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Iran temporarily releases Nobel Mohammadi for medical reasons
The Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was released for a period of three weeks for medical reasons after the removal of a leg tumor last month, a measure that the family considered insufficient.
“The Tehran Prosecutor’s Office suspended the execution of Mrs. Narges Mohammadi’s sentence for three weeks and she was released from prison,” Mostafa Nili, the activist’s lawyer, reported on social networks on Wednesday.
The lawyer indicated that the temporary release is due to the removal of a benign tumor in a leg and a bone graft performed 21 days ago, after the activist’s family denounced that she was being denied medical care.
The family asks for more time
After the operation, Nili said that the doctors indicated that Mohammadi “needs about three months of care in favorable conditions” and that is why he had requested the suspension of the sentence.
“Therefore, the activist’s family considered that the three-week release is insufficient and demanded her unconditional release or at least for ninety days, as recommended by the doctors.
“We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Narges Mohammadi or, at least, an extension of his exit permit to three months,” the family said in a statement.
“As the doctors have emphasized, a minimum of three months of recovery is crucial for his cure,” they added.
Condemnations and struggles of Narges
Mohammadi, 52, imprisoned in Evin de Tehran prison since 2021, has been sentenced on six occasions to a total sentence of 13 years and nine months in prison and 154 lashes, among other punishments.
The last sentence of six months in prison against him was handed down in mid-October, a month after protesting in prison against the execution of prisoner Reza Rasai for his alleged involvement in the murder of an intelligence agent during the revolt unleashed by the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022.
Despite convictions and imprisonment, the human rights and women’s activist has continued to denounce violations in Iran, including the application of the death penalty or violence against women who do not wear the Islamic veil.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the prestigious award to Mohammadi in 2023 “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and to promote human rights and freedom for all.”
The award was collected by her children in a ceremony in Oslo in which the activist asked through them for international support to end an Iranian Government “at its lowest level of legitimacy and popular support.”
International
Man arrested after deliberately driving into seven children in Osaka
Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after he rammed his car into a group of seven schoolchildren in an apparent deliberate attack in the city of Osaka.
The children, who were on their way home from school, sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital. All seven remained conscious, according to local authorities.
An Osaka police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is a 28-year-old man from Tokyo. The officer shared statements the man made after his arrest: “I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by driving into several elementary school children,” the suspect reportedly said.
The man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The injured children, aged between seven and eight, included a seven-year-old girl who suffered a fractured jaw. The six other children—all boys—suffered minor injuries such as bruises and scratches and were undergoing medical evaluation.
Witnesses described the car as “zigzagging” before hitting the children. One witness told Nippon TV that a girl was “covered in blood” and the others appeared to have scratches.
Another witness said the driver, who was wearing a face mask, looked to be in shock when school staff pulled him from the vehicle.
Violent crimes are rare in Japan, though serious incidents do occur from time to time. In 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a two-ton truck into pedestrians in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, then fatally stabbed several victims. Seven people were killed in that attack.
Internacionales
Clashes erupt during may day protests across France amid calls for better wages
May Day protests in France were marked by a heavy police presence and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement in several cities.
In Paris, Lyon, and Nantes, thousands took to the streets to demand better wages, fairer working conditions, and to voice their dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
While the majority of the demonstrations remained peaceful, isolated confrontations broke out in some areas. Protesters threw objects at the police, prompting the use of tear gas and resulting in several arrests.
Videos showing police crackdowns circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism from labor unions and human rights advocates, who denounced the authorities’ response to the protests.
International
Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.
During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.
“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.
“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”
Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.
On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.
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