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Saeed Malekpour’s Wife Tells Rooz: Prison Sentence Before the Trial

Saeed Malekpour’s Wife Tells Rooz: Prison Sentence Before the Trial

WongMixxMySpaceNetvouzNewsvineoneviewOnlyWirePlugIMPropellerRedditSegnaloShoutwireSimpySlashdotSurphaceSphinnSpurlS LiveYahoo!Email This to a Friend  Link HTML:  Permalink:  If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS Feed or Email Feed.Powered by Bookmarkify™ More » By Fereshteh Ghazi Source: Rooz Online October 20, 2010 The fourth session of Saeed Malekpour’s trial is scheduled for 26th [...]

Chocolate thief has hand cut off in Iran for repeated robberies

Chocolate thief has hand cut off in Iran for repeated robberies

Source: Deutsche Presse-Agentur/Monsters & Critics October 16, 2010 A man has had one of his hands cut off in Iran for repeated robbery, including stealing chocolate from a pastry in the capital Tehran, the Fars news agency reported Saturday. The 21-year-old was arrested last May and also sentenced to a one- year jail term, Fars [...]

The situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Report of the Secretary-General

The situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Report of the Secretary-General

Download report (PDF) Contents I. Introduction II. Thematic issues A. Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including flogging and amputations B. Death penalty and public executions C. Executions of juvenile offenders D. Stoning as a method of execution E. Women’s rights F. Rights of minorities, including the Baha’i community G. Freedom of [...]

Iran Accused of Secretly Hanging Kurdish Dissidents

Iran Accused of Secretly Hanging Kurdish Dissidents

By Haidar Mukhtari October 15, 2010 The Islamic Republic of Iran is still among the top countries that has the largest number of death penalties. The Kurds say that they constitute the “lion’s share” of the executed people. Sunday, October 10th, was the World Day Against Death Penalty. Amnesty International has said that there are [...]

Iranian mother Sara fears for the life of her family if they are deported

Iranian mother Sara fears for the life of her family if they are deported

October 15, 2010 DESPERATE mum will launch a High Court battle to keep her family in Southampton. Iranian Sara Shakeri fled her country with her husband Saba four years ago as political asylum seekers because of their involvement in anti-government activism. Now the couple and their British born four-year-old son Kouroush face deportation after their [...]

Reza Shahabi still in jail despite posting bail

Reza Shahabi still in jail despite posting bail

October 15, 2010 According to the latest news from Iran, Reza Shahabi, Treasurer and board member of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company, who has been incarcerated since June 12, 2010, was scheduled to be released on bail on October 11, 2010; however, the authorities refused to release him despite the [...]

A Year Later, Nokia Still Can’t Escape Connections To Iran Repression

A Year Later, Nokia Still Can’t Escape Connections To Iran Repression

By Andy Greenberg Source: Forbes Blog The Firewall October 14, 2010 Here’s a lesson for corporations selling high tech surveillance equipment to digitally repressive regimes: The taint of dictatorship isn’t easy to wash off, even after a year of public relations scrubbing. Access Now, a free speech organization, launched a  ”No To Nokia” petition Wednesday that’s [...]

International Campaign launched to hold Iranian regime accountable for crimes against humanity

International Campaign launched to hold Iranian regime accountable for crimes against humanity

October 12, 2010 Statement from the Iran Tribunal Campaign: Freedom loving Citizens, For the first time in the contemporary history of Iran, an international campaign has been launched to investigate the mass executions of Iran’s political prisoners, and to hold the Islamic Republic of Iran accountable for its crimes against humanity during the1980s, and in [...]

Nasrin Sotoudeh on Hunger Strike, Interview with Husband

Nasrin Sotoudeh on Hunger Strike, Interview with Husband

Editor’s Note: Nasrin Sotoudeh entered her 19th day of hunger strike today, October 14, 2010. Rooz Online: She Uttered a Sentence Before Call Was Cut Off By Kaveh Ghoreishi, October 11, 2010 In an exclusive interview with Rooz, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband announced that his wife, a lawyer jailed by the Iranian government, has gone on hunger [...]

Student Prisoner Jailed for a Decade: “Execution is a legal crime”

Student Prisoner Jailed for a Decade: “Execution is a legal crime”

Persian Report by Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran October 14, 2010 Behrouz Javid Tehrani, the Iranian student activist who was arrested ten years ago and is currently held in Rajai Shahr prison, wrote a statement for the occasion of October 10th, the international day against executions. The text was published by Human Rights [...]

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