Execution
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Iran News
Navid Afkari's death sentence was carried out without the right to a final visit and without the case's lawyers being informed.
An informed source says that Navid Afkari, without having the right to a final meeting with his family members, died on Saturday, the 22nd…
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Iran News
Shaker Behrouz, political prisoner, sentenced to death
Shaker Behrouz, a political prisoner imprisoned in Urmia Prison, was sentenced to death by Branch 2 of the Urmia Revolutionary Court. The sentence…
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Iran News
Germany calls for suspension of Navid Afkari's death sentence
Börbel Kofler, the human rights officer at the German Foreign Ministry, criticized the Afkari brothers' long prison sentences, including...
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Iran News
Global protests against the death penalty continue; Navid Afkari and his brothers have been denied visits and contact
A source close to the Afkari brothers says that all three brothers have been denied visits and contact and are severely…
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Iran News
Interview with a relative of the Afkari brothers: The entire case was based on forced confessions after severe torture
A source close to the Afkari brothers says the death sentences and long prison sentences for the three brothers are based on forced confessions…
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Human rights
Trump to Iranian leaders: Do not execute Navid Afkari
US President Trump has urged Iranian leaders not to execute Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari. Wrestlers around the world have also urged authorities…
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Iran News
Amnesty International calls for urgent action to halt the death sentence of Kurdish prisoner Houshmand Alipour
Amnesty International UK calls for urgent action by human rights advocates to prevent the imminent execution of…
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Iran News
Amnesty International publishes historic letter: Islamic Republic government officials knew about 1988 executions
Coinciding with the anniversary of the mass executions of political prisoners in Iran in 2018, Raha Bahreini, a researcher at Amnesty International, wrote a letter…
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