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Infographic of the number of executions in Iran in 2012
The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to execute people at an alarmingly high rate including those convicted for drug trafficking,…
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Treatment of Children in the New Islamic Penal Code – Chart of Applicable Punishments
(23 February 2012) – In recent weeks, many claims have been made by Iranian parliamentarians and subsequently spread in Iranian…
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Criminal Responsibility of Children in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s New Penal Code
(22 February 2012) -- In this IHRDC legal essay, Iranian defense lawyer Mohammad Hossein Nayyeri explains why the new Islamic…
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Update: Return of seven Kurdish political prisoners to Orumieh’s central prison
(21 February 2012) – Last week, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center received reports that on Tuesday, February 14 seven…
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Saeed Malekpour: A Canadian on Iran’s death row
By Olivia Ward Foreign Affairs Reporter Evin Prison Ward 350 The pain bores through the night like a red hot needle: a…
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Iran’s “heroic struggle to reclaim its lost humanity”
This is the testimony McGill international law professor Payam Akhavan is delivering to the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and…
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Kurdish political prisoners transferred from Orumieh prison to an unknown location
Kurdish political prisoners were transferred from Orumieh prison to an undisclosed location, families report
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Crisis-Causing Elements in Iran’s Judicial System
Behnam Daraeizadeh Attorney at Law, Iranian Bar Association December 2011 Key Words: Legal System in Iran, Islamic Penal Code, Sharia…
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Pressures on Kurdish students and teachers in Marivan continue
(13 February 2012) – Over the past few weeks, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center has received several reports about…
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Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Seventy–seventh session 2–27 August 2010 Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under…
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