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death row: 10 (as of April 1, 2013, source: DPIC)
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HANDS OFF CAIN APPEAL FOR THE 6 POLITICAL PRISONERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PMOI MEMBERSHIP IN IRAN

03 December 2024

To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran

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03 December 2024

VIETNAM: COURT UPHOLDS TYCOON’S DEATH SENTENCE FOR $12BN BANK FRAUD

30 November 2024

IRAN - Nasrin Shakarami, mother of Nika Shakarami, sentenced to one year of imprisonment

28 November 2024

IRAN - 3 men, 1 of them a minor, executed in Yazd on November 28

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