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Saeed Malekpour, a dual Canadian and Iranian national, arrested in October 2008, was sentenced to death in October 2010 for "insulting and desecrating Islam" after a programme he had developed for uploading photos online was used to post pornographic images without his knowledge. In 2009, before his trial, Iranian state television repeatedly aired an alleged “confession” by Saeed Malekpour. In an open letter dated March 2010, he stated that his purported confession had been extracted after prolonged torture. On 2 December 2012, new reports emerged that his death sentence had been suspended, but the family has not received official confirmation in writing from the authorities.
Hassan Diab who was arrested in November 2008 for his alleged role in a 1980 Paris synagogue bombing arrives at the courthouse on Mai 24, 2016 in Paris.
A French court will decide on May 24, 2016 whether Diab will go back to jail, after he was placed under house arrest with an electronic bracelet. / AFP / BERTRAND GUAY (Photo credit should read BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Asylum seekers walk along Roxham Road near Champlain, New York on August 6, 2017, making their way towards the Canada/US border.
In recent days the number of people illegally crossing the border has grown into the hundreds. / AFP PHOTO / Geoff Robins (Photo credit should read GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty Images)