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Human Rights in Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran: Journalist may face death penalty: Shiva Nazar Ahari ...
23 August 2010

Journalist and human rights defender Shiva Nazar Ahari appears to have been charged with moharebeh (enmity with God), which can carry the death penalty. Her next ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/086/2010

Iran: Iranian teenager facing execution: Ebrahim Hamidi
20 August 2010

Juvenile offender Ebrahim Hamidi, now aged 18, has been sentenced to death for allegedly sexually assaulting a man two years ago, when he was 16. He has retracted ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/084/2010

TV 'confession' of Iran stoning case woman criticized | Amnesty ...
12 August 2010

Amnesty International criticized the TV “confession” of an Iranian woman in which Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, awaiting execution by stoning for adultery, appears ...

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Sentences against jailed Iranian religious minority leaders ...
10 August 2010

Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of seven members of Iran's Baha'i religious minority to 20 years in jail on a series of politically motivated ...

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Iran: Further information: Wife of stoning case lawyer released ...
9 August 2010

Fereshteh Halimi, the wife of human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, was released on 7 August. Her brother and father, both of whom had been arrested, had been ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/082/2010

Iran: "Review" of stoning death sentence: Sakineh Mohammadi ...
9 August 2010

The Supreme Court began a review of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's death sentence on 4 August 2010: this appears aimed solely at reducing international pressure on ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/083/2010

Iran: Further information: Appeal for Iranian man rejected: Ja'far ...
5 August 2010

Iran's Supreme Court has rejected Ja'far Kazemi's request to appeal against his death sentence. The sentence was imposed for his alleged participation in anti- ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/081/2010

Iran must release or try US hikers held without charge for a year ...
30 July 2010

Shane Michael Bauer, Joshua Felix Fattal and Sarah Emily Shourd were arrested by Iranian forces in the Iraq-Iran border area a year ago.

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Iran must end harassment of stoning case lawyer | Amnesty ...
28 July 2010

Amnesty International urges Iran to stop harassing human rights lawyers amid continuing uncertainty over the whereabouts of the defence counsel in a controversial ...

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Iran: Family of stoning case lawyer detained: Further Information
26 July 2010

The wife and brother-in-law of human rights lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, have been arrested, apparently to pressure Mohammad Mostafaei to turn himself in for arrest ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/080/2010