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Human Rights in Islamic Republic of Iran

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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Iran: Execution of juvenile scheduled for Monday | Amnesty ...
2 October 2009

The execution of Afghan national Abbas Hosseini in Iran on Monday for a murder he is accused of committing when he was only 17 must be stopped, Amnesty International ...

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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

Iranian refugees still detained in Turkey despite court ruling ...
24 September 2009

Two Iranian refugees remain in detention in Turkey despite a EuropeanCourt of Human Rights ruling on Tuesday should be released, accordingto Amnesty International ...

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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