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‘They beat me so much that I fell off my chair’
Alireza was a devout Muslim before converting to Christianity at the age of 25. As a boy, he even...
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Article18 statement: Protecting lives of prisoners and civilians an urgent requirement
As part of the Iranian Christian community, we express our solidarity and sympathy with the...
Amir-Ali Minaei
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Charge:
Establishing a house-church -
Sentence:
3 years & 7 months -
Urgent Concern:
Denied medical care
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UN hears contrasting narratives of life for Christians in Iran
Two side events the day before Iran’s Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations highlight once again the chasm between what the Islamic Republic says about its treatment of religious minorities and the reality of their lived experience.
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Yasser Akbari
Mehdi Akbari, who is known as Yasser, was given a 10-year prison sentence in October 2020 for “acting against national security by forming a house-church”. He was released from prison in September 2024 after his sentence was reduced to four years and five months.
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Christian converts in Sweden: protests, migration policies and UN condemnation
The UN Committee Against Torture has four times found Sweden guilty of violation its convention for its decisions to deport Christian converts, underscoring persistent concerns about the country’s immigration practices.
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Mostafa Bordbar
My name is Mohammad Hadi (Mostafa) Bordbar. I was born in 1986, in Shiraz
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