به ناحق ریخته شده بگذاریم و با چشمان بسته ،حقیقت عریان را ندیده بگیریم

ما همه با هستیم شعار نیست. باید آن را هر روز زندگی‌ کنیم. بچه‌های ما جان دادند، فعالین و روزنامه نگاران گروگانند، فقر وخطر جنگ واقعی‌ هستند. تنها با هم به آزادی میرسیم، آزادی که تازه آغاز سازندگی است

2010-02-15T06:40:00.001-08:00

Green Walk to Freedom , Together!

2010-02-11T00:43:00.000-08:00

Twenty years ago today, Nelson Mandela was freed from jail and that was a giant leap on his and South Africa's walk to freedom. Until now the day South African's lined up to vote in their first free elections - and have their votes counted- has been the greatest day in my life.

Today I hope can bring about such another day for Iran !

I Believe - and am glad that we are walking this Green Walk to Freedom Together!

A ‘Mourning Mother’ Recalls Evin Prison

2010-01-27T05:51:00.000-08:00

by: Atiyeh Karami

(With special thanks for the translation from the Persian original to:RADIO FREE EUROPE;Free Iran http://www.rferl.org/content/A_Mourning_Mother_Recalls_Evin_Prison/1940521.html)

At first they made us wait for a while in Evin, after which we again had to wait in the cold corridors until we were called one by one into a room where we had to wear number plates around our neck, and…get photographed. The statement on top of our heads read: “Propaganda against the government.” We were then assembled into queues, and again there was an interminable wait.

They had made quite a few of the others wait outside in the cold. In the midst of all this, one of the ladies cursed loudly, which made the terrifyingly huge guard with a wireless in his hands bellow in his thick voice, “Whoever that was, step outside and show yourself, you piece of dirt.” Given his appearance and the fact that we were the detainees, a pin drop silence ensued. They yelled at us again, “Get out, all of you!” and we once again waited outside in the cold.

In the midst of all this, when the voice of the same guard rose once more, a lady went to him and said, “It would have been better if you had been just a little more polite, don’t you think?” The guard retorted, “You people curse at us all the time, is it our fault? We are mere guards, prison guards — it was not us who ordered your arrest.” The women responded, “Well now, it is you who have the authority to maneuver the situation here. It is not nice to add those harsh words on top of it.” Her statement gave everyone a kick-off to pour in their complaints.

After much hue and cry, we were taken to a hall named Section 203 of Evin. After filling out another set of forms and a full-body search, every six or seven people were taken to a 2×4 meter room with clean, light green walls equipped with a toilet seat, a shower, and a sink, all of them uncovered. This meant we all had to use the toilet in an open manner. We were provided with food and blankets, and our request for medicine was handled by the personnel of the relevant section — all of them being record holder prisoners who spent their detention period by working there, whose attitudes were slightly better. There was a camera in the room, and we could be heard as well.

The section was dedicated to all the girls arrested on Ashura, who after 14 days of their arrest had not been granted the right to call their families. The moment we arrived, we saw a girl with beautiful curls and a tiny physique enter with tears running down her cheeks, while all of her fellow detainees, whom we could only hear, announced her arrival. Apparently, she was removed from the solitary for interrogation in the middle of the previous night. They had taken her to a cement room in complete darkness in order to make her confess and accept responsibility for the publishing the messages and the crowd on Ashura. She was afraid of physical abuse and torture, but didn’t go any further than mental suppression. You should have seen the anxious look on her face. Her face is still right before my eyes.

In the other corner of the hall, a brave lady who had hit a guard on Ashura and got two months of solitary detention for that stayed in her room. Coincidently, the surname of one of the attendees of this section was Mir Hossein, and this lady, when neglected of her demands, would yell, “There is no hot water, no shampoo, you don’t even listen to us; now, have it your way.” She would then scream at the top of her voice, “Mir Hossein!” and everyone in response would yell, “Ya Hussein!”(editor’s note: “Ya Hossein, Mir Hossein” is a chant used by opposition members in antigovernment protests) and vice-versa.

She was a blessing for us, as it was enough for us to convey our demand to her and she would yell with her strong masculine voice and ask for it or easily create a state of chaos in the whole section. Her kindness was like that of a child, and her voice a strength in it that would give us hope. The first night seemed interminable.

The next day we started a new game. We would talk so loudly that those in other cells could hear us. We practiced a positive perception and decided to review the picture of our freedom. We avoided harsh language and negative thoughts so our dreams could come true.

The kindness of all toward the others was unique. We were innovative; and the unity in our slogans and anthems that would echo in the entire section was priceless. The sounds of torture would resonate in the cells at night, but we would not be fooled by it; we would give each other hope by singing to each other.

We had accepted to prefer death to an air filled with such suppression. When there was no space for minorities out there, why would we want such freedom? The mere presence of our countrywomen beside us, who had the simplest of all requests; freedom, would suffice us. We stayed next to each other at all times, which was the only thing that made us happy there.

The things I learned during this short time were more valuable to me than a university degree, and I could never forget a single moment of those times. We all got stronger; we could now firmly step forward. We prayed each night that God might uproot ignorance from our land, as it is the only cause of these misfortunes. It reminds me of what Islamic thinker Ali Shariati had said: that illiteracy is not when one cannot read or write, rather it is when one does not want to learn.

What we should keep in mind is that we could be the cause of developments instead of being the victims of change. We realized that we are countless; that our definite right is to be free; that we didn’t work hard enough. We realized that we were condemned for being Green.

Such intellect, strong morale, and abundant knowledge can further uplift us; we deserve a better atmosphere. We realize this, and it is not fair to us being the prisoners of the unwise.

The original of this text appeared at: http://jomhoriyat.wordpress.com

Your Messages of Solidarity for Bahman, Shiva & Jila!

2010-01-19T10:53:00.000-08:00

Dear fellow travellers on this Green Road to Freedom,

Over the last months, you have been a source of strength to one another and to me. Often you have sent each other or me messages actually meant for Iranian activists - those who are suffering in Iranian prisons as well as their families.

Now I ask you to please post some of these messages of support , especially those meant for Bahman Ahmadi Amoii, Shiva Nazar Ahari and Jila Baniyaghoob directly on dear Jila’s weblog. Ask your fellow activists and friends also to post messages. Talk to Bahman, Shiva and Jila directly and tell them what you have told me, that you stay awake nights thinking of them and that you also spend much effort working alongside them, and whatever else you wish to share.

Only please keep the messages positive!

Bearing in mind that the local security forces are reading these messages, make sure that these can not be used against any one, but help show that WE are together and are MANY – the world over . Use your own name, your first or a pseudo name , post in the English section or the Persian part, if you can manage your way around it ! It all makes no difference, as long as you use your heart to reach out and let these dear ones know how much they are loved and supported.

And , please pass this message on.

THANK YOU!

http://www.zhila.org/spip.php?rubrique10

P.S. If you have trouble commenting directly, please leave your comments here and I will add them on to the other blog!

One of the 33 Mourning Mothers writes of their arrest!

2010-01-14T10:18:00.000-08:00

by: Atiyeh Karami

“ In Laleh park, I came upon a woman – perhaps 50 years old - running clad in green clothes and wearing a green scarf . When she came up to me, she warned ´do not go into the park’s square , it is full of vans`. I said: `I can see , but what is going on?´ and she responded ´don’t you know that there is a gathering of the mothers? Haven’t you been here before?´

I indicated that I knew what was going on and had been here before and then told her that she is brave for wearing green. She laughed and ran on. Only a few seconds later, I saw her going towards the security forces and reporting to them. Before I knew what was going on , two vans with 4 so- called sisters in each and a person constantly taking photos surrounded me. Another man came towards me and kept asking over and over again if I knew that the mothers had gathered here. I objected to this massive pressure and told them to ask me in peace and quiet and I would answer them, when they suddenly said, ´we have a number or so questions , please step into the van´ and then the whole bunch of them started pushing me towards the van .

In the van´, some of the woman kept shouting and asking why we were arrested and they responded: ´ we are only officials and must follow orders`. They told us that they had a number of questions which we must answer in the office. We asked which office and they responded the park’s office! But they put their foot on the gas pedal and drove towards Vozara detention (which is used as a first questioning instance). One of us started to send an SMS with the word Vozara to her family, when - with the help of some gadgets - they realized that they had that a mobile was being used and shouted ´all mobiles off´ and then all lines were turned off!

From there they took the 33 of us , each separately arrested , to Vozara, where we were questioned for hours until we were totally exhausted. There was no order in these questioning. Every minute someone gave another order. One said ´write this here` , another said ´all stand in line over there`, a third yelled ´ first a body search then all the writing and so on`! All in all , they were a most confused bunch. They took our personal possessions and then led us into a room to be photographed. They gave us a board each bearing our name and the words ´gathering against the regime in Laleh Park`!

After this they made us wait in a long corridor where it was extremely cold. Here there were about 15 rooms of 1 x 1.30 meter, and in each 5 of us had to fit, and in the rest of the rooms other persons had already taken place.

One of those already there , had been lying on the floor ill for four days, with no one taking notice of her. When we saw what shape she was in and yelled for help, they came and took her out where she immediately vomited . One of the wardens started yelling ´one of you come clean this mess up`. So one of us went and cleaned everything most efficiently so that the wardens started to feel shameful. When we saw this look on their faces, we started to take our chance and asked for tea for someone who had a migraine, and medication for others, as well as the right to make telephone calls and so on until they started begging us to understand that they were not responsible and that they were only looking for ´ whoever is the leader of all these provocations` ; and they added ´we know you are all innocent and your time is being wasted, but we have to follow through on these orders`!

Yet through all this time, our slogans and noise did not let them any peace.

When the next day, around 14.00 hours, we started to hear the shouts and screams of the people outside, our own shouts got even louder. Here they asked for help and took us onto a bus to be driven towards the revolutionary court. But the people followed us in their cars and motorbikes so that they had to ask for help to open the way for the bus. Still the people raised hell outside and we were warmed by their presence. They would not give up and were with us all the way.

There was only one judge in the court and to tell the truth he was the best of the lot. After some time, they loaded us again on the bus and lied that we would all be set free. Yet after much had passed , they read a few names and asked these to step down, noting that the rest of us would be ´off to Evin`!

I can not say what state we were in. We were cold and hungry, since we had gone on a hunger strike from the time of our arrest. Still those who were named and separated , had for some time insisted that they would not leave until all were freed.

The bus took us to Evin and Evin is a story onto itself, which I shall tell later and in detail. Yet all in all Evin was full of students and those with a conscience . Those who had committed real crimes came and went, but Evin was full of many taken prisoner on December 27th. The songs we heard , told the story of hope and high spirits. One felt as if the whole of Tehran was in Evin. The wardens and staff were tired and at a loss, and also they were not treating us bad. There was a suspect warmth in the air that suggested of appeasement!

Everyone carried their part excellently. We were in high spirits and very ready witted in our responses. We were and acted as free human beings. FREE . Each acted to the best of their abilities and awareness. In this way, we were most creative in our reactions and slogans. I know it will bring a smile to your lips when I retell them. And I will. In the next letter.”

To be continued…

A New Begin

2010-01-13T10:55:00.002-08:00

Seven months ago, on June 12th 2009, I made a present of my language to the Green Movement in Iran and have since written very little in English.

January 13th 2010 , which is exactly seven months since the day the election coup and fraudulent vote count shocked us into a collective certainty that we have no choice but to fight back with people power, seems a fitting day to re-start to write in English, and to tell some of the stories of this ongoing movement, in an attempt to connect the personal with the social.

It is in some ways the “13 out” of this other new year, for in Iran we like to spend the 13th day of the new year - beginning in spring - picnicking outdoors and in parks or upon green fields, to make sure that the year starts well and will be fruitful.

It is also fitting that my first entry into this new weblog - after this introduction- will be a translation of a letter by one of the 33 of the Mourning Mothers who were attacked and taken prisoner on Saturday January 9th of this new year. For these lines come not from an activist who happens also to be a mother, but from a mother who has become active in sympathy with other mothers who have lost their children , in an attempt to secure a better future for her child , but also in memory of a past which was once very hopeful and yet saw this hope turning into dust. The dust that made itself especially felt when one of her close friends was executed in the 1980s. The dust that went on to cover her whole life until the energy of the presidential election campaign brought back memories of all she had hoped would be; all she had hoped to be.

And finally , it is fitting that this begin will be via the words of a less known woman, which dear Noushin has often been reminding us to pay attention to.

So let us take to the green, and begin a new begin with the letter which will be the next post to follow.

Shiva