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Sept 8-11, 1998 / Shahrivar 17-20, 1377
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* Iranian dissident denied bail
* Bio of Iranian reporter killed
in Afghanistan
* U.S. senator, others try to help Iranian couple
remain in U.S. with disabled son
* Human Rights Watch condemns detention practices
of INS urges end to use of local jails to hold immigrants
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* Human rights group calls for investigation
* Iran Leaders Assaulted by Militants
* Thousands of civilians killed by Taleban
* Montazeri's daughter slams husband's jailing
* Press group asks France to press Iran on reporter
* Majlis creates new press
restrictions
* PEN calls for Sa'idzadeh's
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* Bio of Iranian reporter killed in Afghanistan
TEHRAN, Sept 11, (IRNA)- the islamic republic news agency assigned Mahmoud
Saremi to head the irna bureau in afghanistan in 1995 from where he gave
a full objective coverage of the civil war until saturday august 8 when
he was martyred by taliban advancing insurgents at his office in mazar-i-sharif...
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* Human Rights Watch condemns detention practices
of INS urges end to use of local jails to hold immigrants
(Washington, D.C., September 9, 1998) -- In a
report released today, Human Rights Watch charges that the U.S. Immigration
and Naturalization Service (INS) is now holding more than half of its detainees
in jails where they are subjected to punitive treatment and may be mixed
with criminal inmates.
With its own detention facilities overwhelmed,
the INS is placing its administrative detainees in jails, even though they
are not serving criminal sentences. Those detained include asylum seekers,
undocumented individuals picked up by the INS on the street or during workplace
raids, and individuals with previous convictions who are now awaiting deportation...
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* U.S. senator, others try to help Iranian
couple remain in U.S. with disabled son
Farzad Aleaziz and Roya Ahmade might face deportation
to Iran, where 13-year-old Alireza couldn't get the care he needs
The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Tuesday, August
25 1998 -- Guests gather. Parents smile. Cameras click. The senator shakes
hands.
And Alireza Aleaziz, 13, severely disabled since
birth, stares straight ahead from his wheelchair at Providence Child Center,
presumably unaware that the bustle surrounding him brings together the
powerful forces working in his favor: U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., representatives
of the Iranian-American community and members of the Providence staff.
Smith and others helping the boy's parents, Farzad
Aleaziz and Roya Ahmadi, met Monday at the Northeast Portland nursing facility
to vow diligence in their effort to persuade the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization
Service to allow the family, whose visas have expired, to stay legally
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* Iranian dissident denied bail
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A former deputy prime minister and
long-time political prisoner is being detained without bail or access to
his lawyers, an Iranian newspaper and a human rights group say. Abbas Amir-Entezam
was arrested Tuesday, apparently on defamation charges, according to Iran's
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* Human rights group calls for investigation
Iranian Human Rights Working Group (IHRWG) -- Noting the recent emphasis
by the authorities of the Islamic Republic on the rule of law and building
a civil society, the Iranian Human Rights Working Group (IHRWG) demands
from the current administration in Iran... to launch a full investigation
into the 1988 mass execution of political prisoners; to provide the public
with the number and identity of the victims; and to reveal the burial sight
of the victims ... FULL
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* Iran Leaders Assaulted by Militants
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Hard-line militants assaulted an Iranian deputy
president and the culture minister on Friday as they left a prayer service
in central Tehran, witnesses said. About 80 militants chanting ``Death
to liberals!'' scuffled with the two, both moderates, as they left Tehran
University separately after Friday prayers, said the witnesses, who spoke
on condition of anonymity... FULL
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* Afghanistan: Thousands of civilians killed
following Taleban takeover of Mazar-e Sharif
Amnesty International -- Taleban guards
deliberately and systematically killed thousands of ethnic Hazara civilians
during the first three days following their military takeover of Mazar-e
Sharif on 8 August 1998, according to new information received by Amnesty
International. Since their arrival in Mazar-e Sharif, the Taleban have
sealed the area to foreign media and independent observers. Amnesty International's
information is based on testimonies from eyewitnesses and surviving members
of the victims' families... FULL
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* Montazeri's daughter slams husband's jailing
TEHRAN, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A daughter of Iran's top dissident cleric
has appealed for the release of her husband, who she said was jailed to
pressure her father, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. The daily Tous quoted
Ashraf Montazeri, Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri's daughter as saying
in an open letter that her husband Hadi Hashemi, also a Shi'ite Moslem
cleric, has been incarcerated for three months without any formal charges... FULL
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* Press group asks France to press Iran on reporter
PARIS, Aug 21 (Reuters) - A press watchdog group asked France on Friday
to press Tehran on the behalf of an Iranian journalist, Mohammad Firouzi,
who was condemned to death in January after being convicted of adultery
and spying. The plea by the Paris-based Reporters sans Frontieres (Reporters
without Borders) came as French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine arrived
in Tehran for a weekend visit... FULL
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* Majlis creates new press restrictions
TEHRAN (Hamshahri) - The Majlis has passed a law with ambiguous terms
which would make it easy to shut down publications which publish "offensive"
images or articles that defend women's rights based on "un-Islamic"
principles... FULL
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* PEN calls for Sa'idzadeh's immediate release
We write to you today about our colleague, prominent writer and legal
scholar, Hojatoleslam Mohsen Sa'idzadeh who was arrested on June 30, 1998,
and has remained in jail ever since. We believe that his incarceration
is linked to his reformist views and writings in general, and his views
pertaining to women's rights in particular... FULL TEXT
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