Prison
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Iran News
Labor activist transferred to prison after serving 74 lashes
Rasoul Taleb Moghadam, a member of the workers' union of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company, was first flogged at the Evin District Court and then…
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Iran News
Saba Kord Afshari's 15-year prison sentence reaffirmed after acquittal in appeals court
Saba Kord Afshari, a imprisoned civil activist, who was previously sentenced to 15 years in prison in the appeals court on charges of "spreading corruption and...
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Religions and sects
Continuing repression of religious freedoms in Iran; preventing the release of Negin Ghadmian, a imprisoned Baha'i citizen
Negin Ghadamian, a Baha'i citizen imprisoned in Iran, who was arrested in late December 2017 and sentenced to 5 years in prison…
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Iran News
Repression continues in Mahshahr; several citizens arrested by security forces
At least 14 Sunni citizens living in Mahshahr were arrested and taken to unknown locations by security forces in a raid.
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World events
Human Rights Watch warns of COVID-19 risk in prisons
According to Human Rights Watch, prisoners, prison guards, and families are at greater risk of contracting COVID-19 than ever before.
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Iran News
Behnam Musivand summoned to serve prison sentence; punishment for participating in the January protests three years ago
Behnam Musivand, a civil activist and one of the detainees of the January 2017 protests, was previously sentenced to 6 years in prison by the Revolutionary Court.
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Iran News
Two lawyers sentenced to prison by Alborz Court of Appeal; "Sword of Damocles" hanging over lawyers' heads
Payam Darfashan and Farrokh Forouzan, lawyers living in Tehran, were sentenced to a total of two years in prison by the Alborz Provincial Court of Appeal…
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Iran News
A Kurdish political prisoner was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Sakineh Parvaneh, a Kurdish political prisoner from Khorasan who is being held in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, was sentenced by the Tehran Revolutionary Court…
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