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 New information - IRN 006 / 0811 / OBS 108.1 - Judicial harassment / Sentencing / Arbitrary detention / Risk of arrest - Iran - April 11, 2012 - The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Iran. |
Stop The Stoning in Iran
DUBAI, May 15 (Reuters) - Iran has hanged a man it said was an agent for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad whom it convicted of killing one of its nuclear scientists in 2010, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday. Twenty-four year old Majid Jamali Fashi was hanged at Tehran's Evin Prison after being sentenced to death in August last year for the murder of Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, Iran's state news agency quoted the central prosecutor's office as saying.
Amnesty International - 09 May 2012 - URGENT ACTION - TRADE UNIONIST GIVEN SIX-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE - Iranian trade unionist Reza Shahabi has been sentenced to six years ' imprisonment on vaguely worded charges . He is in poor health, and it is not clear whether he is receiving all necessary medical treatment. Another trade unionist is missing after being arrested.
Government Should End Pattern of Illegal Use of Lethal Force in Northwest Border Provinces - Iranian Kurds and Unemployed Resort to Dangerous Black-Market Work (27 April 2012) The Iranian government should immediately investigate the numerous cases of border security forces killing couriers in the northwestern provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah, and hold accountable those responsible for such callous use of unlawful force, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. 
“I recall the words Kak (brother) Farzad whispered in my ears in our last phone conversation: ‘human rights have no borders. We have to eliminate borders. This is our duty; me from within prison and you from outside’.” (Kurdistan Peace ambassadors in Evin, Kaveh Kermanshahi in Farzad Kamangar Memorial website)
Shirin Ebadi and human rights organization are joining a call by the Iranian student association Daftar Tahkim Vahdat and alumni association Advar Tahkim Vahdat, in a new campaign to call for the release of imprisoned students in Iran.The campaign, “Speak Up for Imprisoned Students,” is aimed at spreading the voices of imprisoned Iranian students and students banned from continuing their education throughout the world. 
Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien (MA 7)
