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Amnesty International Demands that Iran Lift Ban on Trade Unions and End Persecution of Labor Activists; Launches Campaign to Support Iranian Labo

New Report Shows Vicious Repression of Union Activists, Including Beatings and Imprisonment   Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York)…

June 10, 2011

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Iran Mission to the United Nations Accepts 21,000-Plus Petition Signatures from Amnesty International Delegation of Hollywood Luminaries

On behalf of Amnesty International, Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis delivered a stack of 21,000 petition signatures into the hands of…

June 8, 2011

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Hollywood Luminaries Deliver Petition to the Iran Mission

Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected]   Academy Award Winner Paul Haggis, Actress Nazanin Boniadi, Film Producer Trudie Styler and Former…

June 2, 2011

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Hollywood Luminaries Deliver Petition to the Iran Mission

Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected]   Academy Award Winner Paul Haggis, Actress Nazanin Boniadi, Film Producer Trudie Styler and Former…

June 2, 2011

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Iran: End flawed trial and release US hikers

Amnesty International has called on Iranian authorities to release two US citizens apparently held for political reasons for nearly two…

May 17, 2011

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Iran must not carry out retribution blinding

Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to not carry out a sentence ordering a man to be blinded…

May 17, 2011

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Iran: End flawed trial and release US hikers

Amnesty International has called on Iranian authorities to release two US citizens apparently held for political reasons for nearly two…

May 17, 2011

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Iran must not carry out retribution blinding

Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to not carry out a sentence ordering a man to be blinded…

May 17, 2011

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Female Victim was Blinded by Acid After Rejecting Marriage Proposal

Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Blinding Man With Acid as “Retribution Punishment” Amounts to Torture, Says Amnesty International, Urging Iranian…

May 16, 2011

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Female Victim was Blinded by Acid After Rejecting Marriage Proposal

Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Blinding Man With Acid as “Retribution Punishment” Amounts to Torture, Says Amnesty International, Urging Iranian…

May 16, 2011

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Blinding Man With Acid as “Retribution Punishment” Amounts to Torture, Says Amnesty International, Urging Iranian Authorities Not to Carry Out Cruel Sentence

Female Victim was Blinded by Acid After Rejecting Marriage Proposal (New York) -- Amnesty International today called on the Iranian…

May 13, 2011

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Blinding Man With Acid as “Retribution Punishment” Amounts to Torture, Says Amnesty International, Urging Iranian Authorities Not to Carry Out Cruel Sentence

Female Victim was Blinded by Acid After Rejecting Marriage Proposal (New York) -- Amnesty International today called on the Iranian…

May 13, 2011