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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
Report
Growing Up on Death Row: The Death Penalty and Juvenile Offenders in Iran
Scores of youths in Iran are languishing on death row for crimes committed under the age of 18, said Amnesty…
January 25, 2016
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
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Iran: Washington Post journalist on trial on ludicrous charges must be freed now
The Iranian authorities must end the farcical waiting game for the verdict in the case of Iranian-American journalist Jason Rezaian,…
August 19, 2015
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Iran: Juvenile offender due to be executed within days must be granted judicial review
The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the implementation of a death sentence for juvenile offender Salar Shadizadi, and ensure that…
August 7, 2015