Archive for July 2012

Shirin Ebadi & Human Rights Organisastions: Iranian authorities hold political prisoners hostage

31 July 2012 – Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Laureate, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI) said in a joint statement today: Conditions of prisoners in Iran are deteriorating by the day.

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HR organisations: Iranian authorities must release Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand immediately and unconditionally

17 July 2012 – Paris/London – Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and its affiliate, the Iranian league for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI), called in a joint statement today on the Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, and said that the Iranian authorities are responsible for any risks to his life as a result of his ongoing hunger strike.

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Iran: Death penalty for every case – ethnic protests, prisoners of conscience, drinking alcohol…

3 July 2012 – Karim Lahidji, vice president of the 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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IRAN: Supporter of “Mourning Mothers”, Ms. Mansoureh Behkish sentenced to imprisonment on appeal

Paris-Geneva, July 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), was informed of the appeals ruling issued against of human rights defender Ms. Mansoureh Behkish.
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URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY

Iran – July 6, 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.
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