- 20th June 2011

Prisoners of Conscience Who Died in Custody

Tags: abdulreza rajabi, akbar mohammadi, amir javadifar, ebrahim lotfollahi, hashem ramezani, hassan nahid, hoda saber, hossein heshmat saran, kaveh azizpour, mohammad kamrani, mohammad rajabi sani, mohsen dokhmehchi, mohsen ruholamini, omid mirsayafi, ramin aghazadeh ghahremani, valiollah feiz mahdavi, zahra baniyaghoub, zahra kazemi

1. Zahra Kazemi – 10 July 2003
2. Akbar Mohammadi – 30 July 2003
3. Mohammad Rajabi Sani – October 2004
4. Valiollah Feiz Mahdavi – 6 September 2006
5. Zahra Baniyaghoub – 14 October, 2007
6. Ebrahim Lotfollahi – 15 January 2008
7. Hossein Heshmat Saran – 6 March 2008
8. Kaveh Azizpour – 16 May, 2008
9. Abdulreza Rajabi – 28 October, 2008
10. Hashem Ramezani – January 2009
11. Omid Mirsayafi – 18 March 2009
12. Amir Javadifar – arrested in a post-election protest on 9 July, 2009
13. Mohammad Kamrani – arrested in a post-election protest on 9 July, 2009
14. Mohsen Ruholamini – arrested in a post-election protest on 9 July, 2009
15. Ramin Aghazadeh Ghahremani – arrested in a post-election protest on 9 July, 2009
16. Mohsen Dokmehchi – 28 March 2011
17. Hassan Nahid – April 2011
18. Hoda Saber – 10 June 2011

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