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Iran’s judiciary said on Thursday it had carried out the execution of Amirhossein Hatami, a protest detainee convicted in a case linked to a fire at a Basij base in Tehran during January protests. The judiciary said Hatami had been arrested in connection with the fire at the Kaveh Basij base on Damavand Street. Iran International previously reported that five detainees in the same case had been moved from a general ward in Qezel Hesar prison to an undisclosed location for execution. The other detainees named in the report were Mohammadamin Biglari, Shahin Vahedparast, Abolfazl Salehi and Ali Fahim. Rights groups have raised concerns about forced confessions and due process in such cases in Iran. iranintl.com/en/202604021945





THE FORGOTTEN GENOCIDE NEXT DOOR While the world fixates on Gaza, few dare to look east of me - where a true genocide has been ongoing for over 60 years. WHO ARE THE VICTIMS? West Papua - once Dutch New Guinea - is home to over 300 distinct Melanesian tribes. Ethnically, culturally, and linguistically unique, they’ve faced decades of systematic violence under Indonesian rule. Since the 1960s, estimates suggest 100,000 to over 500,000 indigenous Papuans have been killed. Entire villages burned. Children starved. Women raped. Life expectancy in some areas is 30–40 years. THE SHAM OF "DEMOCRACY" In 1969, under the UN-brokered “Act of Free Choice”, just 1,025 handpicked Papuans voted - under intimidation - for integration with Indonesia. Critics call it the “Act of No Choice.” Dissent was crushed with bombings, arrests, and executions. The UN endorsed it anyway. DECADES OF ATROCITIES Mass Killings: Operations like Clean Sweep (1981) killed up to 13,000. The 1998 Biak massacre saw over 200 shot and dumped at sea. Recent drone strikes continue to kill civilians, including children. Torture & Extrajudicial Executions: Beatings, electric shocks, mutilations, and targeted assassinations like Theys Eluay (2001). Rape & Sexual Violence: Used systematically to terrorize, including girls as young as 3 years old. Forced Displacement & Starvation: Over 100,000 Papuans have fled into jungles or across borders to escape violence. CULTURAL ERASURE Indonesia’s transmigration program brought millions from Java and Sumatra, diluting Papuan culture and power. Indigenous Papuans went from 96% of the population in 1971 to barely 40–50% today, while corporate and military interests exploit land, forests, and rivers. WHY THE SILENCE? The UN calls abuses “shocking,” yet international governments remain quiet. Resource interests, geopolitics, and fear of challenging Indonesia’s sovereignty keep this genocide invisible to the world. THE BOTTOM LINE This is not history. This is ongoing genocide, systematic cultural erasure, and state-sanctioned violence. While headlines scream from Gaza, West Papua bleeds in silence. Awareness is justice. Ignorance is complicity. If you didn't know, now you know.....




A BBC investigation confirms it: IDF snipers are systematically targeting and killing Palestinian children, including infants


State Sec. Rubio: “Imagine if instead of spending billions on weapons, Iran spent that money on its people. They’d have a much different country.” Follow: @AFpost













