29 June 2009
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H-II: Iran- Neda Agha-Soltan New Revelations
As Iranian
women lead the protests, efforts to marginalize the death
of Neda
Agha-Soltan, are being met with international outrage:
The
militiaman
who shot Neda Agha-Soltan in the heart, making her a global martyr for
Iran's
pro-democracy protests, tried to say he didn't mean it, a witness says.
"He
was shouting, 'I didn't want to kill her!'" Dr. Arash Hejazi told the
BBC.
-- Iran militiaman who shot Neda showed regret for
martyr's death - New York Daily News, 29 June 2009.
Shirin
Ebadi, a
prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel peace prize winner
has told Al Jazeera that:
she
is
prepared to represent the family of a young woman shot dead during a
protest
in Tehran... Ebadi, who has represented political prisoners and
victims
of human rights violations for more than 20 years, said that the
actions
of the police and pro-government militias violated the human rights
convention.
Ebadi said that the results of
the
election, which the two reformist candidates have complained was
rigged, should be annulled. "The people of Iran do not accept the
outcome of the
election, therefore ... a new election under the supervision of
international
institutions, including the United Nations [is needed]," she said.--
Iran's Neda killing 'was illegal': Al Jazeera
News, 24 June 2009.
The
international
community is now focused on Human Rights Reporting - Evidence Collection - Witness
Protectionfor
Crimes
Against Humanity as 2,000 are still detained, with hundreds missing in Iran
according to human rights group International Federation for Human
Rights (FIDH), while the International Campaign for Human Rights
in Iran has
provided a list of those
Killed and Detained Since 12 June.
Efforts
are
currently underway to enable uncensored satellite based Wi-Fi capability to
assist human rights reporting.
Related:
Looking forward to progress, collaboration, input
and support
of these efforts.