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Iranian civil society organisations need ‘sustained support’, says UN expert
The chair of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFMI) has called for...
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Imprisoned convert denied access to Bible, threatened with death for apostasy
A Christian convert serving a sentence of over nine years in Evin Prison has gone on hunger strike...
Aida Najaflou
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Charge:
Propaganda (Article 500), gathering and collusion, insulting the Supreme Leader -
Sentence:
17 years in prison -
Urgent Concern:
Denied medical care; rheumatoid arthritis and spinal injury risk
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Ghazal Marzban
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Charge:
“Propaganda against the state” + “gathering and collusion against national security” -
Sentence:
9 Years 8 Months -
Held At:
Evin Prison
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The US missionary who spent nine weeks in Evin Prison
This is the true story of a US missionary who travelled to Iran on a two-week tourist visa but...
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The suffocation and slow death of the Anglican Church in Iran
With no longer any bishop in the country, nor even visits of foreign-based bishops permitted, no churches open, and no possibility of new members, the future of the Anglican Church in Iran seems bleak.
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Denying prisoners religious books, instruction violates rights – UN rapporteur
Providing detainees with access to their holy books and religious instruction should be considered among the “minimum standards” that States must respect in order not to violate their rights, says the UN’s Special Rapporteur on FoRB
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