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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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From Protest to Prison: Iran One Year After The Election

One year on from the disputed presidential election of June 2009, Iranians who want to criticize the Government or protest…

May 7, 2011

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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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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: 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: 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