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Annual Death Penalty Report Finds Setbacks for a Handful of Countries but Progress Toward Abolition Across the Globe
In its annual report today on executions and death sentences worldwide, Amnesty International found a handful of countries renewing executions…
April 3, 2013
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Fourteen Iranian Journalists Arrested After Security Forces Storm Newspaper Offices
Amnesty International called on Iran today to immediately release all journalists who are being detained following weekend raids by authorities…
January 28, 2013
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Iranian Filmmaker Behrouz Ghobadi Released from Prison Following Amnesty Campaign with Hollywood Artists
Amnesty International USA announced today that Kurdish Iranian filmmaker Behrouz Ghobadi – the younger brother of internationally acclaimed film director…
January 22, 2013
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Hollywood Film Directors and Actors Demand Freedom for Brother of Acclaimed Iranian Filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi
More than 40 Hollywood directors and actors and independent filmmakers are joining Amnesty International to demand the release of Iranian…
December 5, 2012
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Iran Must Release Jailed Brother of Acclaimed Filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi
Amnesty International today called for the immediate and unconditional release of the jailed brother of the acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Bahman…
November 28, 2012
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Iran Must Immediately Investigate Blogger’s Death in Custody
Amnesty International today urged the Iranian authorities to investigate the circumstances that led to the death of a blogger in…
November 8, 2012
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Safety of Five Death Row Inmates Transferred to Iran’s Evin Prison At Risk
The transfer of five death row inmates from Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj near Tehran to the capital’s Evin Prison…
November 6, 2012
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Amnesty International Concerned About Deteriorating Health of Iranian Rights Lawyer on Hunger Strike as She Wins Sakharov Prize
Iranian human rights lawyer on hunger strike wins EU Sakharov Peace Prize while Iranian authorities continue to harrass her family.
October 26, 2012
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10 Men Executed in Iran Despite International Pleas
Amnesty International today condemned the execution of 10 men in Iran on Monday morning, despite international pleas to spare their…
October 22, 2012
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Iran Must Clarify Fate of 11 Men After Apparent Stay of Execution
The fate and whereabouts of 11 men due to be put to death on Saturday must be disclosed by the…
October 15, 2012
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Amnesty International Urges Iran to Release Journalist and Women’s Rights Activist Zhila Bani-Yaghoub
Journalist and women’s rights activist Zhila Bani-Yaghoub was summoned on Sunday to the notorious Evin Prison to begin a one-year…
September 4, 2012
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Iranian Authorities Must Release Jailed Journalist and Prisoner of Conscience on Hunger Strike
Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand has been on hunger strike since 26 May in protest at being denied permission to visit his…
July 11, 2012