Political prisoner Adel Jalali ended his 11-day hunger strike on March 28 after prison officials at Orumiyeh Central Prison agreed to cooperate with him, a local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The source added that the Prison Intelligence Unit has been pressuring four other political prisoners at Orumiyeh, repeatedly […]
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Preliminary List of Citizens Arrested During the Civil Protests to Save Lake Orumiyeh
September 4th, 2011 – [Jaras] In the past few days tens of civil and political activists across a number of cities in Azarbaijan have been arrested as a result of their civil protest in support of saving a drying national treasure, lake Orumiyeh.
Latest Reports on Clashes in Orumiyeh| Unconfirmed Reports of 5 Fatalities – By Journalist Saeid Pourheydar
September 3rd, 2011 – This report was posted on Journalist Saeed Pourheydar’s web blog:Full scale civil war in Orumiyeh – security forces fire directly at the protesters.Hundreds arrested….
Invitation by the 25 Bahman Group to Participate in Peaceful, Civil Protests on Sept 3rd, 2011 to Save Lake Orumiyeh
August 30th 2011 – The peaceful, civil protests to save lake Orumiyeh from an environmental disaster were violently suppressed by security forces on Saturday August 27th, 2011.
Protest in defense of drying lake turns violent in Iran
Yesterday(August 27, 2011) the quiet city of Orumiyeh became turbulent for a few hours. The city lies near lake Orumiyeh (in the Azerbaijan province), one of the largest lakes in the middle east. The important body of water is drying up due to neglect by Iranian authorities.