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Human Rights in Islamic Republic of Iran

Amnesty International urges members of the General Assembly’s ...
18 November 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 18 November 2009. AI Index: IOR 41/031/2009. Amnesty International urges members of the General ...

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Iranian authorities must investigate death of detention centre ...
18 November 2009

Dr Ramin Pourandarjani had allegedly received threats to deter him fromrevealing the extent of abuse that had taken place at Kahrizak detention centre.

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Iranian 'web crime' unit designed to silence dissent | Amnesty ...
16 November 2009

Reports that the Iranian government plans to establish "cyber police"to fight "crimes" on the internet indicate they are intensifyingtheir attack on freedom of ...

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Iran: Further information: Stoning sentence quashed in Iran
13 November 2009

A man and a woman were released from prison in the central Iranian city of Esfahan on 4 October following their acquittal in a retrial after their convictions for ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/122/2009

Iran: Authorities must stop imminent execution of Kurdish man ...
13 November 2009

The Iranian authorities must halt the imminent execution of Sherko Moarefi, a Kurdish man convicted of “enmity against God” over his alleged membership of a proscribed ...

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Iranian authorities must stop imminent execution of Kurdish man ...
13 November 2009

The Iranian authorities must halt the imminent execution of SherkoMoarefi, a Kurdish man convicted of "enmity against God" over hisalleged membership of a proscribed ...

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Iran: Further information: Iranian Kurdish man executed
12 November 2009

Ehsan (Esma’il) Fattahian, a male member of Iran’s Kurdish minority, was executed in the province of Kordestan, northwestern Iran, early on 11 November.

Urgent Action       MDE 13/121/2009

Iran: Police call for more amputations a retrograde step
11 November 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 13/120/2009. 11 November 2009. Iran: Police call for more amputations a retrograde step. ...

Document       MDE 13/120/2009

Iran executes Kurdish man | Amnesty International
11 November 2009

Ehsan Fattahian was hanged in connection with his alleged membership of an illegal opposition group. Two other Iranian Kurdish men also feared to be at imminent ...

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Iran must halt imminent execution of Kurdish man | Amnesty ...
10 November 2009

Ehsan Fattahian is to be executed on Wednesday, for his alleged membership of an illegal opposition group. Two other Iranian Kurdish men are also feared to be at ...

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