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Iran: Trade unionist given six-year prison sentence: Reza Shahabi
9 May 2012

Iranian trade unionist Reza Shahabi has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment on vaguely worded charges. He is in poor health, and it is not clear whether he ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/027/2012

World Press Freedom Day: Repression in the digital era | Amnesty ...
1 May 2012

Amnesty International hears from journalists and bloggers across the world who face abuse and even imprisonment while trying to do their job.

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Wire, May/June 2012. Vol. 42, issue 03
1 May 2012

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Newsletter       NWS 21/003/2012

Wire, May/June 2012. Vol. 42, issue 03
1 May 2012

1) Up front: the night-crossing 2) Freedom of expression: China's defiant heart 3) Human rights talk: 'You can't just stand there and not act' 4) World Press Freedom ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/003/2012

Iran: Further information: Human rights defender imprisoned ...
30 April 2012

Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, a mother of two young children, has begun serving a six-year sentence in Tehran's Evin Prison. Amnesty International ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/026/2012

Iran: Iranian-Canadian facing execution in Iran: Hamid Ghassemi ...
26 April 2012

A man with dual Iranian-Canadian nationality, Hamid Ghassemi-Shall, appears to be at imminent risk of execution. His family were told on 15 April that his death ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/023/2012

Iran: Human rights activist sentenced: Mansoureh Behkish
13 April 2012

Iranian human rights activist Mansoureh Behkish has been sentenced to four-and-a- half years in prison. She intends to appeal: if she is sent to jail, Amnesty ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/021/2012

Iran: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and ...
30 March 2012

This briefing is submitted by Amnesty International in advance of the adoption by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of a list of issues prior ...

Report       MDE 13/019/2012

Iran: Further information: Clemency denied for Iranian man on ...
23 March 2012

An Iranian teacher who was convicted of moharebeh (enmity against God) and sentenced to death has had his request for pardon rejected. He is at risk of imminent ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/020/2012

Iran: Execution fears for Kurd political prisoner: Habibollah ...
21 March 2012

Habibollah Golparipour, a member of Iran's Kurdish minority on death row, has been transferred to Semnan Prison, northern Iran. His family have not been allowed ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/017/2012