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Environmental Activist Imprisoned in Iran Alleges Torture for Forced Confessions
- Thursday, February 7, 2019
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6 Feb – Iranian environmental activist, Niloufar Bayani, who has been held for more than a year by IRGC intelligence, alleged in a court session headed by Judge Salavati that she was repeatedly threatened and attacked by authorities, and was forced to make confessions. She said the ‘confessions’ were made...
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Human Rights Watch Condemns Iran for Mass Arrests and Abuses in Annual Report
- Tuesday, January 22, 2019
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21 Jan – Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized Iran for “widespread arrests” of protesters and activists in its 2019 annual report into human rights violations around the world, citing specifically the thousands of arrests made during the nationwide anti-government protests in the winter of 2018, as well as the arrests...
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Iranian Civil Activists Imprisoned Again for Speaking About Their Tortures
- Tuesday, January 22, 2019
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21 Jan – Iranian civic activist Sepideh Qolian and labour leader Esmail Bakhshi, who were tortured during their imprisonment last year, was arrested again on Sunday. In a short tweet, Qolian said: “I’ve been arrested.” Since their release from prison in December, Qolian and Bakhshi, who was initially arrested along with several...
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Amnesty Calls for Justice for Victims of 1988 Iran Massacre
- Sunday, December 23, 2018
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Amnesty International has exposed the shocking scale of the 1988 Iranian massacre in a new report, which denounces the mass-murders as a crime against humanity, condemns the harassment of those seeking justice, and calls for those responsible to be held to account. By Pooya Stone In the summer of 1988, 30,000 political...
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