Injured Marine Regains His Stride

By Marine Corps Cpl. M.C. Nerl
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif, March 8: For Lance Cpl. James Grove, a member of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center's Wounded Warrior Detachment here, conventional methods of rehabilitation don't cut it.

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. James Grove zeros in on his target during the archery portion of the inaugural Marine Corps trials for the Warrior Games at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 25, 2011. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. M.C. Nerl

Grove, who broke 14 bones in a 2009 motorcycle accident, said physical therapy sessions left him feeling as if he wasn't getting anywhere, and he wanted to take his progress to the next level.

"When I was having feelings that normal physical therapy had hit a plateau," the Sellersville, Pa., native said, "I decided I wanted to take a different avenue."

He turned to an alternative offered through his command, competing in the inaugural Marine Corps trials for the Wounded Warrior Games.

Wounded, ill and injured Marines like Grove, along with other wounded from the U.S. and allied nations, gathered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 17–27 for the trials, where they competed in multiple events to claim gold, silver and bronze medals.

"It's far less conventional," Grove explained. "We've played a lot of sports, and I've had a great experience."

Grove, who competed in swimming, archery and wheelchair basketball, added that while he wasn't always a basketball player, he was a fan of the other two sports before he was injured.

"I picked swimming and archery," he said. "They were things I was interested in and did before I was injured. [I picked] basketball because of the team aspect. It sounded like it would be a lot of fun."

Carla Decker, a volleyball coach at the trials, said working with athletes like Grove was an enriching experience.

"I was glad to get the opportunity to come here and meet these fantastic people," she said. "I want to keep these athletes as my friends forever. I feel like I've made a thousand brothers while I've been here."

Decker said working with the wounded, ill and injured has helped her understand a world that was previously unknown to her.

"Working with any of these brave men has given me a chance to understand who they are and the sacrifices they make for our country," she said. "It's really incredible to see young men like this who have already overcome so much in their lives. I'm honored to have been able to come here and work with them."

Australian Defense Force Warrant Officer Class 2 Dennis Ramsay, a member of the allied team at the trials, testified from his own first-hand experience to the spirit of younger men like Grove.

"Well, having both of my legs amputated was incredibly tough," Ramsay said. "They take great care of all of us. Seeing a lot of the young Yanks and others with something that would wreck someone psychologically is a bit overwhelming at first.

"I know, though, that all these kids are pretty tough," he added. "I've met a lot of strong young men who have shown me a thing or two. It's good to see, and everything really has been a great boost not just in confidence, but reassuring for our future as well."

Troops Project Humanitarian Aid to North Africa

By Air Force Master Sgt. Jim Fisher
17th Air Force
SOUDA BAY, Crete, March 7, 2011 - The team projecting humanitarian airlift missions into North Africa entered its fourth day of operations today, taking satisfaction from the more than 450 displaced Egyptian citizens ferried home from Tunisia.

Air Force Staff Sgts. Ashley Vazquez and Justin Hairston strap down cargo on a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. They are part of the team working to project airlifted humanitarian aid into North Africa as part of a broader U.S. government effort led by the State Department to deal with the developing humanitarian crisis on Libya's borders. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Fisher

While the airlift needs were evolving along with the humanitarian crisis on Libya's borders, the team continued the behind-the-scenes functions vital to making sure humanitarian airlift are available for further tasking.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Ashley Vazquez, a command post controller with the 435th Air Mobility Squadron, has been working with teammates on everything from tracking people and equipment to building flight plans.
"We track all the personnel and aircraft -- we track flights, we set up all the communications equipment, making sure that we can talk to our flight crews in the air," she said. At Souda Bay, Vazquez is part of the 435th Contingency Response Group, based at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Known as the 435th Contingency Response Element while on Crete, they make the mission happen alongside airmen from the 37th Airlift Squadron.
"We just make sure everyone's taken care of while they are here," Vazquez said.
Much of this work is not captured by newsreels of evacuees gratefully touching down in Cairo, but is vital to making it happen, said Air Force Lt. Col. Charles "Doc" Schlegel, the contingency response element commander while deployed here and 435th Air Mobility Squadron commander at Ramstein.
"There are a lot of little things that must be done for us to be able to fly these missions," Schlegel said. "These guys have done a fantastic job, and when you see us on the news bringing people home safely after they have fled the conflict in Libya, you are only seeing part of the piece of the overall effort. Our whole teams, including our CRE element, aircrew, ravens, public affairs specialists and many others have all been crucial to the success of this important humanitarian mission."
Flexibility and versatility have made it possible for the small team -- fewer than 30 people are currently supporting the mission at Souda -- to get a lot done, said Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Hairston, an air transportation craftsman with the contingency response element.
"We're a small unit, and we use cross-utilization training," he explained. "Everybody works together; everybody knows a little bit about everybody else's job. You have your subject matter experts, but everybody helps everybody out. That's what makes the [contingency response group] great," Hairston said.
Though their work is behind the scenes, the footage making network news in the United States and Europe is what makes it all worth it, Hairston said.
"Personally, my satisfaction comes from seeing these people getting home," he said. "It's nice to be a part of something like this. A lot of times you see things like this on the news, but to actually be a part of it, I feel very fortunate, very blessed to be here to help these people."
The airlift squadron and contingency response element did not fly today, waiting for further requests for assistance as part of the larger U.S. government and international effort to relieve suffering in the wake of the crisis.
"We are happy with what we've been able to get done so far in support of our State Department and U.S. Africa Command [missions]," Schlegel said. "We are standing by for more."

BRAC Transforms Aberdeen Proving Ground Mission

By Donna Miles  American Forces Press Service ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., March 7, 2011 - With just over six months left to implement the Base Closure and Realignment Commission plan, the sweeping transformation it has sparked here is well under way and slated to be completed on time and under budget, officials reported. Brig. Gen. Lynn A. Collyar, commander of the U.S. Army Ordnance Center and Schools, and Regimental Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel A. Eubanks case the colors of the U.S. Army Ordnance Center and Schools during a May 8, 2009 ceremony, bringing an end of an era at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. U.S. Army photo by Sean Kief  The BRAC plan took effect in November 2005, and impacts more than 800 military installations. It involves closing some, consolidating or realigning others, and ultimately relocating some 123,000 military members and civilian employees. By law, all these actions must be completed by Sept. 15, 2011. The plan is bringing major growth to Aberdeen Proving Ground -- more than 6,500 people and more than $1 billion in new construction to accommodate the new workers, Army Col. Orlando W. Ortiz, the garrison commander, told American Forces Press Service. But it's also bringing a fundamental change to the post's historic mission, and how the Army ensures its warfighters have the most advanced equipment and systems possible to succeed on the battlefield. The U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School, the major tenant that defined Aberdeen Proving Ground's very identity for nearly a century, already has moved to Fort Lee, Va. There, it is part of the new Sustainment Center of Excellence, another BRAC initiative. As officials here closed a page on their post's legacy, they were busy preparing to open an exciting new one that would transform the installation into a hub of cutting-edge communications and electronics technology. Aberdeen Proving Ground has long been heavily involved in the Army's research, development, testing and evaluation mission, explained Army Col. Andrew Nelson, deputy garrison commander for transformation. But by consolidating many disparate and geographically separated organizations that supported those processes here at one post, BRAC is "bringing it to the next level," he said. "Aberdeen Proving Ground has been, but will be to a greater extent, one of the Army's major hubs of research and development of new technologies, and the testing and evaluation of those new technologies that lead to fielding new systems to support the warfighter," Nelson said. "This is the center of all of that -- the technology development that is leading to soldiers being better equipped and better supported in the operational environment where they are," he said. "It's the clothes they wear, the radios they speak through, the computer system that tracks where individual vehicles and soldiers are on the battlefield, to having [unmanned aerial vehicles] that give them the best intelligence of what the enemy is doing. "That is what Aberdeen Proving Ground already is, and what it will be about," Nelson said. "Everything we do here is all about ensuring that the individual soldier and the combat leader have the best possible equipment and systems and technology that is giving them the advantage on the battlefield." The biggest group of new arrivals to support this expanded mission is a collection of activities referred to as "the C4ISR materiel enterprise" that focuses on command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The lion's share of its 7,200 people are coming from Fort Monmouth, N.J., which is closing under BRAC and transferring most of its functions to Aberdeen. The new arrivals hail from Fort Monmouth's Communications and Electronics Command and Communications-Electronic Research, Development and Engineering Center and several of their program executive offices. Others are arriving from related activities at Redstone Arsenal, Ala.; Fort Huachuca, Ariz.; and Fort Belvoir, Va. CECOM established a forward presence at Aberdeen in 2007, and officially uncased its colors here in October 2010. A steady stream of its workforce began arriving this past summer, some directly from Fort Monmouth, some from temporary swing space at Aberdeen and others, new hires replacing workers who chose not to relocate. Today, about 60 percent of the new C4ISR team already has made the move to Aberdeen Proving Ground, settling into the state-of-the-art research and development campus known as the "C4ISR Center of Excellence." Meanwhile, construction crews are putting the finishing touches on the second phase of the C4ISR project, which Nelson said is expected to be completed this month or next. The entire C4ISR complex, once complete, will include 13 buildings and more than 2.5 million square feet of new space. The next-largest group of newcomers to Aberdeen, numbering just over 600, hails from the Army Test and Evaluation Command headquarters and Army Evaluation Center, both in Alexandria, Va. While construction was wrapping up on its new headquarters, Army Maj. Gen. Genaro Dellarocco opted to move directly to Aberdeen, rather than temporarily to Alexandria, when he assumed command in October. Working in swing space at Aberdeen, he's paving the way for the rest of the headquarters elements to follow, while supervising subordinate commands that were already based at Aberdeen when the BRAC recommendations were announced. In addition, BRAC is consolidating a variety of other organizations at Aberdeen. These include the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense from Falls Church, Va.; Air Force Non-Medical Chemical-Biological Defense Development and Acquisition, from Brooks City Base, Texas; the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research from Forest Glen, Md., the Army Research Institute from Fort Knox, Ky., and the Army Research Laboratory's Vehicle Technology Directorate from Langley, Va., and Glenn, Ohio. The BRAC initiative also has brought a broad range of defense contractors to Aberdeen Proving Ground, where many are operating in a new 416-acre complex just outside the gate. Ortiz credited detailed planning that started before the ink had even dried on the BRAC 2005 recommendations with ensuring the post is ready to receive the new arrivals. The planners worked closely with inbound organizations to identify their exact requirements, and with state and local officials to ensure surrounding communities were prepared for the influx. And, able to take advantage of an economic slump that made bidding on the 17 major construction projects required at Aberdeen Proving Ground highly competitive, they realized huge cost-savings in implementing BRAC. "In our fiscal year 2010 program, we were awarding contracts at 60 to 70 percent of what the government estimate was [in 2005]," Nelson said. "That's a big savings, money the Army didn't have to invest here." The first major construction project, a new gate with five vehicle inspection lanes, was completed in May 2009. As the other projects took shape around the installation, less obvious to casual observers were the tremendous infrastructure improvements required to support them. These included multiple-lane gate accesses, roadways, water, sewer and electrical line and miles and miles of fiber optic cabling. Exciting as these new developments are, Ortiz said he's made a concerted effort to ensure Aberdeen's 70-plus previous tenants don't get short shrift. "We don't want haves and have-nots," he said. So the post has undertaken a massive plan to upgrade existing facilities and demolish many of its old World War I- and II-era buildings. Ultimately, plans call for demolishing 188 facilities and 775 housing units over the next five years. As these efforts continue, Nelson said he expects lots of activity at Aberdeen during the spring and summer months as workers move into new or renovated facilities. July is expected to be particularly busy. With the clock ticking down, Ortiz said he's confident Aberdeen Proving Ground is on track to fully comply with the Sept. 15 BRAC deadline. "We've already integrated a sizeable number of the new workers and the buildings that aren't already completed are very far along," he said. "The conditions are pretty well set." The plan is going so well, in fact, that Ortiz expects Sept. 16, the first workday after the BRAC deadline, to be "just another day at work" at Aberdeen Proving Ground. "I honestly do not believe that on Sept. 16, folks are going to notice anything different," he said. "As the locals will tell you, for us, BRAC has already happened. The magic of that Sept. 15 date has long come and gone." So instead of fixating on the BRAC deadline, Aberdeen Proving Ground is focusing on its new, expanded mission, Ortiz said. "What we're focusing on is the future," he said."That's where we really need to go."

Related Sites: Aberdeen Proving Ground Base Closure and Realignment Commission

Representatives of the Army Corps of Engineers check on progress in the construction of the new C4ISR campus during a January 2009 visit to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. U.S. Army photo Movers prepare some of the 60 ordnance treasures at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., for a 200-mile trip down Interstate 95 to Fort Lee, Va., during Phase 1 of the Ordnance Museum relocation in September 2009. U.S. Army photo The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command completed the consolidation of its headquarters Jan. 7, 2011, as its headquarters staff moves from Fort Belvoir, Va., to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., as part of the Base Realignment and Closure plan. Here, Army Col. John Kilgallon, chief of staff, helps Mike Olin, a branch chief with the night vision and electronic sensors directorate, remove the signs as part of the closing ceremony. U.S. Army photo by Dan Lafontaine  Officials with the state of Maryland and Aberdeen Proving Ground officials kick off a $42.6 million road project Oct. 5, 2010, to accommodate extra traffic as Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., expands under the Base Realignment and Closure plan. U.S. Army photo by David McNally  Construction continues on the new Army Test and Evaluation Command headquarters at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Its 600-person staff is slated to move from Alexandria, Va. DOD photo by Donna Miles

U.S. Military Aircraft Fly Egyptians Home from Tunisia

By Cheryl Pellerin  American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 6, 2011 - U.S. military aircraft flew 640 Egyptians home today and yesterday from the Tunisia-Libya border where the refugees fled to escape the violence that continues between government forces and rebels in Libya. A U.S. airmen stands among displaced Egyptian citizens aboard a U.S. Air Force C-130J that is transporting them to Cairo, Egypt. They boarded the aircraft in Djerba, Tunisia, after fleeing the recent violence and political instability in Libya. This reponse to the developing humnaitarian crisis is part of a broader U.S. government effort to relieve suffering caused by the crisis in Libya. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan Stephens  Three U.S. Air Force C-130Js and one U.S. Marine Corps KC-130 flew two daily rotations from Djaerba, Tunisia, to Cairo, Egypt. U.S. Africa Command is overseeing the effort as part of the ongoing U.S. and international response to the evolving humanitarian emergency in that region. "For passenger evacuation, four more flights today are moving 328 passengers to Egypt," Africom spokesman Kenneth Fidler said in an e-mail. Most of the passengers were men who had been working in Libya before violence flared on Feb. 17 when Libyan leader, Col. Moammar Gadhafi cracked down on protesters demanding government reform. Yesterday's four flights moved 312, Fidler said. The last military flight today left Djaerba in the late afternoon carrying 82 Egyptian nationals for a flight to Cairo that was expected to last 3.5 hours. Also yesterday, Fidler added, two U.S. Air Force C-130s from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, delivered humanitarian commodities less than 24 hours after President Barack Obama announced U.S. military support to the international effort. Donations from the U.S. Agency for International Development Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance warehouse at Leghorn Army Depot in Pisa, Italy, included 2,000 blankets, 40 rolls of plastic sheeting and 9,600 10-liter plastic water containers. The C-130J crews have used Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Greece, on the island of Crete, as a hub and crew-rest location. Crews of the Marine Corps KC-130s have used Naval Station Sigonella, Italy, on the island of Sicily, as a hub for their role in the operations, according to Africom officials. Thousands of Egyptians have returned home from the Tunisia-Libya border on aircraft and ferries belonging to or chartered by governments from around the world. On March 4, Naval Forces Europe-Africa, which coordinates U.S. Navy support to Africom, established the joint task for Odyssey Dawn to provide tactical command and control for emergency evacuations, humanitarian relief, and future Africom missions in support of the U.S. government response to unrest in Libya. Africom announced its airlift progress and the establishment of Odyssey Dawn in tweets from the social networking site, Twitter. The airlift and humanitarian effort is part of a larger U.S. government emergency response that Obama ordered last week. "The United States, and the entire world, continues to be outraged by the appalling violence against the Libyan people," he said during a March 3 press conference. "The United States is helping to lead an international effort to deter further violence, put in place unprecedented sanctions to hold the Gadhafi government accountable, and support the aspirations of the Libyan people," the president said. "We are also responding quickly to the urgent humanitarian needs that are developing." On the same day, Obama approved the use of U.S. military aircraft to help move Egyptians who have fled to the Tunisian border to get back home to Egypt.

Related Sites: U.S. Africa Command Related Articles: Ramstein Units Partner to Help Evacuees From Libyan Conflict Air Force Joins Effort to Help Libyan Evacuees

Orissa steel project threatens human rights : Amnesty

About 2,000 Indian farmers could lose their livelihoods in the next month if a proposed US$12 billion steel plant operation involving South Korean steel giant POSCO goes ahead, Amnesty International's warned today.

The Indian authorities have given POSCO conditional clearance to establish a steel plant and port operation on about 4,000 hectares of land in the coastal Jagatsinghpur district of the eastern state of Orissa.

The area includes land on which local farmers are dependent for their livelihoods, and to which they may have rights under Indian law.

The farmers' claims to the land have not been properly settled, despite the fact that official investigations have raised serious concerns about the failures of Orissa State to protect land rights in the context of the steel project.

State police could take over the land during March if the authorities fail to recognize the farmers' right to use it.

"The potential impacts on local communities could be devastating," said Ramesh Gopalakrishnan, Amnesty International's India Researcher. "Some 2,000 people could lose access to common lands and face destitution if the authorities fail to act."

The proposed POSCO operation would be India's biggest foreign direct investment project.

Investigations were conducted by two panels established by India's Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in July and September 2010.

Theyconcluded that the Orissa state authorities had failed to settle community claims over common forest lands.

They also stated that the proposed steel project had violated national environmental laws and coastal regulations and failed to adequately assess the potential negative impact of the mega project on the livelihoods of the local communities.

Despite these findings it appears that the MoEF is set to allow the project to go ahead as long as Orissa state authorities can confirm that no local communities have rights to the land under the Forest Rights Act, 2008. However, this does not guarantee that the affected communities will be able to have their claims resolved through a fair and transparent process.

"India has a duty to protect local communities against human rights abuses, including those involving businesses operations," said Ramesh Gopalakrishnan.

"The authorities and POSCO must carry out a comprehensive human rights and environmental impact assessment of the project, in consultation with residents of Jagatsinghpur, and ensure that no work begins on the project until the residents' rights are protected."

Background
Since June 2005, local communities in Jagatsinghpur district have protested the possible displacement and potential threats to their livelihoods from the POSCO project.

Protestors have erected barricades in the area and prevented officials from entering three villages. In June 2008, one protestor, Dula Mandal, was killed in by a bomb during a clash between critics and supporters of the project and in May 2010 at least 20 protestors sustained gunshot wounds when police used excessive force against them. Protests have intensified during February 2011.

Severaladivasi (indigenous) and other marginalized communities in mineral-rich states including Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal have been protesting over the potential negative impacts of major development projects on traditional forest lands and habitats on which they depend for their livelihoods.

This work is part of Amnesty International's Demand Dignity campaign which aims to end the human rights violations that drive and deepen global poverty. The campaign mobilises people all over the world to demand that governments, corporations and others who have power listen to the voices of those living in poverty and recognise and protect their rights.

CMC celebrated Woman's Day

Ludhiana: The students of College of Nursing, CMC celebrated Woman's Day in the Antenatal OPD. They conveyed message through a play on female foeticide, that if women are firm and take indipendent decision not to go for it inspite of family pressures there will be no more female deaths. The women attending antenatal OPD also took a vow to raise voice against it, now and in future too. They were also educated on the adverse effects on society if the female sex ratio decreases drastically. While speaking on the occasion Dr.Kanwal Masih Medical superintendent said the common belief of society that only a boy is responsible for our lineage. He asked the audience if someone could remember the name of his 5 ancestors to which most of the audience was tight-lipped.

Principal College of nursing Mrs.Triza Jiwan also stressed that girls have outshone the boys even though the boys have outnumbered the girls. Even so some parents, where the role of the family can not be ruled out, choose to eliminate the girls before the birth. This message was welcomed and appreciated by all participants present in the function. 
--Rector kathuria &  Shalu Arora

Women’s Day Celebreted Behind Bars

Iranian Women Rights Activists Celebrate 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day under Pressure and Behind Bars

Tuesday 8 March 2011

Change for Equalitywww.we-change.org/english: Iranian women’s rights activists commemorate the 100th anniversary of international women’s day while facing increased pressures and while many of their colleagues remain in prison. While the activists in the One Million Signatures Campaign have remained active carrying out trainings and awareness raising activities on women’s rights the pressure on them as well as other women’s rights activists is increasing. The Campaign embarks on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s day while several of its activists remain in prison including:
Ronak Safazadeh, Kurdish women’s rights activist, currently serving a 6 year prison sentence in internal exile. She was arrested on October 9, 2007 and has been in prison since. Ronak Safazadeh is also a member of the Azar Mehr women’s NGO in Kurdistan Province.
Zeinab Bayazidi, Kurdish women’s rights activist currently serving a four year prison sentence in internal exile in the city of Zanjan. She was arrested on July 9, 2008. Her appeals process, as noted by her lawyer, was unusually speeding and suffered from legal irregularities.
Alieh Eghdamdoust, women’s rights activist, sentenced to serve three years in prison in relation to her participation in the peaceful protest in Hafte Tir Square on June 12 2006. She is currently serving her prison term in Evin. She has been in prison since February 1 2009.
Bahareh Hedayat, women and student rights activist currently serving a 9.5 year prison sentence at Evin prison. She has been denied visits and contact with her family. Bahareh was arrested on December 27, 2009 and has remained in prison since.
Nasrin Sotoodeh, human rights lawyer and women’s rights activist sentenced to 11 years of prison and 20 year ban on legal practice and travel. Nasrin was arrested on September 4 2010 and remains in prison while she appeals her sentence. New charges have been brought against her since her arrest.
Fatemeh Masjedi, women’s rights activist currently serving a 6 month prison sentence in Qom for her involvement in the Campaign. She was arrested on Friday January 28, as she was on her way to Tehran from Qom and taken to prison to start serving her sentence, despite the fact that her lawyer had filed a judicial review in her case.
Farnaz Kamali, women’s rights activist, arrested during protests on February 20, 2011. Her situation, the charges against her and her location remain unclear. She has been allowed one telephone call to her family from prison.
Also, many Campaign activists have been sentenced to prison terms in relation to their human rights or journalist activities, which have either not been implemented yet or are in appeals, including:
Mahboubeh Karami, Campaign activist who has been sentenced to serve a 3 year prison term, but the sentence has not yet been implemented.
Shiva Nazarahari, Campaign and human rights activist has been sentenced to serve a four year prison term, but the sentence has not yet been implemented.
Jila Baniyaghoub, Campaign activist and journalist has been sentenced to a 1 year prison term and a 30 year ban from journalistic activities.
Kaveh Kermanshahi, Campaign and human rights activist in Kermanshah has been sentenced to a 5 year term, which he is appealing.
Other women remain in prison during the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day well. They include women’s rights activists, student activists, journalists, political figures and human rights activists.
Some of the women currently in prison in relation to their activism include: Mahdieh Golroo, student activist, Haleh Sahabi, women and peace activist, Fariba Ibtahaj, women’s researcher and political activist, Hengameh Shahidi, journalist, Mahsa Amrabadi, journalist, Nazanin Khosravani, journalist, Atefeh Nabavi, student activist, Shabnam Madadzadeh, student activist, Zeinab Jalalian, Kurdish rights activist, Fatemeh Karoubi, political activist, Zahra Rahnavard, political activist, Fakhrolsadat Mohtashamipour, political activist, Leila Tavasolli, political activist, Mahvash Sabet, religious minority, and the list goes on…
We wish all our readers a happy International Women’s Day celebration. Here’s hoping that our colleagues and friends will be free and out of prison for next year’s celebration of the day for women.
Courtesy : We Change