Kurdish human rights activist Saman Rasoulpour was released on 13 August after being in custody since the 25 July. He was accused of ‘distributing propaganda against ...
On 14 September 2008, a woman known only as “Zahra” had her death sentence, for the murder of her husband, sent to the Office for Implementation of Sentences in ...
Eight student activists have been detained during a series of arrests which began in July 2008. According to the Vancouver-based Association for the Defence of ...
Nine Azerbaijani activists have been held incommunicado since their arrest on 10 September. They are being held in solitary confinement in the Ministry of Intelligence ...
Dr Mehdi Zakerian, an academic, was detained on or around 15 August 2008, though the exact circumstances of his arrest are not clear. His family has been permitted ...
Mahmoud Matin and Arash Basirat have been formally charged with apostasy, which on conviction can carry the death sentence. Their lawyer was initially informed ...
On 12 September, a group of 24 Uzbekistani nationals, who have been living for around a year in the eastern Turkish town of Van, were expelled to Iran. The group ...
Ramtin Soodmand, a Christian who works for a church in Tehran and with youth groups, was arrested on 20 August 2008. He is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 11 September 2008. MDE 13/136/2008. Iran: Prisoners of conscience and death row prisoners. on hunger strike. ...
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