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Iran: hell in south Tehran, juvenile prisoners speak out
“The situation is terrible. The water is undrinkable, the washing facilities are faulty, and bathroom breaks are rationed. There’s hot water for half an hour a day. The ward is dirty and full to bursting. A ladleful of lentils and stones, and frozen rotten sausages, is all we get to eat. There are…Irán: detengan la ejecución de un joven arrestado a los 16 años y obligado a “confesar” bajo tortura
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Irán: la ejecución del periodista Rouhollah Zam, un “golpe mortal” a la libertad de expresión
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Irán: seis hombres en peligro inminente de que les amputen los dedos tras juicios injustos y tortura
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Irán: deben detener la ejecución inminente del académico irano-sueco Ahmadreza Djalali
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Iran: Ahwazi detainees’ families stage protests at Shaiban Prison against inhuman treatment
Ahwazi detainees’ families protested outside the infamous Shaiban Prison in the regional capital, Ahwaz, on Saturday May 9, demanding access to their loved ones’ and information on their condition and wellbeing. During their protests, the desperately worried families angrily mocked the regime’s cla…Iran: Sepideh Qoliyan said she was tortured, now she’s serving an 18-year prison sentence
Sepideh Qoliyan is currently serving an 18.6-year prison sentence in Iran’s Gharchak Prison for women after being arrested at workers’ rights protests in the city of Shush, Khuzestan Province, and publicly stating that she and fellow detainees had been tortured in the custody of the Intelligence Mi…Iran: prisoners in Iran’s Gharchak prison for women protest inhumane living conditions
Two hundred inmates in Ward 5 of Gharchak Prison for women in the Iranian city of Varamin have sent an open letter to the head of the State Prisons Organization in Tehran Province protesting the prison’s inhumane living conditions.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe returns to Iran's Evin prison after three-day release
British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has returned to Iran’s Evin prison after a three-day release period that ended Sunday. Her husband Richard Ratcliffe had been hopeful this would mark the beginning of the end of her ordeal.Iran: leader pardons 1 049 prisoners on Eid al-Fitr
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, has pardoned or commuted prison terms of 1,049 convicts found guilty by various Iranian courts. The pardon was granted at the request of the country’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani on the occasion of Eid al-Fit…Iran: parliamentary committee blocks security agencies' attempts to significantly delay death penalty amendment
A Parliamentary committee in Iran has blocked an attempt by security agencies to delay for a year a parliamentary vote on an amendment that could drastically reduce death penalty sentences for drug-related crimes. “Unfortunately, some security and government agencies wrote a letter requesting that…Iran: 333% increase of prison populace in 30 years
Iran’s penitentiary chief refers to a 333 percentage increase in prisoner figures between 1985 and 2017. Accordingto Tasnim agency, Asghar Jahangiri said on Monday that Iran holds the second place for prison population among Islamic countries and 6th among Asian countries. Saying that Iran’s world…