Hunger Strike

Today is the 25th day that the student activist hero Majid Tavakolli is on hunger strike.
He was arrested 90 days ago when the ISA activist body at Tehran Amir Kabir University was trying to have elections.


More on Torturing the Students in Evin (ward 209) here.
link via cityboy

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Iran: Shocking Reports of Sexual Toruture of Student Activists

Archer, the Great: Last May, a group of students were arrested in Amir Kabir University (AKU), following the suspicious distribution of student newsletter which insulted the Supreme Leader. Soon, there were strong reports that the newsletter were counterfeited to create the pretext for arresting and oppressing students. For the background and the related cartoon see here.

Recently, shocking details of the torture the arrested students were surfaced, causing outrage in the Iranian blogosphere. The names of some of the arrested students are Ahmad Ghasaban (احمد قصابان), Majid Tavakkoli (مجید توکلی) and Ehsan Nansouri (احسان منصوری). Reportedly, the students underwent massive sexual torture. The Intelligence Ministry agents have reportedly raped the students using bottles, hot eggs, etc. Their screams have been reportedly heard in other rooms in the prison. Reportedly, a few students have committed suicide, as a result of excessive pressure, the traces of which are still visible on their bodies.

According to a letter published by their parents, the students have been tortured for up to 12 hours by a team of seven, at the middle of the nights. Reportedly, the torture team have been using physicians to keep the students alive while make them suffer as much as possible. The students have been also denied access to washroom and were beaten up when they lost their control.
Source of the picture: Student Committee of Human Rights Reporters

Same Report in Persian: http://cyrusnews.com/news/fa/?mi=4&ni=24162

Report of more tortures of political prisoners in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj Tehran: (Brutal beatings and broken rib cages) http://cyrusnews.com/news/fa/?mi=4&ni=24162

Imprisoned Iranian Students Sexually Assaulted By Regime!

The news is sickening and not a whisper from the "progressive Left" who incessantly talk about Abu Ghraib and when Iranians do the same thing about the atrocities occurring in Iran, we’re called all kinds of names…Perhaps the left think as "brown people", the Iranian people are used to this kind of treatment. And to think that an unscrupulous and unelected entity is auctioning their lives and liberty to AI and HRW as a bargaining chip to gain political leverage is beyond reprehensible.

Previously:

Pro-Ahmadinejad Thugs Stab & Beat Student Protesters!

Regime Beats Students With Chains- Arrests Student Leaders Crackdown & Arrests At Tehran's Amir Kabir University

Crackdown Continues... Student Arrests at Amir-Kabir University

After Clubbings & Arrests... Students Hold Protest at Amir Kabir

Iranian Students At Amir Kabir University Protest Ahmadinejad

Iranian Students Protest Regime! Chant "Down With Dictators!"

(Video) Iranian Regime Beats Student Protesters on Anniversary of 1999 Student Movement

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Appeal for Iranian students

This is an appeal by bloggers against the detention of 9 Iranian students from the Amir Kabir Polytechnic University in Tehran who are been kept and repeatedly tortured at the notorious Evin prison:
Dr. Keyvan Ansari - Alumni Association of Iran, since September 18 (2006)

Ahmad Ghassaban - Editor of Sahar, since May 3

Maghdad Khalilpur - Editor of Atiye, since May 7

Majid Tavakolli - Member of ISA, since May 9

Puyan Mahmudian - Editor of Rivar, since May 9

Majid Sheikhpur - Editor of Sar-e Khat, since May 9

Ehsan Mansouri - ISA Secretary of Political Affairs, since May 22

Ali Saberi - ISA committee member, since June 6

Abbas Hakimzadeh - ISA committee member, since June 6
Their crime: Protesting, writing articles, being part of a politically active body, expressing their concerns for the disgraceful human rights condition and the governments plan for a second cultural revolution in order to completely silent all criticisms against it’s ever growing oppression.
Please do your part and re-post this on your blog or put the following icon somewhere to increase the awareness of the crimes of this regime against students:

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Once you have added this please let me know so I will put a link to your blog here.(City Boy's blog)

Reproduced entirely from City Boy's Blog.

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Remember Their Names!

City boy has an excellent update on the Arrest of Amir Kabir University students, as always... He also has a brand spanking new blog. Go on over and give him your support.

These are six of the seven student activists from Amir Kabir University currently in solitary confinement at the 209 branch of Evin prison. Their crime is simply protesting against the dictatorial police state of the country, or as the fundamentalist regime puts it, “threat to national security”, more like a threat to their very existence.
Dr. Keyvan Ansari - Alumni Association of Iran, since September 18 (2006)
Babak Zamanian - Member of ISA, since April 21
Ahmad Ghassaban - Editor of Sahar, since May 3
Maghdad Khalilpur (not pictured) - Editor of Atiye, since May 7
Majid Tavakolli - Member of ISA, since May 9
Puyan Mahmudian - Editor of Divar, since May 9
Majid Sheikhpur - Editor of Sar-e Khat, since May 9

Babak Zamanian, the former communication officer of ISA , is reportedly in a critical condition after the torture has left him with a heart condition. He has been recieving torture in order to admit to the allegations attached to him by the regime news outlets like Kayhan newspaper and Rajanews website that claimed he has connections to foreign countries.

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