http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/jessica_reed/the_price_of_activism Comments for "The price of activism, " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/jessica_reed/the_price_of_activism <p> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2299/2179820317_ee03d0758f_o_d.png" alt="" hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left" />Last month Roja Bandari <a href="/blog/how_do_you_turn_off_compassion" target="_blank">blogged</a> about Iranian women&#39;s rights campaigner Jelveh Javaheri as part of our 16 Days Against Gender Violence coverage. Jelveh had been summoned to court and taken to the Evin prison on the charges of disrupting public opinion, advertising against the system, and publishing lies. </p> <p> Jelveh and her colleague and journalist Maryam Hosseinkhah were finally released on bail last week - meaning their activities will be restricted until they go to trial. Both were members the <a href="http://www.we-change.org/spip.php?article18" target="_blank">One Million Signatures Campaign</a>. [<a href="/blog/jessica_reed/the_price_of_activism">more...</a>] </p> <p> Roja Bandari tells us that &quot;two other activists, Ronak and Haana, are still in custody in Kurdistan region and we are very concerned about their conditions&quot;. </p> <p> <strong>Elsewhere:</strong> Reporters without borders&#39; <a href="http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=24933" target="_blank">take</a> on the case, <a href="http://www.worldpicturenews.com/web/ShowLightbox.aspx?driverid=1183185" target="_blank">pictures</a> of Maryam and Jelveh at World Picture News, and <a href="http://www.we4change.info/english/spip.php?article196" target="_blank">an interview</a> with Jelveh conducted before she was arrested. </p> &nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/jessica_reed/the_price_of_activism" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/jessica_reed/the_price_of_activism">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/jessica_reed/the_price_of_activism#comment 50.50 Jessica Reed oD Today 5050 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:30:56 +0000 Jessica Reed 35532 at http://www.opendemocracy.net