Archive for August, 2010
Protesting One Year of Detention for American Hikers
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Hundreds of people gathered last Saturday in several cities around the world to protest the year-long imprisonment of three young American hikers. The three individuals, who according to Iranian authorities crossed Iran’s western borders, were arrested on 31 July 2009. Though they claim to have crossed the border by accident, Iranian authorities have alluded to [...]
Iran harasses the lawyer of the woman sentenced to stoning
His spouse and brother in law detained Mohamad Mostafaei, the Iranian lawyer of Sakineh Ashtiani who is sentenced to death by stoning, has been in an undisclosed location since Saturday. He was questioned and later the same day was summoned to the infamous Evin prison, but he did not attend. According to a statement from [...]
The Iranian lawyer of the woman sentenced to stoning has disappeared
The Iranian authorities have accused the wife and the brother in law of Mohamed Mostafaei, the lawyer for the woman sentenced to stoning for adultery, of aiding him to flee. Authorities assured them that if the lawyer is handed to them they will be released, as reported on Wednesday by the International Committee Against Execution.
It is not the first time that Mohammad Mostafaei faces the Iranian authorities. The lawyer came into focus as the defender of Sakineh Ashtiani, condemned to death by stoning for alleged adultery, but he has spent years fighting for human rights in Iran. In fact, after the controversial elections of June 2009, he was arrested but was released on bail.
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