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Iran: Further information: Iranian man executed on drugs charges
6 November 2012

Saeed Sedeghi, a shop worker sentenced to death for a drug-related offence, was executed in Iran along with nine other men on 22 October.

Urgent Action       MDE 13/068/2012

Amnesty International | Iran: Fears for lives of five death row ...
6 November 2012

Five men on death row in Iran have been transferred from Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj near Tehran to the capital's Evin Prison, sparking fears about their imminent ...

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Wire, November/December 2012. Vol. 42, issue 06
1 November 2012

ﻩﺬه ةﺮﺸﻨﻟا ﺮﻴﻏ ةﺮﻓﻮﺘﻣ نﻵا فﻮﺳ ﻢﺘﻳ ﺎهﺮﺸﻧ ﺎﺒﻳﺮﻗ.

Newsletter       NWS 21/006/2012

Wire, November/December 2012. Vol. 42, issue 06
1 November 2012

1) The Agenda 2) Up front: Greece: Racist attacks on the rise 3) Write for Rights: Romantic roots 4) Write a letter: Change a life 5) Write for rights: 'My goal ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/006/2012

Iran: Female detainees begin hunger strike after degrading ...
1 November 2012

Nine women held in Tehran's Evin prison have started a hunger strike in protest at ill-treatment by prison guards.

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Iran: Sakharov Prize winner and other detainees denied visits and ...
31 October 2012

Iran's judiciary and prison authorities should end mistreatment of prisoners of conscience, including prominent rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh.

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Iran: Further information: human rights lawyer on hunger strike ...
26 October 2012

Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been on hunger strike since the morning of 17 October 2012 in protest at the authorities' denial of her repeated ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/067/2012

Iran executes 10 men despite international pleas | Amnesty ...
22 October 2012

A shop worker jailed on a drugs-related charge was among 10 men put to death in Iran on Monday morning.

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Iran: Further information: Iranian man at risk of imminent ...
19 October 2012

Saeed Sedeghi, a shop worker due to be executed on 13 October for a drugs offence in Iran, has been granted an apparent stay of execution. However it is not clear ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/066/2012

Iran must clarify fate of 11 men after apparent stay of execution ...
15 October 2012

Among those scheduled to be executed was Saeed Sedeghi, a shop worker sentenced to death in June after an unfair trial on drugs-related charges.

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