There's a vigil tonight in front of the LSU Student Union at 8 PM for the Iranian protestors. If you haven't been attention, I highly suggest you do so ... click here, here and here for the latest.
The picture at right is of Neda Agha Soltan, a 26 year old woman who was a woman who loved life ...
Travel was her passion, and with her friends she saved up enough money for package tours to Dubai, Turkey and Thailand. Two months ago, on a trip to Turkey, she relaxed along the beaches of Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast.
She also loved music, especially Persian pop, and was taking piano lessons, according to Panahi and other friends. She was also an accomplished singer, they said. |
... who was never political until the votes of her and her countrymen were stolen.
So, if you can be there, be there. Tonight. At 8 PM. At the LSU Student Union.
UPDATE:A first-hand account, according to the The Guardian of the UK:
I only want to speak about what I have witnessed. I am a medical student. There was chaos at the trauma section in one of our main
hospitals. Although by decree, all riot-related injuries were supposed to be sent to military hospitals, all other hospitals were filled to the rim. Last night, nine people died at our hospital and another 28 had gunshot wounds. All hospital employees were crying till dawn. They (government) removed the dead bodies on back of trucks, before we were even able to get their names or other information. What can you even say to the people who don't even respect the dead. No one was allowed to speak to the wounded or get any information from them. This morning the faculty and the students protested by gathering at the lobby of the hospital where they were confronted by plain cloths anti-riot militia, who in turn closed off the hospital and imprisoned the staff.
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