Execution

Two weeks after Navid Afkari's execution, his brothers are in solitary confinement and denied access

دو هفته پس از اعدام نوید افکاری، کشتی گیر ۲۷ ساله ایرانی و یکی از بازداشت شدگان در اعتراضات مردمی، نگرانی‌ها درباره وضعیت…

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Amnesty International: Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani is at risk of execution

Amnesty International announced on Tuesday, October 21, that Heydar Ghorbani, a Kurdish political prisoner accused of "insurgency,"...

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Statement by 150 people: Afkari's death sentence and the Aban massacre decree had a central focus

A group of political, civil, and human rights activists said in a statement they released that Navid Afkari's execution order came from the same…

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Request to retry Haidar Ghorbani's death sentence rejected; ominous shadow of execution over another prisoner

The Supreme Court rejected the request for a retrial by the defense lawyer of Haidar Ghorbani, a political prisoner sentenced to death, and this…

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Latest status of the case of the three November protesters who were sentenced to death; the case was sent back to the Supreme Court

According to the lawyers of three of the November protests who were sentenced to death, the request for a retrial has been accepted,…

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UN human rights experts condemn execution of Navid Afkari

Five UN human rights experts said the Iranian government's goal of extrajudicial executions was to create fear and intimidation.

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Another Death Sentence Prisoner's Story: Brother of Houshmand Alipour Says Kurdish Prisoner Was Forced to Confess Through Severe Torture

The brother of Houshmand Alipour, an Iranian Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death, says that his brother is being held in central prison while being unjustly sentenced to death…

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Widespread global reactions to the execution of Navid Afkari continue; political, cultural, sports figures, and human rights organizations condemn the execution of the Iranian wrestler

Global reactions to the execution of Navid Afkari by the Islamic Republic regime continue, and in addition to human rights organizations, the…

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