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Iran: Tortured filmmaker and musicians face imminent arrest amid crackdown on artists

Musicians and filmmakers around the world are being asked to join forces with Amnesty International activists to call on the…

March 1, 2016

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Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms

On the launch of its 2015 State of the World report, Amnesty International USA urged President Obama to use his…

February 22, 2016

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Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International

International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…

February 18, 2016

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Nearly four decades after revolution in Iran, legal framework remains deeply flawed

Nearly four decades after Iran’s 1979 Revolution shook its criminal justice system to the core, the country’s legal framework remains…

February 10, 2016

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Iran’s hypocrisy exposed as scores of juvenile offenders condemned to gallows

Scores of youths in Iran are languishing on death row for crimes committed under the age of 18, said Amnesty…

January 25, 2016

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Iran: Renewed death sentences for juvenile offenders show ‘contempt’ for children’s rights

Iran cemented its shameful status as the world’s top official executioner of juvenile offenders after two young men were re-sentenced…

December 8, 2015

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Iran: Authorities must stop execution of young man convicted of murder in unfair trial

The execution of a 25-year-old man who has been sentenced to death after an unfair trial lacking basic safeguards would…

November 23, 2015

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Execution of two juvenile offenders in just a few days makes a mockery of Iran’s juvenile justice system

Reports have emerged of a second execution of a juvenile offender in Iran in just a few days Amnesty International…

October 14, 2015

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Imprisoned cartoonist subjected to forced virginity test in Iran

A recent revelation by satirical cartoonist Atena Farghadani that she was forced to undergo a “virginity and pregnancy test,” prior…

October 9, 2015

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Iran: Indecency Trial of Jailed Cartoonist and Her Lawyer for Shaking Hands Absurd

The trial of satirical cartoonist Atena Farghadani and her lawyer on a charge of “illegitimate sexual relations falling short of…

October 2, 2015

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Iran: Schoolteacher due to be executed at dawn

The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the execution of Mahmoud Barati, a teacher who was convicted of drug-related offenses following…

September 8, 2015

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Iran: Halt execution of Kurdish man due to be carried out tomorrow morning

Behrouz Alkhani, a 30-year-old man from Iran’s Kurdish minority has been transferred out of Oroumieh prison’s general ward and placed…

August 25, 2015