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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: Must end harrassment of lawyer in stoning case

Amnesty International today called on Iran to stop harassing human rights lawyers amid continuing uncertainty over the...

March 27, 2011

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Iran: Authorities must release wife and brother-in-law of human rights lawyer

Amnesty International is calling on its worldwide membership to appeal to Iranian authorities to release the wife and...

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: Medical treatment is denied to political prisoners

A year after the start of a major crackdown in Iran in response to the demonstrations that followed President Mahmoud...

March 27, 2011

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Iran: Must release or try U.S. hikers held without charge for a year

Amnesty International has called on the Iranian authorities to release three U.S. nationals who have been detained without...

March 27, 2011

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Iran: Iran May Still Execute Woman Convicted of Adultery By Another Method

The Iranian Embassy in London announced on Thursday that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani would not be stoned to death. However,...

March 27, 2011

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Iran: Must end harrassment of lawyer in stoning case

Amnesty International today called on Iran to stop harassing human rights lawyers amid continuing uncertainty over the...

March 27, 2011

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Iran: Fears remain mother of two could be hanged

Amnesty International today urged the Iranian authorities not to execute by any other method a 43-year-old woman convicted...

March 27, 2011

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Iran: Authorities must release wife and brother-in-law of human rights lawyer

Amnesty International is calling on its worldwide membership to appeal to Iranian authorities to release the wife and...

March 27, 2011

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Iran: Government must halt execution of man convicted for murder that occurred when he was 15-years-old

Amnesty International today urgently called on Iranian authorities to halt the imminent execution of Mohammad Reza Haddadi,...

March 27, 2011