Further information on UA: 347/09 Index: MDE 13/086/2010 Issue Date: 23 August 2010

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Journalist and human rights defender Shiva Nazar Ahari appears to have been charged with moharebeh (enmity with God), which can carry the death penalty. Her next hearing is scheduled for 4 September 2010. She is a prisoner of conscience, held solely for the peaceful exercise of her rights to freedom of expression and association. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 183/10 Index: MDE 13/084/2010 Issue Date: 20 August 2010.

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Juvenile offender Ebrahim Hamidi, now aged 18, has been sentenced to death for allegedly sexually assaulting a man two years ago, when he was 16. He has retracted his “confession”, saying he made it under coercion. He is at risk of execution and currently without a lawyer. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 211/09 Index: MDE 13/083/2010 Issue Date: 09 August 2010

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The Supreme Court began a review of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's death sentence on 4 August: this appears aimed solely at reducing international pressure on the authorities, by deferring a decision on the method of execution. The stoning sentence remains in place. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 175/09 Index: MDE 13/082/2010 Issue Date: 09 August 2010

No further action is requested from the UA network. Many thanks to all who sent appeals.

Fereshteh Halimi, the wife of human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, was released on 7 August. Her brother and father, both of whom had been arrested, had been released by 3 August. They were arrested to pressure Mohammad Mostafaei to turn himself in; he has now left Iran for Norway. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 102/10 Index: MDE 13/0081/2010 Issue Date: 05 August 2010

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Iran's Supreme Court has rejected Ja'far Kazemi's request to appeal against his death sentence. The sentence was imposed for his alleged participation in anti-government demonstrations and links with a banned organization. His sentence may be carried out at any time. Six other people with alleged links to the same organization are said to be under sentence of death. [ Lire la suite » ]

FU on UA: 175/2009 Index: MDE 13/80/2010 Issue Date: 26 July 2010

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Iran: The wife and brother-in-law of human rights lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, have been arrested, apparently to pressure Mohammad Mostafaei to turn himself in for arrest. Both are thought to be held in Evin Prison. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further Information on UA: 239/09 Index: MDE 13/073/2010 Issue Date: 07 July 2010

No further action is requested from the UA network. Many thanks to all who sent appeals.

Iranian human rights defender Ali Bikas was released from Evin Prison on 29 June 2010 after being acquitted of all charges on appeal. He had previously been sentenced to seven years imprisonment and was a prisoner of conscience. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 107/10 Index: MDE 13/067/2010 Issue Date: 24 June 2010

Filmmaker Mohammad Ali Shirzadi was released on bail from Evin Prison in Tehran on 19 June. He is due to face trial in the next few weeks on charges relating to an interview he filmed between a human rights defender and a senior dissident cleric. If convicted and imprisoned, Amnesty International would consider him to be a prisoner of conscience. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 05/10 Index: MDE 13/068/2010 Issue Date: 24 June 2010

Human rights defender Emadeddin Baghi was released on bail on 23 June after almost six months’ detention without trial. He is due to be tried on 7 July and Amnesty International would consider him to be a prisoner of conscience if he were convicted and imprisoned. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 214/09 Index: MDE 13/055/2010

Behzad Nabavi and Kian Tajbakhsh remain at liberty after they were released temporarily on bail.
Behzad Nabavi, a former parliamentarian, who had been released for 20 days for medical treatment on 16 March 2010, has not yet been returned to prison. He is serving a five-year prison sentence after being convicted of “acting against national security”. [ Lire la suite » ]