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Human Rights in Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran: Prominent lawyer banned from leaving Iran | Amnesty ...
2 October 2009

The Iranian authorities banned a prominent human rights activist from leaving the country on Friday. Abdolfattah Soltani was due to travel to collect a human rights ...

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Iran: Further information: Human rights defenders remain at risk
1 October 2009

Iranian male, Ali Bikas, a human rights defender (HRD), is believed to remain in detention in Section 209 of Evin Prison under the control of the intelligence ministry ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/101/2009

Iran: Amnesty International’s recommendations to states at 64th ...
1 October 2009

The mass human rights violations that unfolded in Iran this summer in the wake of the disputed presidential election result were a sombre reflection of entrenched ...

Document       MDE 13/114/2009

Iran: Further information: Iranian detainee "confesses" in court ...
22 September 2009

After 35 days held incommunicado, male Iranian prisoner of conscience Abdollah Momeni appeared in court in Tehran with five others on 14 September 2009. He is accused ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/100/2009

Iran: Prisoner at risk of torture and ill-treatment: Abdollah ...
14 September 2009

There has been no news of male Iranian prisoner of conscience Abdollah Momeni since his family visited him at Evin Prison in the capital, Tehran, on 8 August 2009 ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/099/2009

Iran: Two Human Rights Defenders Imprisoned
11 September 2009

Members of two human rights organizations have been detained in Tehran's Evin Prison, some for over two months. Human rights defenders Shiva Nazar Ahari and Ali ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/098/2009

Iran: Further information: Murder witness released – stop action ...
9 September 2009

Tehran resident, Caspian Makan, is reported to have been released on bail from Evin Prison, though it is not clear when or under what conditions.

Urgent Action       MDE 13/097/2009

Iran: Murder witness faces ill-treatment, Caspian Makan
3 September 2009

Tehran resident Caspian Makan, who was the fiancé of Neda Agha Soltan, a young woman killed in the recent protests in Iran, is in detention in Evin Prison. Amnesty ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/096/2009

Iran: Juvenile offender faces execution, Hossein Haghi
3 September 2009

Hossein Haghi is facing imminent execution for a murder committed when he was a 16-year-old boy. His case has been sent to the Office for the Implementation of ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/095/2009

Iran: Iranian scholar detained, Dr Mohammad Maleki
2 September 2009

Dr Mohammad Maleki, a 76-year old male Iranian scholar and former Chancellor of Tehran University has been detained. An independent commentator, he has for many ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/094/2009

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