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JINA MAHSA AMINI
The face of Iran's protests. Her life, her dreams
and her death.
In memory of Jina 'Mahsa' Amini, the cornerstone of the 'Zan.
Zendagi. Azadi revolution.
16 February 2023 | By Gino d'Artali
And also
Read all about the assasination of the 22 year young Jhina Mahsa
Amini or Zhina Mahsa Amini (Kurdistan-Iran) and the start of the Zan,
Zendagi, Azadi (Women, life, freedom) revolution in Iran
2022
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When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi
figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da
qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so
called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.
'THE JINA REVOLUTION'
Preface by Gino d'Artali - Dec 25, 2023
Dear reader, the, as I call it, Jina Revolution is alive and kicking
despite the ruthless oppression and killings by the mullahs' regime and
proof of that lays in my report as listed below but let me, with your
permission, first ask for your attention for the situation for Jina's
family and especially her mother
Mojgan Eftekhari,
who said the following:
my daughter <spread the dream of freedom from her hometown of
Kurdistan to the whole of Iran, the Middle East and the
world, mobilizing millions of oppressed women and men.>
<I firmly believe that her name will forever embody
freedom alongside Joan of Arc's name,> she added, in
referrence to a saint honored as a defender of the
French nation during the Hundred Years' War.>
Read more here:
JINA AMINI'S VOICE IS HEARD
despite the mullahs'
regime to force it down!
Shida Saberi
Jinha - Womens News Agency 4 March 2024
<<Indictment prepared against Shida Saberi for holding sign reading
Jin,Jiyan, Azadi
An indictment has been prepared against Shida Saberi, a civil activist,
actress and women's rights defender from Yasuj for holding a sign
reading Jin, Jiyan, Azadi in a video message.
News Center- An indictment has been prepared against Shida Saberi, a
civil activist, actress and women's rights defender from Iran's Yasuj
city, for holding a sign reading Jin, Jiyan, Azadi in a video message.
She faces prison sentences on charges of <disturbing public order and
inciting people to riot> for holding a sign reading Jin, Jiyan, Azadi
(English: Women, Life, Freedom) in a video message. Shida Saberi is one
of the detainees from the nationwide protests in 2022. She was arrested
in the city of Yasuj on September 16, 2023, on the anniversary of
nationwide protests that sparked in Rojhelat and Iran following the
killing of Jina Mahsa Amini by Iran's so-called <morality police> on
September 16, 2022. Several days later, she was released from prison.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/indictment-prepared-against-shida-saberi-for-holding-sign-reading-jin-jiyan-azadi-34687?page=1
Iranwire - 4 March 2024
<<Iranian Teacher Arrested for <Illegal Gathering> at Mahsa Amini's
Grave
Authorities in the Islamic Republic have arrested Soleiman Abdi, a
teacher and member of the Iranian Teachers' Union branch in the Kurdish
town of Saqqez. The charges against him include <disrupting public order
and peace by participating in an illegal gathering in Aichi cemetery,>
where Mahsa Amini's grave is located. Amini emerged as the face of the
Woman, Life, Freedom movement after the 22-year-old Kurd died in the
custody of the country's morality police in September 2022. The presence
of her grave at the Aichi cemetery in Saqqez has turned it into a site
for anti-establishment protests. The Iranian Teachers' Union announced
Abdi's arrest on March 3. According to the union's Telegram channel,
Abdi was summoned to serve his prison sentence and arrested before being
transferred to Saqqez Central Prison in the Kurdistan Province. Abdi was
previously sentenced to eight months in prison and 70 lashes by the
105th branch of the Saqqez Criminal Court in July 2023. He was arrested
in late 2022, detained in Sanandaj, and then transferred to Saqqez
Central Prison in April 2023. Abdi was temporarily released on bail
after 23 days of detention, pending the conclusion of his case.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/126038-iranian-teacher-arrested-for-illegal-gathering-at-mahsa-aminis-grave/
Iranwire - 27 Feb 2024
<<Iranian Student Groups Call for Islamic Republic's <Overthrow>
A coalition of Iranian student organizations and activists has announced
that they will boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections, saying they
want fundamental changes in the country. In a statement on February 26,
they declared that they would only vote for <the overthrow of the
Islamic Republic and the victory of the Woman, Life, Freedom
revolution.> <We have spoken on the streets and stated firmly that we
aim to dismantle the Islamic Republic that restricts freedom,> the
statement reads, adding that <boycotting the elections is not enough for
us.> The activists said that the Islamic Republic is struggling for <its
own survival> while Iranians strive for its demise, as the government
has created <inhumane conditions for millions.> The signatories hail
from universities across the country, including in Tehran, Ahvaz,
Isfahan and Ardabil. Elections for the parliament are scheduled for
March 1 along with voting to fill the Assembly of Experts, with hundreds
of would-be candidates disqualified by the hardline Guardian Council.
Voter turnout in the 2020 parliamentary elections was at its lowest
since the 1979 Islamic Revolution at just over 42 percent. Earlier this
week, nearly 300 political, social and cultural figures in the country
publicly denounced the <staged> upcoming elections and called for
Iranians not to participate in the vote. In a joint statement, the
signatories condemned the <deadlock of reforms,> the <complete
elimination of critics,> and the <widespread disqualification of
candidates.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125814-iranian-student-groups-call-for-islamic-republics-overthrow/
Sarina Jahani
NCRI - Womens committee -1 March 2024 - in Women's News
<<Sarina Jahani, 20, serving her two-year time in Evin Prison
Sarina Jahani, 20, is spending her two-year sentence in the women's ward
of Evin Prison. Sarina Jahani was arrested on September 16, 2023, on the
anniversary of the 2022 nationwide uprising in Iran sparked by the death
of Zhina Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Morality Police.
Security forces in Shahriar, one of the counties of Tehran Province,
arrested Sarina and took her to Qarchak Prison. Some 600 women were
arrested in Tehran on the anniversary of Iran protests. Sarina was among
those arrested in Shahriar. She was subsequently transferred to Evin
Prison, and temporarily released on bail on November 4, 2023. The
Revolutionary Court of Shahriar sentenced her to two years imprisonment
on charges of <assembly and collusion to act against national security.>
On February 6, 2024, she reported to the Office of the Implementation of
Verdicts, where she was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison to serve
her time in prison.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/03/01/sarina-jahani/
Sarina Jahani
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 29 Feb 2024
<<Arrest of Sarina Jahani for Incarceration Sentence in Tehran
A 20-year-old individual identified as Sarina Jahani, residing in
Shahriar (Tehran province), who was arrested concurrently with the
commemoration of Jina Amini and sentenced to 27 months of detention, has
been transported to Evin prison. According to a report received by the
Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on February 5th, 2024, Sarina
Jahani from Shahriar was arrested and relocated to Evin prison in Tehran
to serve her 27-month detention sentence. Reported by a family member of
Sarina Jahani, she was sentenced to 21 months of detention for the
charge of <coalition and consensus against national security> and an
additional 6 months for <propaganda against the government> in the 1st
branch of the Shahriar revolutionary court, presided over by Judge <Barjasteh.>
Sarina Jahani was arrested on September 16, 2023, by security forces.
After spending 19 days in solitary confinement, she was initially held
at Qarchak Varamin prison. Later, she was transferred to Evin prison and
eventually released on bail on November 6, 2023, pending the conclusion
of her trial.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/arrest-of-sarina-jahani-for-incarceration-sentence-in-tehran
Osman Esmaili
Center for Human Rights Iran - February 12 , 2024
<<Unlawfully Imprisoned Activist and Organizer of Mahsa Jina Amini's
Funeral Must Be Released on Medical Grounds
Medical Examiner: Osman Esmaili <Could Not Withstand Further
Imprisonment>
Sentenced to Prison After <Two-Hour Trial,> Denied Counsel of Choice
February 8, 2024 - Iranian authorities should immediately release Osman
Esmaili, an unlawfully imprisoned labor and human rights activist who is
suffering from serious and untreated health conditions in Saqqez Central
Prison and has been deemed unfit for prison by a medical examiner,
according to information provided to the Center for Human Rights in Iran
(CHRI). <Prison authorities are not paying attention to his dire health,
and no measures have been taken to treat and deal with his illnesses,> a
source with detailed knowledge of his case told CHRI, adding that a
medical examiner had stated that Esmaili <could not withstand further
imprisonment.> Prison conditions have worsened the 63-year-old
activist's health problems, including heart disease, asthma, rheumatism,
and a <herniated disc which needs to be operated on as soon as
possible,> said the source who spoke on the condition of anonymity for
security reasons. According to Article 502 of Iran's Criminal Procedure
Code, if the prisoner's condition necessitates it, the judicial
authorities must order the transfer of the prisoner to a suitable
medical facility outside the prison for treatment. Yet despite his
family posting the equivalent of $20,000 USD in bail, Esmaili has been
denied release or medical furlough. Human rights organizations including
CHRI, as well as the UN, have expressed serious concerns over the
Islamic Republic of Iran’s continued denial of sufficient medical
treatment to detainees and prisoners, which violates the UN's Standard
Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and which has led to the
deaths of political and non-political detainees and prisoners. CHRI
calls on the international community, including the U.N. High
Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, the special
rapporteur for human rights, and all Member States to demand that the
Iranian authorities provide immediate and full treatment for all
prisoners, including political prisoners who have long been targeted for
denial of medical care. In January 2024, Esmaili, an ethnic Kurd, was
transferred from Saqqez Central Prison in Kurdistan Province to Evin
Prison in Tehran, ostensibly where the facilities are better for medical
treatment, but then denied entry to Evin and sent back, with no
treatment. <They just wanted to harass him,> said the source. <The whole
transfer episode took 18 hours; imagine how he suffered in the car
during all that time, with his serious health condition.>
Esmaili, a veteran labor activist in Iran who has been arbitrarily
arrested for his peaceful activism multiple times since 2013, helped
organize the funeral of Mahsa Jina Amini in September 2022. Amini was a
22-year-old woman whose killing in state custody just three days after
she was arrested for her alleged inappropriate hijab sparked months of
anti-state protests. Since then, the Islamic Republic has been using
various tactics including arbitrary arrest and imprisonment to silence
any activists who have supported Amini's family or those protests, which
came to be known as the *Woman, Life, Freedom* movement. <He was also
one of the speakers at Amini's ceremony,> said the source. <While airing
his speech, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting organization [state
media] in Sanandaj marked him and others in 'red,' alleging they were
the main 'riot' leaders.>
Smeared by State Media, Denied Counsel of Choice During Sham Trial
Esmaili's most recent arrest occurred in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, in
February 2023. After several hours of interrogation without access to
counsel of his choice, he was transferred to the Ministry of
Intelligence's office in Sanandaj, the provincial capital, and held for
close to three months.
Meanwhile, Akam News, a website closely affiliated with the Ministry of
Intelligence's office in Sanandaj, began publishing reports about
Esmaili, which were used as <evidence> in court. Esmaili's trial was
held on July 26, 2023, in Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in
the city of Sanandaj. He was denied access to his chosen lawyer and
instead forced to accept a state-appointed lawyer named Farzad
Nasrollahi. In court, Esmaili defended his peaceful activities during
the *Woman, Life, Freedom* uprising as well as his actions as a trade
unionist, but rejected any links alleged by the state with the Komala
Party, a Kurdish opposition group. The trial lasted less than two hours.
The judge sentenced him to one year and four months in prison. The
verdict was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court, where it was
ultimately upheld. On November 13, 2023, Esmaeili was transferred to
Saqqez Central Prison. In the 1980s, Esmaili was exiled to the
southeastern city of Kerman for 25 years for the same charge of
membership in Komala. After his return to Saqqez in the late 2000s, he
was arrested many times: in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021.
Esmaili was also arrested and imprisoned on numerous occasions for
participating in peaceful rallies marking International Labor Day and
International Women's Day in Iran, as well as other peaceful trade union
activities. Each time he was sentenced to several months in prison or
ordered to pay a fine. He was never represented by his own chosen
lawyer. Activists from members of minority communities in the Islamic
Republic suffer especially harsh state retribution and persecution. They
are routinely sentenced to long prison terms after sham trials, and are
also disproportionally sentenced to death.>>
Source:
https://iranhumanrights.org/2024/02/unlawfully-imprisoned-activist-and-organizer-of-mahsa-jina-aminis-funeral-must-be-released-on-medical-grounds/
Korosh Garavand
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 8 Feb, 2024
<<Kurdish Political Prisoner in Ilam Goes on Hunger Strike
Korosh Garavand, a political prisoner from Sarableh, Kermanshah
province, detained during the <Jin, Jian, Azadi> movement, has initiated
a hunger strike once again after being rearrested and incarcerated in
Ilam Central Prison. According to reports received by the Hengaw
Organization for Human Rights, Korosh Garavand, a Kurdish individual
from Sarableh, was arrested by Iranian security forces on January 15th.
He began his hunger strike as a form of protest against his arbitrary
detention on Wednesday, February 7th, 2024, in Ilam Central Prison.
Korosh Garavand, 20 years old, was initially detained on January 5,
2024, following a raid by intelligence forces on his parents' home in
Sarableh. His arrest, related to <insulting sanctities,> has not been
covered by the media. He had previously been detained during the <women,
life, freedom> movement in Sarableh on Thursday, November 24th, 2022,
and was released on bail after 15 days. It is important to note that Mr.
Garavand is facing charges of <conspiracy to commit a crime against
national security> and has been sentenced to 7 months of disciplinary
imprisonment by the revolutionary court of Sarableh, presided over by
Chief Judge Omidi.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/kurdish-political-prisoner-in-ilam-goes-on-hunger-strike
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