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Youth Radio received further correspondence from Bani in Iran, who is still participating in protests and riots after election.
June 18, 2009: Bani and about a million other people (as Bani estimated) peacefully demonstrated near Tehran University, where most dressed in black attire to mourn the loss of countless lives over the past week.
Bani wrote in her messages that one of the worst aspects of this entire ordeal is the psychological torture that she and others must endure.
...starting yesterday morning, our house received phone calls every 15 minutes from an unknown number. The caller ID showed a number with many zeros at the end, which from our experience means that the secret service or police are trying to get in touch. We did not answer, and luckily I had taken all my videotapes and other things to another house, but there is a still a feeling of insecurity. ...But this is precisely what we are worried about, that the psychological games of the regime and the disappearances and arrests will begin again, at an even harsher intensity.
She reported that the cost of being journalists and activists is very high right now, with hundreds of arrests and attacks each day, and destruction of any tapes or evidence. Bani and many others have even considered fleeing the country, before it becomes near to impossible to escape. In the meantime, they continue with their protests and marches.
Related:
Iran Youth Speak: from Scoop 44
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