BEHIND BARS: Rally for Political Prisoners In Iran | San Francisco, CA June 9, 2013
Four years after
Iranians demanded "Where Is My Vote?" only eight men considered
Khameini's allies have been allowed to run in next week's election.
Meanwhile, more than
500 prisoners of conscience remain behind bars, including opposition leaders on house arrest.
Iran is not free.
United for Iran,
Amnesty USA and local activists kicked off a global action week June 9 in
San Francisco that continues in
Vienna, Austria, on June 10 - with
Amnesty International activists undertaking
100 hours of solidarity: https://www.facebook.com/events/38158
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The San Francisco program includes:
-Instrumental
Persian music by violinist Pourya Khademi, guitarist
Mohammad Talani and Kamran Tondar.
-A reading of imprisoned student activist
Majid Tavakoli's speech by
Iranian exile
Abbas Hakimzadeh.
- Speeches by
Sarah Shourd, an
American who was held in solitary confinement for over a year at
Evin Prison * Iranian exile Nasim Sarabandi, a women's rights activist who was arrested for her activities with the
One Million Signatures campaign *
Firuzeh Mahmoudi, director of United for Iran *
Amir Soltani, author of
Zahra's Paradise * Amnesty USA's
Sara Schmidt * and San Francisco sheriff
Ross Mirikarimi.
-Spoken word by Turaj
Zaim, an Iranian-American activist-poet who in 2009 staged a hunger strike for the release of his father from Evin Prison., who will also be symbolically released from an onstage jail cell.
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Performances by
Revolution of the Mind (hip-hop),
Mansour Taeed (comedian), and readings by
Sepa Sama, Jazzmin Adibi and Fariba
Safai.
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TAKE
ACTION! How you can help from around the world:
1) Organize --
Hold your own event in your city from June 11-14! Email us at info@united4iran.org with info/link to your event;
2)
Online --
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3)
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