Archive for June 2011

IRAN: Trade unionist Reza Shahabi sentenced to six years of prison

Paris-Geneva, April 19, 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), expresses its deepest concern about the sentencing of trade unionist Reza Shahabi to six-year imprisonment.
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Iran: FIDH and LDDHI call on the international community to put greater pressure on Iranian authorities to stop the rising trend of executions

6 June, 2011 – Karim Lahidji, Vice-president of International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and President of the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI), said today:

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