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Syria artists in a time of revolt (October 30 2012) Syria artists in a time of revolt (October 30 2012)

Jane Ferguson the British Freelance Journalist currently with Aljazeera has published an article titled ‘Portrait of Syria artists in a time of revolt’ discussing how artists who fled the country had experienced “torture” by security forces but are still intent on continuing their work. Ferguson states “Many of them [Artists] have been detained, beaten and disappeared by the government for focusing their talents on the ugliest of truths around them. In times of war, writers, painters, filmmakers and photographers often mirror its horror. We now look upon great works such as Pablo Picasso’s Guernica and Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls, with nostalgia – neatly cleansed of the terror that inspired them. Fast forward a generation and works born from the Syrian revolution will likely be part of our contemporary art world. But first Syrian artists must survive, and to do that many have fled the country. Filmmaker Firas Fayyad tried to board a flight from Damascus Airport last November. … they put a bag over his head, threw him into a car, and drove him to the first of a series of underground detention centres where he said he was beaten and interrogated repeatedly for four months. …After his release in March, Fayyad knew he was being watched, and could be arrested again at any time. He left the country on foot. …He is now working to challenge the Assad government as an exiled activist, even though the once peaceful rebellion has transformed into an increasingly violent civil war.”

 

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Mahnaz Mohammadi the 36 year old Iranian filmmaker has been secretly arrested In Tehran by unidentified security forces. Mohammadi a prominent women’s rights activist is being held incommunicado without warrant, legal or family access. Mohammadi directed an award winning short documentary ‘Women without shadows’ depicting the women living in an Iranian state run shelter for the homeless. The film has been in high demand at several international film festivals, and she was due to appear at the Cannes festival in May until her passport was seized preventing her appearance. This is Mohammadi’s third arrest by the regime in the past four years, the first involved a peaceful protest at a Teheran court, and the second while in attendance at cemetery to lay a wreath on the grave of sniper victim. Inspired by Saeed Dehghan ow.ly/5TX1v image source Maryamsinaiee ow.ly/5TWUX Women Without Shadows filmmaker arrested (August 5 2011)

Mahnaz Mohammadi the 36 year old Iranian filmmaker has been secretly arrested In Tehran by unidentified security forces. Mohammadi a prominent women’s rights activist is being held incommunicado without warrant, legal or family access. Mohammadi directed an award winning short documentary ‘Women without shadows’ depicting the women living in an Iranian state run shelter for the homeless. The film has been in high demand at several international film festivals, and she was due to appear at the Cannes festival in May until her passport was seized preventing her appearance. This is Mohammadi’s third arrest by the regime in the past four years, the first involved a peaceful protest at a Teheran court, and the second while in attendance at cemetery to lay a wreath on the grave of sniper victim.

 

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Reza Hoda Saber the 52 year old Iranian political activist and leading journalist for an opposition magazine Iran-e Farda, died in the custody of the Iranian prison Evin while on a hunger strike in protest of fellow opposition figure Haleh Sahabi’s death at the hands of security forces while at the funeral of her father. Saber was into his tenth day of a hunger strike when stricken with severe chest pains associated with his heart. Saber’s screams of agony where ignored by prison authorities for six hours before eventually being transferred to hospital for belated surgery to his blocked arteries, dying during the course of the operation. The opposition group Council for the Green Path of Hope condemned the Iranian government for the neglect and Saber’s unlawful detention without charge. Inspired by Radio Zamaneh ow.ly/5hev4 image source Payvand Iran News ow.ly/5hez2 First of all, why was he in prison? (June 15 2011)

Reza Hoda Saber the 52 year old Iranian political activist and leading journalist for an opposition magazine Iran-e Farda, died in the custody of the Iranian prison Evin while on a hunger strike in protest of fellow opposition figure Haleh Sahabi’s death at the hands of security forces while at the funeral of her father. Saber was into his tenth day of a hunger strike when stricken with severe chest pains associated with his heart. Saber’s screams of agony where ignored by prison authorities for six hours before eventually being transferred to hospital for belated surgery to his blocked arteries, dying during the course of the operation. The opposition group Council for the Green Path of Hope condemned the Iranian government for the neglect and Saber’s unlawful detention without charge.

 

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Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak the 72 year old President of the Arab Republic of Egypt People want the regime to fall (January 29 2011)

Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak the 72 year old President of the Arab Republic of Egypt who assumed the Presidency in 1981 following the assassination of President Anwar El-Sadat, himself surviving six assassination attempts, defended in a televised address his use of security forces to control thousands of Egyptian protestors who had gathered and battled lines of riot police. Mubarak claimed in the address that it was his job was to protect the nation from chaos, however the initially peaceful chanting of the protestors turned violent with the state closure of Facebook and Twitter. These closures were closely followed by the whole of the internet the mobile phone network, and finally the house arrest of Mohamed ElBaradei the opposition figurehead.

 

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