OscailtIslamists Threaten To Murder Iraqi Socialist FeministHouzan Mahmoud, Representative of the Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq has been threatened by Islamic Fundamentalists. On February 26, 2007, Houzan received an e-mail signed by Ansar al-Islam, the notoriously brutal jihadist group based in Kurdistan/Iraq.
The death threat, delivered via e-mail, read:
<strong> "With the permission of Great God, we will kill you either in Iraq or in London by the middle of March, because you are campaigning against Islam. You should be sent to God for punishment." </strong>
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2007-03-03T23:31:12+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=81297http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifMy enemies enemy..http://www.indymedia.ie/article/81297#comment1853432007-03-03T23:31:12+00:00*13..can never become my friend.
We must accept the fact there are far-right eleme.....can never become my friend.<br />
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We must accept the fact there are far-right elements even among the "bold resistance" of Iraq. It's standard, the same could be said of any resistance movement on this planet. We can never offer uncritical and blind support to a movement, when elements within it are clearly sexist, anti-socialist and bigoted.<br />
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Victory to the left. Everywhere!I really can't see how...http://www.indymedia.ie/article/81297#comment1853872007-03-04T15:07:58+00:00*13I fail to see how this is piece is "anti-islamist"
It does not deny Iraq is,at ...I fail to see how this is piece is "anti-islamist"<br />
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It does not deny Iraq is,at present, occupied. It's not by any means a pro-US post. It just highlights the fact there are right-wing regressive elements within the "resistance" in Iraq. <br />
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Let's not forget there are, of course, those within the Iraqi community who are fighing for something better, but are the fundamentalists worthy of any support?Madre Support Houzanhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/81297#comment1853982007-03-04T16:29:29+00:00pat cMadre the International Women’s Human Rights Organization have supported Houzan ...Madre the International Women’s Human Rights Organization have supported Houzan against the threats from the Islamo-Fascists. Houzan will address a Press Conference and Panel Discussion on <em>Promising Democracy, Imposing Theocracy: Gender-Based Violence and the US War on Iraq</em> being organised by Madre: <br />
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<strong>Ms. Mahmoud, who received a death threat this week from the jihadist group Ansar al-Islam, will address the real-life impact of a campaign of terror and violence against women carried out by Islamists throughout Iraq. </strong><br />
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Full details at: <a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/81313" title="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/81313">http://www.indymedia.ie/article/81313</a><br />
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Its make your mind up time for Irish Socialists: do you stand with the Iraqi Socialists & Feminists who are fighting for Womens Rights and a Secular Iraq AND against the US Occupation or do you take the side of the Islamicists?<br />
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Heres what Madre say:<br />
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<strong>MADRE denounces the threats made by Islamists against Houzan Mahmoud, and condemns all attacks on human rights defenders and women's rights activists. MADRE notes that for more than two decades, its sister organizations around the world have been targeted with similar violence, from the death squads of El Salvador, to the interahamwe militias of Rwanda. MADRE stands opposed to all those who utilize violence, intimidation, and mass killing in pursuit of reactionary political and social agendas and extends its strongest support to Houzan Mahmoud and all Iraqi women who are fighting for their human rights. </strong><br />
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Those who now threaten Houzan are the same as theright-wing death squads of El Salvador, Colombia. They are the moral equivalent of the Contras. <br />
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RSF: Reporters Without Borders report 2007http://www.indymedia.ie/article/81297#comment1854732007-03-05T10:15:34+00:00C Murray
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Barometer for 2007, thus far:...<br />
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Barometer for 2007, thus far:-<br />
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10 Journalists Killed.<br />
4 Media Assistants Killed.<br />
133 journalists imprisoned globally.<br />
4. Media assistants imprisoned.<br />
60 cyber-activists imprisoned.<br />
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(figures for end of 2006-2007)<br />
hotspots include:- Mexico, Phillipines, Russia and Africa.<br />
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IWMF:-<br />
Female Journalists and activists imprisoned, tortured or bombed:-<br />
Elizabeth Neuffer Killed in Iraq 2003.<br />
May Chidiac lost a hand and leg in Lebanon.<br />
Gao Yu -econmic and political reporter jailed twice.<br />
Anna Politkovskaya. (murdered 7th October 2006)<br />
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Editors and cyber activists were deliberately targeted by the Ruis<br />
regime in mexico , and the civil rights activists/teachers and artists<br />
who made up the APPO.<br />