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Amnesty International Canada welcomes safe return of Maryam Mombeini

Amnesty International is welcoming news that Maryam Mombeini has finally reunited with her two sons in Canada, more than 18...

Iran: Prison and flogging sentences for seven journalists and activists ‘disgraceful injustice’

Responding to reports of a Revolutionary Court’s decision on 7 September to hand four journalists and three labour rights activists...

Iran: Prisoner of conscience flogged 100 times for ‘drinking alcohol and insulting Islam’

The flogging of Kurdish singer and prisoner of conscience Peyman Mirzazadeh 100 times demonstrates the shocking brutality of Iran’s justice...

Iran: Cruel campaign to extract propaganda ‘confessions’ from protesters against compulsory veiling

Iran’s authorities are using incommunicado detention, prolonged solitary confinement and threats against family members in order to extract forced video...

Iran: Sentencing of human rights lawyer to 30 years in prison and 111 lashes ‘a shocking injustice’

Responding to the news that Iranian human rights lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi has been sentenced to 30 years in prison and...

Iran: Proposed law restricting access to lawyer would be crushing blow for justice

A contemptible amendment to Iran’s code of criminal procedure could effectively strip detainees who are facing punishments such as the...

Iran: Two 17-year-old boys flogged and secretly executed in abhorrent violation of international law

The Iranian authorities have flogged and secretly executed two boys under the age of 18, Amnesty International has learned, displaying...

Iran: Release women’s rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling

Iranian authorities must stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women’s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran’s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling...

Iran: Pro-government vigilantes attack women for standing up against forced hijab laws

A series of videos shared on social media in recent weeks have shed light on the daily harassment and violent...

Iran: Shocking 33-year prison term and 148 lashes for women’s rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh

The sentencing of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and women’s rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh to 33 years in prison and...

Iran: Stop imminent execution of three prisoners arrested as teenagers

The Iranian authorities must immediately halt plans to execute three young men who are on death row for crimes that...

Iran: Firearms and tear gas used to quell protest inside women’s prison

Responding to reports that Iranian prison guards in riot gear beat prisoners and used tear gas, firearms and pepper spray...

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