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Human Rights in Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran: One Juvenile Executed; Another at Risk
12 October 2009

Iranian male juvenile Behnoud Shojaee, aged 21, was executed in Evin prison, Tehran, at dawn on 11 October 2009. He had been convicted of murder, and the family ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/105/2009

Iran: Protester death sentence must be reviewed | Amnesty ...
9 October 2009

Amnesty International is urging the Iranian authorities to rescind the death sentence imposed on Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani, the first person to be sentenced to death ...

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Iran: Further information: Iranian woman at imminent risk of ...
9 October 2009

A 35-year old Iranian woman, Akram Mahdavi, may be at imminent risk of execution for the murder of her 74-year-old husband in 2003. She could be put to death as ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/104/2009

Iranian protester's death sentence must be reviewed | Amnesty ...
9 October 2009

Amnesty International is urging the Iranian authorities to rescind the death sentence imposed on post-election protester Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani.

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Iran: Two juveniles to be executed within days
9 October 2009

Two Iranian male juveniles are at risk of imminent execution in the capital, Tehran, for murders they were found guilty of having committed while under the age ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/103/2009

Le Fil. Octobre/Novembre 2009
8 October 2009

Le Fil. Octobre/Novembre 2009

Document       NWS 21/005/2009

Iran: Halt Executions of Kurdish Prisoners
8 October 2009

Three men, members of Iran’s Kurdish minority, are at risk of imminent execution. This may be in reprisal for a spate of assassinations and attempted assassinations ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/102/2009

The Wire, October/November 2009. Vol. 39, issue 005
8 October 2009

1) Worldwide Appeals: DRC: Tortured in detention; Paraguay: Yakye Axa and Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous communities; Iraq: Detained without trial for nine years; Nepal ...

Document       NWS 21/005/2009

Iran execution postponement move welcomed | Amnesty International
5 October 2009

Amnesty International has welcomed a move by the Iranian authorities to postpone the execution of an Afghan national accused of commiting a murder while still a ...

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Prominent lawyer banned from leaving Iran | Amnesty International
2 October 2009

The Iranian authorities banned a prominent human rights activist from leaving the country on Friday.

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