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Iran: Further information: Some journalists freed, many still in ...
30 October 2009

Maziar Bahari and Mohammad Ghouchani were released on bail on 17 and 29 October respectively. At least three other journalists are still detained in Evin prison ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/115/2009

Iran: Criminalising freedom of expression | Amnesty International
29 October 2009

Amnesty International is calling on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei toimmediately retract his statement on Wednesday that criticising theoutcome of June’s presidential election ...

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Iran must release scholar held for peaceful criticism of election ...
27 October 2009

Dr Mohammad Maleki has been held incommunicado since his arrest in August. Amnesty International has expressed grave concern for his health as he is suffering from ...

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Iran: Fears for life of detained Iranian scholar: Dr Mohammad ...
26 October 2009

Dr Mohammad Maleki, a 76-year old Iranian scholar and former Chancellor of Tehran University, has been incommunicado in Tehran's Evin prison for 40 days. He is ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/113/2009

Iran: Further information: Student activist on trial
21 October 2009

Mohammad Pour Abdollah, a male student arrested in February in Iran’s capital, Tehran, is now on trial, apparently on charges related to national security for his ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/108/2009

Iran: Further information: Stay of execution for Safar Angooti
21 October 2009

Safar Angooti, now aged 20, was due to be executed on 21 October, for a crime committed when he was 17, but received a one-month stay of execution.

Urgent Action       MDE 13/111/2009

Iran: Seven men at risk of execution in Iran
21 October 2009

Seven men, members of Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority, are at risk of imminent execution in Ahvaz city, the capital of Khuzestan province. They were convicted in an ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/109/2009

Iran: Woman may face imminent execution by stoning
21 October 2009

Kobra Babaei, an Iranian woman, is feared to be at imminent risk of stoning to death after her husband Rahim Mohammadi was hanged for “sodomy” on 5 October. The ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/110/2009

Iran: Fear of reprisal against Baluch population following suicide ...
20 October 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 20 October 2009. AI Index: MDE 13/112/2009. IRAN: fear of reprisal against baluch population ...

Document       MDE 13/112/2009

Iran: Presidential election candidate threatened
15 October 2009

Mehdi Karroubi, a 72-year-old male cleric who was a candidate in June's disputed presidential election in Iran, is facing criminal charges in relation to his reporting ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/107/2009