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The face of Iran's protests. Her life, her dreams
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NARGES MOHAMMADI
Jinha - Womens News Agency - 3 Nov 2023
<<Narges Mohammadi's hospital transfer blocked for refusing to wear
hijab
News Center- The family of Narges Mohammadi said that 2023 Nobel Peace
Prize winner Narges Mohammadi's hospital transfer was blocked by Iranian
prison authorities for refusing to wear the compulsory hijab. According
to the post of her family, the prison authorities have refused to
transfer Nages Mohammadi, who suffers from heart and lung conditions, to
a hospital outside Evin prison. <Two days and nights, a group of women
in Evin protested in the prison yard to send Narges Mohammadi to the
heart hospital. The prison warden announced that sending her to the
heart hospital without a headscarf was prohibited, and her transfer was
cancelled,> her family wrote on her official Instagram account on
Wednesday. Her family also wrote that the prison authorities even
refused to transfer Narges Mohammadi to the infirmary. Narges Mohammadi
announced that she would not wear a hijab. Jailed Iranian women's rights
activist Narges Mohammadi was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize on
October 6, 2023. She smuggled out a letter of thanks for her Nobel Peace
Prize. <I am grateful to all of you and urge you to support the people
of Iran until the final victory. Victory is not easy, but it is
certain,> she said in the letter.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/narges-mohammadi-refused-to-transfer-to-hospital-for-refusing-to-wear-hijab-34099?page=1
Iranwire - 3 Nov 2023 - by ROGHAYEH REZAEI
<<Remembering the Victims of Iran's Khash Massacre
A year ago, Iranian security forces unleashed live bullets on largely
peaceful protesters, bystanders and worshippers after Friday prayers in
the city of Khash, southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan province, killing
at least 18 people, including children. The November 4, 2022, incidents
occurred less than a month after Bloody Friday in the provincial
capital, Zahedan, which claimed the lives of over 100 people. The
tragedies revealed that <protesters from the oppressed Baluchi minority
have borne the brunt of the security forces' particularly vicious
crackdown> on the monthslong demonstrations that swept Iran following
the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, according to
Amnesty International. In his November 3 Friday sermon, the Sunni Friday
prayer leader of Zahedan, Molavi Abdulhamid, said that the Iranian
people continue to seek <justice> for the killings and demand that the
<perpetrators and masterminds> be held accountable. Haalvsh, a group
that monitors rights violations in Sistan and Baluchistan, has been able
to reveal the names of only 11 of the victims in Khash, including many
young individuals who aspired to break free from the shackles of poverty
and oppression. On the anniversary of the massacre, IranWire tells the
story of several of those killed.
Innocent Children: Mobeen and Yasser
Mobeen Mirkazehi, 14, lost his life after being struck by a bullet in
front of the governor's office of Khash. Baluch activists said that the
boy had joined the popular protests against the government. A close
relative, who preferred to remain anonymous for security reasons, tells
IranWire that the family had struggled to provide for their child and
make sure he received a proper education. <The family's meager resources
were depleted, leaving little for their impoverished household,> the
source said. <Mobeen's father is a laborer. Every six months, he would
travel to [the southern port city of] Bandar Abbas for work, leaving his
family for three to four months.> <On the day Mobeen was killed, they
called his father with the news that his son was unwell, which was far
from the truth. It was a ruse to bring him back,> the relative added.
<They were forced to earn money, silence their grief, and forfeit their
right to seek justice. The suffering inflicted upon them has been
immense, to the extent that the health condition of Mobeen's mother has
significantly deteriorated since his death.> The 17-year-old Yasser
Bahadorzehi, who Baluch activists say did not participate in protests,
is another victim of the security forces' indiscriminate crackdown in
Khash. The teenager suffered from severe physical and mental
disabilities, as evidenced by photos and videos circulated after his
death. His lifeless body bearing bullet wounds was found a day after the
November 4 massacre, in a field located hundreds of meters from the
protest site.
Targeted in Chest and Head: Mohammad, Sadegh, Younes and Ali
Mohammad Shahbakhsh, a 22-year-old student at Khash Azad University, was
fatally shot during the protests in Khash. Videos show Mohammad's
lifeless body amidst the protesters, who can be heard chanting <Allah
Akbar> (God Is Great). Moments later, they lift the body from the ground
and carry it away. A photo of Younes Selahshoran's grave - featuring an
inscription that reads <Oh God! What did the martyrs see in martyrdom to
leave us and go to you?> - has been widely shared on social media
networks. <In Baluchistan, those who lost their lives in the protests
are referred to as martyrs. Despite the government's attempts to claim
them as its own martyrs, many families resist accepting the government's
narrative regarding the martyrs of Baluchistan, despite the poverty and
hardships they face,> a source tells IranWire. <Many of the people of
Baluchistan are devout Muslims, but they are staunchly against the
government and its oppression,> he continued. <They have not allowed the
government, which deceitfully confiscated the people's religious values,
to falsely label them as martyrs.> Sadegh Aramesh, a muezzin and servant
of Khash's Meraj Mosque, was shot and killed by security forces.
Disturbing images of Sadegh show his bloodied face, with one eye still
open, and a bullet struck to his head. In one video, a man identified as
a member of Sadegh's family rejects the government’s accusations against
those killed, saying they were not <thugs and hooligans> but rather
students, laborers and tradesmen.
Ali Moradzehi, 25, also lost his life after being hit by bullets.
This primary school teacher was pursuing undergraduate studies at Khash
Azad University.
Azim Mahmoudzehi, Father of Four
Azim, 40, left behind four young children. A source close to his family
tells IranWire that he was a hardworking laborer who transported
agricultural goods to cities in Baluchistan. A video posted by his wife,
Binazir Yarahamdzehi, shows her sitting beside a young child and asking
in Baluch language: <I want to ask them [the government]: 'What did my
husband do to deserve martyrdom? What crime had he committed that led to
his martyrdom?'> <My husband went to take a driving license exam out of
despair and helplessness, but before he reached the governorate of
Khash, they shot him in the head,> she says with her voice quivered with
emotion. <After shooting him in the head, they discarded his body in the
wilderness. They took his phone, opened his watch, removed the car's
key, the certificate and his ring. Why did they abandon him in the
desert? Do they think that God will spare them? No, I’m praying in this
mosque that God will bring shame upon them,> she adds. The grieving
woman bursts into tears as she asks, <What am I going to do with four
children? You've made these four children orphans. Now this child asks:
'Where is my father?' What answer can I give him? He pleads: 'Go get my
father from the ground!'> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/features/122181-remembering-the-victims-of-irans-khash-massacre/
Iranwire - Nov 3, 2023 - by SAMANEH GHADARKHAN
<<Mother of Slain Nine-Year-Old Iranian Boy Forced into Silence
Iranian authorities are exerting intense pressure on the family of Kian
Pirfalak, a nine-year-old boy who was killed during nationwide protests
last year, ahead of the one-year anniversary of his death. Kian and
several other people lost their lives when government forces
indiscriminately fired live ammunition on people during protests in the
southwestern city of Izeh on November 16, 2022. Officials have labeled
the Izeh massacre as a <terrorist> act and attributed it to government
opponents. The Pirfalak family rejected the claims and said the boy was
shot by the security forces in his parent's car. Kian's outspoken
mother, Mahmonir Molaei-Rad, publicly accused Supreme Leader Ali
Khamenei and his security forces of being responsible for her son's
death. A source from Izeh tells IranWire that security officials have
now forced Molaei-Rad into silence by issuing threats against her and
the entire family. The source hints that the authorities are
apprehensive about potential large gatherings taking place on the
anniversary of Kian's death. In June, Molaei-Rad organized a
commemoration to mark what would have been Kian's 10th birthday and
called on all Iranians to join. The Iranian diaspora responded to the
call by holding ceremonies across the globe on that day. In the days
leading up to Kian's birthday, security agents conducted a raid on
Molaei-Rad's home, engaged in violent confrontations with family members
and confiscated several personal items. And on Kian's birthday,
Molaei-Rad's 21-year-old cousin, Pouya, was shot and killed by security
forces while he was heading to the boy's gravesite in the village of
Parchestan, Izeh. According to IranWire sources, security institutions
interrogated Molaei-Rad after Pouya's death and conditioned the handover
of his body to the family's silence. <The Molaei-Rad and Pirfalak
families have retreated from public life due to the immense pressure
they have experienced and continue to face,> IranWire's source says.
Almost no one in Izeh directly communicates with the families, the
source says, adding, <They are under intense surveillance.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/122174-mother-of-slain-nine-year-old-iranian-boy-forced-into-silence/
Iranwire - 3 Nov 2023
<<Dissident Iranian Composer Receives UN Award for <Courageous> Work
A dissident Iranian composer who has been jailed three times for his
music has won the United Nations' second annual International Art
Contest for Minority Artists. The honor was presented to Mehdi Rajabian
in absentia on November 2 because he is unable to leave Iran. <This is
an important award,> Rajabian said in a statement, adding, <Happiness is
a collective event, and unfortunately no one is happy here [in Iran].>
<The situation has become completely different after the recent
protests. No award can be a criterion for determining the artistic value
of an artist, but it can definitely be a platform for the voice of human
rights and freedom of art.> The award went to three <minority artists
working on themes relating to intersectionality and compounded forms of
discrimination,> according to the website of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR). Claude Cahn, a UN human rights
officer, said that the judges were moved by Rajabian's bravery,
resilience and commitment, according to Billboard, which publishes a
news website and weekly magazine that covers music, video and home
entertainment. <In the views of the judges panel, at the risk of his
health and own life, he has used his spirit and music to be a human
rights light in the darkness,> he said. Sverre Pedersen, the executive
committee chair of the nongovernmental organization Freemuse and
Minority Rights Group International, a partner in the contest, said that
Rajabian <continues his artistic work and his courageous human rights
work> despite being under <constant surveillance> and <often subjected
to harassment and threats.> Rajabian was arrested in 2013, put in
solitary confinement for three months, released on bail and arrested
again in 2015 for recording the album The History of Iran Narrated By
Setar. In Tehran's Evin prison, the artist began a 40-day hunger strike
that led to his release on parole in 2017. Rajabian was arrested again
in 2020, but not imprisoned, because of his album Middle Eastern. He was
accused of <encouraging prostitution> because female vocalists sang on
the album, according to the composer.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/122176-dissident-iranian-composer-receives-un-award-for-courageous-work/
Iranwire - 2 Nov 2023
<<Iranian Court Upholds Teachers' Prison Sentence
An Iranian court has upheld the six-month prison sentence of a teachers'
union activist, while another faced his third court appearance in two
months amid an relentless clampdown on organized labor. The Appeals
Court of Khorasan Razavi Province confirmed Atekeh Rajabi's sentence,
with two months of prison time and four months suspended for five years,
the Coordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates reported. Rajabi was
arrested in May while on her way to participate in a teachers' rally in
the northeastern city of Mashhad protesting the deteriorating state of
the educational system and the suppression of students. She was fired
from her job last year after appearing in a video without a headscarf in
which she criticized the government's <unjust treatment> of students and
teachers who are simply demanding their rights be respected. Condemning
what it called <the systematic case fabrications> against union
activists, the Coordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates also reported
that Mohsen Omrani had made his third court appearance on October 31 in
a trial revolving around charges of <propaganda against the system.>
Omrani had previously been sentenced in two separate cases to a total of
two years and three months in prison, asset confiscation and 35 lashes.
He was also arrested in May. Unrest has rattled Iran since last summer
in response to declining living standards, wage arrears and a lack of
welfare support. The September 2022 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini
while in police custody breathed new life into the protests, which the
authorities have tried to quell with brutal force. More than 500 people
were killed by security forces during demonstrations sparked by Amini's
death and over 20,000 people were unlawfully detained, activists say.
Following biased trials, the judiciary has handed down stiff sentences,
including the death penalty, to protesters. Seven of them have been
executed so far.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/122156-iranian-court-upholds-teachers-prison-sentence/
NCRI - Womens committee - 2 Nov 2023 - in Women's News
<<Maryam Forough-Manesh hanged in Yasuj Prison; 18 women executed in
2023 so far
Another unfortunate woman, Maryam Forough-Manesh, was hanged in the
Central Prison of Yasuj at dawn on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. The news
of the execution of this execution has not been published by the Iranian
state media and press at the time of writing this report. Maryam
Forough-Manesh was from Dehdasht, in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad Province
in southwestern Iran. She had been convicted of murder and sentenced to
death. It is not yet clear how many years she was incarcerated.
According to the data compiled by the NCRI Women's Committee, this is
the 221st woman to be executed in Iran since 2007, and the 18th woman
executed in 2023, so far. Ebrahim Raisi has so far executed six more
women every year. The number of executions in Iran has drastically
increased since more than two years ago, when Ebrahim Raisi took office
as the mullahs' president in August 2021. Based on the data compiled by
the NCRI Women's Committee, 118 women were executed in Iran from August
2013 to August 2021, when Hassan Rouhani was in office. That makes an
average of 15 women executed per year. However, under Ebrahim Raisi, 42
women were executed from August 2021 to August 2023. That makes an
average of 21 women per year, which is six more women executed every
year compared to the regime's previous president.
The Iranian regime is the world's top record holder of the executions of
women.
The Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran has
compiled these women's names in a list called <List of Women Executed in
Iran since 2007.> No government in the world has executed so many women.
The list does not account for the tens of thousands of women executed in
Iran on political grounds. The Iranian regime is the world’s top record
holder of executions of women. The NCRI Women's Committee has previously
mentioned that many women executed by the mullahs' regime are victims of
domestic violence against women and have acted in self-defense.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/11/02/maryam-forough-manesh/
Note by Gino d'Artali: embedded as part of the article are 3 links with
more heinous details about the mullahs' regime hanging spree of women.
And read also the below:
Iranwire - 2 Nov 2023
<<Executions in Iran Are up 30 Percent, UN Report Says
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the Islamic Republic
of Iran is carrying out executions <at an alarming rate.> and expressed
deep concern at the <lack of transparent and independent investigations>
into reports of massive human rights violations. The Iranian authorities
executed at least 419 people in the first seven months of the year, up
30 percent from the same period in 2022, Guterres said in a new report
to the UN General Assembly on the human rights situation in Iran. More
than half of those executed - 239 people - were reportedly put to death
on drug-related charges, a 98-percent increase from the same period last
year, he said. Seven men were executed in relation to or for
participating in the monthslong nationwide protests sparked by the
September 2022 death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini,
according to the report. In all seven cases, the judicial proceedings
<did not fulfill the requirements for due process and a fair trial under
international human rights law,> it said, adding that <access to
adequate and timely legal representation was frequently denied, with
reports of coerced confessions, which may have been obtained as a result
of torture.> Guterres cited information received by the UN rights agency
that between September 2022 and February 2023, an estimated 20,000
people were arrested for their involvement in the protest movement. <It
is particularly concerning that most of the individuals arrested may
have been children, given that the reported average age of those
arrested was estimated to be 15 years, according to the deputy commander
of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,> the secretary-general said.
He cited reported instances of disproportionate and excessive use of
force against demonstrators, and beatings and sexual violence after they
were put into custody, as well as psychological abuse.The government
said <a minimum of> 22,000 people detained during the protests were
pardoned, but Guterres pointed out that it was difficult to verify the
numbers of those arrested and released. He also said that a number of
those who were pardoned then received summonses on new charges or were
rearrested, including activists, journalists and members of minority
groups. According to the report, <the continued denial of adequate
medical care in detention remains a serious concern.> The
secretary-general urged Iran to immediately halt all executions, abolish
the death penalty and release all people detained arbitrarily <for
legitimately exercising their rights to freedom of opinion and
expression, association and peaceful assembly.>
Guterres said the government should guarantee the right to peaceful
assembly, ensure that security at protests complies with international
human rights norms and standards, and respect the rights to due process
and fair trials.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/122134-executions-in-iran-are-up-30-percent-un-report-says/
Iranwire - 2 Nov 2023
<<Father of Slain Iranian Protester Handed Additional Prison Term
An Iranian court has handed an additional six-month prison sentence to
Manouchehr Bakhtiari, a political prisoner incarcerated in the
northwestern city of Qazvin, according to a human rights website. The
Qazvin Revolutionary Court issued the sentence on November 1 after
convicting Bakhtiari of <insulting> the Islamic Republic's Supreme
Leader, Ali Khamenei, the Harana website said. Bakhtiari was arrested in
Tehran in April 2021 and was subsequently sentenced to three years and a
half in prison for <acting against national security> by calling for
justice for his 27-year-old son Pouya, who was fatally shot by security
forces during protests in Karaj in November 2019. Manouchehr Bakhtiari's
wife, Sara Abbasi, has expressed concern over his poor health condition,
saying he faces multiple diseases, and claimed he had been denied access
to medical treatment and furlough.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/122138-father-of-slain-iranian-protester-handed-additional-prison-term/
Iranwire - 2 Nov 2023
<<Iranian Authorities Criticized over <Relentless> Repression of Baha'is
A US government commission has condemned a recent series of arrests and
prosecutions of members of the Baha'i faith in Iran, whom it said have
been <relentlessly repressed> for decades. Susie Gelman, a commissioner
at the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), made
the comments in a post on the social media platform X, after the Baha'i
International Community (BIC) reported last month an <escalating pattern
of persecution.> <The Biden admin must continue to lead multilateral
efforts to call out the Iranian regime's terrible restrictions on
religious freedom & targeting of Baha'is & other religious minorities in
Iran. We urge other govs to do the same,> Gelman wrote in a separate
post. Baha'is have been systematically persecuted in Iran for 44 years
because of their faith. The government has intensified its crackdown
over the past year, imprisoning dozens of Baha'is on spurious charges,
denying members of the faith access to higher education and livelihoods,
and confiscating or destroying their personal properties. Shia Islam is
the state religion in Iran. The constitution recognizes several minority
faiths, including Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism, but not the
Baha'i faith. The Baha'i community claims to have more than seven
million followers worldwide, including some 300,000 in Iran.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/bahais-of-iran/122151-iranian-authorities-criticized-over-relentless-repression-of-bahais/
Narges Mohammadi
Iranwire - 1 Nov 2023
<Victory is Certain,> Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Says
In a message smuggled out of her cell in Tehran, Nobel Peace Prize
winner and women's rights activist Narges Mohammadi said that
transitioning away from Iran's <religious authoritarian regime> to a
more democratic, equalitarian and freer political system is an
<unstoppable process.>
Mohammadi's 17-year-old daughter, Kiana Rahmani, read out the message
nearly a month after the imprisoned activist was awarded the Nobel prize
for her fight against the <oppression of women in Iran> and for her
efforts to promote <human rights and freedom for all.> The 51-year-old
activist once again criticized the Islamic Republic's strict dress code
for women, saying that <the compulsory hijab is a means of control and
repression imposed on the society and on which the continuation and
survival of this authoritarian religious regime depends.> She condemned
<a regime that has institutionalized deprivation and poverty in society
for 45 years,> and said that it was <built on lies, deception, cunning
and intimidation.> Mohammadi, whose family took refuge in France, has
been arrested 13 times, convicted five times, and sentenced to a total
of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes for her activism. Incarcerated in
Tehran's Evin prison following her latest arrest in 2021, she has been
one of the women spearheading the <Woman, Life, Freedom> uprising in
Iran. The protest movement, which has seen many Iranian women and girls
take off their hijab, cut their hair and rally in the streets, was
sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September last year
after she was arrested for allegedly wearing a headscarf improperly. The
monthslong demonstrations waned earlier this year following a deadly
state crackdown in which hundreds of people were killed and thousands
were unlawfully arrested. However, many Iranian women and girls continue
to refuse to wear a mandatory headscarf, in a direct challenge to the
country's clerical rulers. <We, the people of Iran, demand democracy,
freedom, human rights, and equality, and the Islamic Republic is the
main obstacle in the way of realizing these national demands,> Mohammadi
said in her message. <We... are struggling to transition away from this
religious authoritarian regime through solidarity and drawing on the
power of a non-violent and unstoppable process in order to revive the
honor and pride of Iran and human dignity and prestige for its people,>
she continued. <Victory is not easy, but it is certain,> the activist
concluded.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/122115-victory-is-certain-jailed-iranian-nobel-peace-prize-winner-says/
Iranwire - 1 Nov 2023
<<Israel-Hamas War: Iranian Activists Blast Khamenei's <Reckless>
Policies
Eighty Iranian political and civil activists have called for a ceasefire
in the Gaza Strip and warned Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei against
dragging Iran into the abyss of war. <First and foremost, as concerned
Iranian citizens, we feel a compelling duty to issue a stern warning to
the leadership of our country,> the activists wrote in a joint letter
obtained by IranWire. <They must recognize that they lack the authority
to lead our nation into war with their reckless, unwise and unpatriotic
policies, potentially transforming the peaceful people of Iran into
war-weary victims,> they said. The warning comes as Israeli ground
forces pushed deeper into Gaza in their attempt to destroy Palestinian
terrorist group Hamas. While openly admitting its backing for Hamas,
Iran's clerical rulers insist the Islamic Republic was not involved in
the group's October 7 attack on Israel. They have also warned Israel of
an escalation if it failed to end its assault on Gaza, with authorities
indicating Tehran-backed proxies across the Middle East were ready to
act. In their joint letter, the Iranian activists said that Khamenei
<does not possess the authority to disregard the collective will of the
Iranian people and to prioritize his own regional ambitions.> <By
directly involving our nation in these conflicts, he not only
jeopardizes the safety and prosperity of the Iranian people, but also
threatens to impose the scourge of war upon our land,> they said,
criticizing the supreme leader's <destructive policies and anti-national
stance.> The Israeli military has been bombing Gaza since the Hamas
attacks on Israel that killed 1,400 people and saw more than 230 people
kidnapped as hostages. The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza says more
than 8,700 people have been killed since Israel's retaliatory bombing
started, including 2,913 children.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/122144-israel-hamas-war-iranian-activists-blast-khameneis-reckless-policies/
Iranwire - 1 Nov 2023
<<Iranian Protester on Death Row Beaten after Suicide Attempt
Mujahid Korkur, a 34-year-old protester on death row, was severely
beaten after he attempted to take his own life for a second time while
in custody. A source told IranWire that Korkur made his suicide attempt
behind the walls of Shiban prison in the southern city of Ahvaz as his
mental and physical health dramatically worsoned. His ensuing brutal
beating by prison officers required the inmate's hospitalization.
Korkur's arrest was reported in mid-December 2022 and he was handed
capital punishment earlier this year for allegedly killing several
people during protests in the western city of Izeh. In June, security
agents raided the home of Korkur's family and arrested his sister Negar.
Officers showed Korkur a video of her during the arrest and warned him:
<We will bring the disaster you fear to your sister.> The video produced
immense mental and emotional pressure on Korkur, who made a first
suicide attempt. After that, the prison authorities allowed his mother
and father to visit him. During the encounter, Korkur <pleaded> with his
parents to tell him the <truth> about Negar, according to sources close
to the family. After the meeting, Korkur's parents reported a
deterioration of his mental and physical health. Korkur's alleged
victims in Izeh on November 16 include Kian Pirfalak, a nine-year-old
boy who was shot by the security forces in his parent's car. After
partially recovering from injuries sustained during the shooting
incident, Kian's father, Meysem Pirfalak, released a video in which he
refutes Korkur's involvement in the death of his son. <My wife and I
witnessed firsthand the security forces…firing at our car, injuring me
and killing my son,> he said.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/122105-iranian-protester-on-death-row-beaten-after-suicide-attempt/
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