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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: Amnesty International Condemns Crackdown on Protests in Iran

Amnesty International has condemned the Iranian authorities for breaking up an apparently peaceful march held in Tehran in...

March 27, 2011

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Roxana Saberi released from jail in Iran

US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi was released from jail in Iran on Monday following international and domestic protests...

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: Amnesty International Denounces Prison Sentences Against Human Rights Activists in Iran

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, January 10, 2011Amnesty International Denounces Prison Sentences Against Human Rights Activists in IranContact: AIUSA…

March 27, 2011

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Iran: Amnesty International Condemns Harsh Sentence for Iranian-American Journalist Roxana Saberi

Amnesty International condemned the eight-year prison sentence imposed by an Iranian Revolutionary Court on Iranian-American...

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

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Iran: Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi and Rights Groups Demand Moratorium on Executions

Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected]: Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi and Rights Groups Demand Moratorium on Executions(Paris, February 16,2011) – Other…

March 27, 2011

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Iran: Amnesty International Says Iran Focused on Covering Up Horrific Abuses Committed During Post-Election Period

Organization Urges Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to Allow UN Special Rapporteurs to Conduct Inquiry in Iran.

March 27, 2011

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Iran: TV ‘confession’ of Iran stoning case woman criticized

Amnesty International criticized the TV "confession" of an Iranian woman last night, in which Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani,...

March 27, 2011

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Iran: Amnesty International Condemns Crackdown on Protests in Iran

Amnesty International has condemned the Iranian authorities for breaking up an apparently peaceful march held in Tehran in...

March 27, 2011