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Tag: political prisoners
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Anti Death Penalty Activist Sentenced to 10 years in Prison in Iran
Narges Mohammadi, human rights and anti death penalty activist who is the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran was…
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Activists plead for prisoner held in notorious Section 8 of Evin
One hundred and forty activists have issued a letter expressing concern over the health of political prisoner Amir Amirgholi in Evin Prison and called…
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Political prisoner released from Evin after protests
Iranian political prisoner Saeed Razavi Faqih was released from Evin Prison on Wednesday April 6, 2016. Razavi Faqih had been on a hunger strike…
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Prisoners start hunger strike over lack of medical care
Iranian political prisoners Hossein Ronaghi Maleki and Saeed Razavi Faqih are refusing food to protest the lack of adequate medical treatment in prison. The…
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Prisoner dodges death sentence, gets exile instead
The Iranian judiciary has reduced the death sentence of Arjang Davoudi to five years in jail in exile in Zabol. The Human Rights Activists…
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Convicted TV producer gets sentence cut on appeal
The appeals court has reduced the sentence for Iranian writer and TV producer Mostafa Azizi to three years in jail and a fine. The…
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Some political prisoners get break to celebrate Norooz
Iranian authorities have agreed to grant a furlough to a number of political prisoners on the occasion of Norooz to let them spend the…
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Longtime prisoner denied hospitalization
Iranian authorities have denied a hospital stay to one of the longest-serving prisoners in the country. Mohammad Nazari, a 44-year-old political prisoner who has…
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Alipayam, Iranian humourist released from jail
Iranian poet and humourist Mohammadreza Alipayam was released from jail on March 16, 2016. Kaleme reports that Alipayam, who has been in jail since…
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Baha’i Couples Welcoming Spring in Prison
Kian Sabeti Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch In the final days of the current year, in which Iranian families are preparing to…
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Journalist, activist released from Evin for different reasons
Jailed journalist Serajeddin Mirdamadi and jailed children’s rights activist Saeed Hosseinzadeh were released from Evin Prison on Monday March 14. The Human Rights Activists…
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Prisoner’s mother rejects her own sentence of jail, lashes
Simin Eyvazideh, the mother of political prisoner Omid Haghshenas, has been sentenced to 91 days in jail and 74 lashes. The International Campaign for…