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Gissou Nia: The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Originally posted at: http://www.ishr.ch/news/gissou-nia-iran-human-rights-documentation-center#sthash.oW7XaSs9.dpuf ISHR has decided to publish a series of profiles of representatives of non-governmental organisations fighting to obtain…
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Iran Doles Out Prison Sentences to Tech Bloggers, or 'Enemy Cyber Activists'
Originally posted at: http://mashable.com/2014/06/19/iran-tech-bloggers-prison/ BY LORENZO FRANCESCHI-BICCHIERAI Iran has sentenced a group of tech bloggers to a combined 36 years…
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Iran's death penalty stays off global agenda
Originally posted at: http://www.dw.de/irans-death-penalty-stays-off-global-agenda/a-17705731 At least 320 people are said to have been executed in Iran this year. Drawn from…
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Why Iran Is Banning Instagram
Originally posted at: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/why-iran-is-banning-instagram Written by BEN RICHMOND May 23, 2014 // 04:21 PM EST Instagram has long enjoyed something…
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Unlock Iran Is Like Facebook for Exposing Human Rights Abuses
Originally posted at: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/unlock-iran-is-like-facebook-for-exposing-human-rights-abuses In Iran’s jails there are 85 political activists, 32 bloggers, 21 journalists, 245 religious minority prisoners and…
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Actress: In Iran, my counterpart faces prison
Originally posted at: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/02/opinion/boniadi-activists-kail-iran/ (CNN) — At first blush, the biography of Iranian actress Pegah Ahangarani could read very much like…
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Unlock Iran Invites You To Experience Life as an Iranian Political Prisoner
Originally posted at: http://blog.witness.org/2014/04/unlock-iran-invites-experience-life-iranian-political-prisoner/ Posted on April 23, 2014 by Sarah Kerr Unlock Iran is a new innovative visual storytelling platform…
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Human Rights Under Rouhani
A new campaign by the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center brings awareness to conditions inside Iran. UN Chief Ban Ki…
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UN report blasts Iran for persecution of Christians, other religious minorities
Originally posted at: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/21/irans-regime-targets-evangelical-christians-as-national-security-threat/ The election last year of self-professed moderate President Hassan Rouhani has not brought Iran’s Christians any…
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Experts Predict: Iran Will Remain Deadly
Two reports indicate that despite a new president’s overtures to the contrary, Iran will remain a deadly place for LGBTs.
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