UA: 3/12 Index: MDE 13/001/2012 Issue Date: 6 January 2012

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In late December, reports appeared in the Iranian press apparently reiterating that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman facing execution in Iran, could be executed by hanging instead of stoning. This recent press coverage indicates that she remains at risk of execution, which could be ordered at any time.. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 195/11 Index: MDE 13/092/2011 Issue Date: 14 October 2011

Farzad Haghshenas, an environmental activist and member of the NGO, Sabzchia (The Green Mountain Society), was released on bail on 1 October.

A member of the Kurdish minority in Iran, Farzad Haghshenas, 35, was released from the Marivan Intelligence detention facility in Kordestan Province, north-western Iran, after the payment of about 520 million rials bail (about US$ 50,000). Throughout his detention he was held in solitary confinement. He is likely to face prosecution in the future. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 60/09 Index: MDE 13/085/2011 Issue Date: 27 September 2011

Prisoner of conscience Mohammad Pour Abdollah was released from Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, on 27 August 2011 where he had been serving a three-year sentence. He was released following a pardon by the Supreme Leader. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 62/10 Index: MDE 13/084/2011 Issue Date: 26 September 2011

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Prisoner of conscience Milad Asadi was released from Evin Prison in Tehran on 27 August 2011 where he had been serving a seven year prison sentence. His release followed a pardon by the Supreme Leader. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 216/08 Index: MDE 13/083/2011 Issue Date: 26 September 2011

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Prisoner of conscience Doctor Arash Alaei was released from Evin Prison in Tehran on 27 August 2011 where he had been serving a six year sentence. His release followed a pardon by the Supreme Leader. His brother, Kamiar Alaei, another doctor, is also free. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 347/09 Index: MDE 13/076/2011 Issue Date: 23 August 2011

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Kouhyar Goudarzi, a member of the Committee for Human Rights Reporters (CHRR), was arrested on 31 July 2011 in Tehran, Iran, by plainclothes individuals believed to be from the Ministry of Intelligence. His mother, Parvin Mokhtareh, was arrested the next day. They are at risk of torture or other ill treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 196/11 Index: MDE 13/063/2011 Issue Date: 23 June 2011

Iranian human rights activist, Mansoureh Behkish, was arrested on 12 June 2011. She is a member of the ‘Mourning Mothers’ group, which campaigns against human rights violations such as unlawful killings, arbitrary arrests, torture, and enforced disappearances. She is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 144/11 Index: MDE 13/049/2011 Issue Date: 19 May 2011

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FU UA: 66/10 Index: MDE 13/039/2011

Heshmatollah Tabarzadi (known as Heshmat), a journalist and leader of a banned political party in Iran, has been unsuccessful in his appeal to overturn his nine year prison sentence. He is a prisoner of conscience held solely for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression who should be released immediately and unconditionally. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 95/11 Index: MDE 13/035/2011

A Kurdish man, Sherko Moarefi, is scheduled to be executed on 1 May, in the western Iranian province of Kordestan. He was convicted of “enmity against God” (moharebeh) for his purported membership of a proscribed Kurdish opposition group. [ Lire la suite » ]