Prohibition of the reporters to cover El-Yasin strikers’ condition
The news of Thursday evening from El-Yasin strikers in Imam Khomeini’s Tomb signifies that the present security forces prohibited the reporters including Swiss and Canadian reporters and CNN reporters to cover the strikers protest. The security forces transferred Mrs. Roxana Khoshabi, the spokeswoman of El-Yasin strikers, to threaten her that in case she spoke to foreigner reporters, she would be arrested.
On the other hand, the security forces stopped the strikers to speak with reporters by applying force, violation and pushing the strikers and not letting them go out to speak with reporters; they said “it is impossible to let you speak with reporters”. They have quarantined the strikers and the strikers objected the boycott and violation of freedom rights by shouting slogans.
Afterwards the security forces offended the strikers and the imprisoned leader of El-Yasin, Master Iliya, and accused the strikers and announced that they arrest the strikers soon and imprison them. They announced that the crime of the strikers are sleeping in the Tomb and taking water to the place and shouting slogans.
The security forces confiscated the placards and banners and took some of the bags and personal stuffs of the strikers with force and installed cameras and microphones around the strikers and took many pictures and films from the strikers