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State Department Human Rights Reports Provide Roadmap to Reform in the Middle East
Amnesty International Media StatementFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, April 8, 2011State Department Human Rights Reports Provide Roadmap to Reform in the Middle…
April 14, 2011
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Iran: Baha’i Leaders Hit By ‘Vindictive’ Sentence Extension, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, March 31, 2011Iranian Baha'i Leaders Hit By 'Vindictive' Sentence Extension, Says Amnesty InternationalOrganization Repeats…
April 14, 2011
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U.S.: Five Countries Defy Sea Change In Global Execution Practices, According to New Amnesty International Report
A total of 31 countries abolished the death penalty in law or in practice during the last 10 years, but…
April 14, 2011
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Iran: Amnesty International Supports U.N. Decision to Monitor Human Rights Situation in Iran
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, March 25, 2011Amnesty International Supports U.N. Decision to Monitor Human Rights Situation in IranContact:…
April 14, 2011
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Iran: Medical treatment is denied to political prisoners
A year after the start of a major crackdown in Iran in response to the demonstrations that followed President Mahmoud...
March 27, 2011
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Iran: Concern over imminent executions
Amid fears that two Iranian women may be executed imminently, including one by stoning for adultery, Amnesty International...
March 27, 2011
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Iran: Iran May Still Execute Woman Convicted of Adultery By Another Method
The Iranian Embassy in London announced on Thursday that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani would not be stoned to death. However,...
March 27, 2011
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One Year After Massive Political Dissent in Iran, Government Crackdown Widens with Hundreds Unjustly Imprisoned; Torture and Executions Widespread
One year after massive dissent erupted over Iran?s disputed June 2009 presidential election, Amnesty International documents...
March 27, 2011
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Iran: Fears remain mother of two could be hanged
Amnesty International today urged the Iranian authorities not to execute by any other method a 43-year-old woman convicted...
March 27, 2011
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Iran: Iran ‘Shows Contempt’ for Human Rights by Rejecting U.N. Recommendations, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International today criticized Iran for rejecting important recommendations by the United Nations to improve human...
March 27, 2011
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Iran: Government must halt execution of man convicted for murder that occurred when he was 15-years-old
Amnesty International today urgently called on Iranian authorities to halt the imminent execution of Mohammad Reza Haddadi,...
March 27, 2011
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Iran – Amnesty International and Other NGOs to Hold Silent Vigil for Iran at Ralph J. Bunche Park
Amnesty International USA along with co-sponsors, United4Iran, Student World Assembly, International Campaign for Human...
March 27, 2011