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Weekly Rights Podcast 38

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Weekly Rights Podcast 37

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: The Campaign speaks out about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to the UN General Assembly in New York; American hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal are released from prison; seven documentary filmmakers are arrested and charged with espionage on behalf of BBC Persian; 17-year-old Alireza Molla-Soltani is executed; and Nasrin Sotoudeh’s most recent court session is cancelled.

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Weekly Rights Podcast 36

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: protesters clash with security forces in the Azerbaijan region of Iran; jailed student activist Ashkan Zahabian embarks on a hunger strike to protest his conditions in prison; four literary and cultural figures are released on bail from prisons in Kermanshah; Behnam Ganji Khaibari, student and friend of human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi, commits suicide after his release from prison; authorities ban reformist magazine Shahrvand-e Emrooz and publication Roozegar Daily; Internet security experts warn of possible security threats to Google sites; and over 60 members of Majzooban-e Noor, a website reporting on news of Gonabadi Ddervishes, are detained by security forces.

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Weekly Rights Podcast 35

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: 100 political prisoners pardoned by Ayatollah Khamenei on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr; the Campaign, along with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi, speak out against the Iranian Central Bar Association for failing to come to the aid of its members; imprisoned journalist Keyvan Samimi requires immediate medical treatment; opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi’s family is deeply concerned about his physical and psychological state in isolated house arrest; popular young poet Hila Sedighi sentenced to 4 months in prison; American hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal receive 8-year sentences on charges of illegal entry and espionage.

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Weekly Rights Podcast 34

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: the final verdict on the three imprisoned American hikers, Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal has not been announced; National Press Club president Mark Hamrick condemns journalist Kouhyar Goudarzi’s disappearance and his mother’s arrest; Reza Khandan, husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, talks about his and his family’s mistreatment when visiting his wife in prison; imprisoned journalist Issa Saharkhiz is sentenced to an additional two years in prison; university professor, lawyer and former MP Ghassem Sholeh Sadi’s physical condition worsens in prison; Shirin Ebadi has written a new book, The Golden Cage, about three brothers in pre-revolutionary Iran.

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Weekly Rights Podcast 33

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: the court reviewing the case of the three Americans arrested more than two years ago has not yet issued its ruling; UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran requests entry into the country; imprisoned actress Marzieh Vafamehr’s husband Nasser Taghvai appeals on behalf of his wife; US Assistant Secretary of State says Iran and Syria share records of abuse; imprisoned student activist Abdollah Momeni faces a new summons to court; theological researcher Ahmad Ghabel to start serving his prison sentence; and Mehrangiz Kar gives legal analysis of political prisoners’ rights in Iran.

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Weekly Rights Podcast 32

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: the final trial session for the three American hikers, Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, and Sara Shourd has taken place; the Campaign published a report entitled, Raising Their Voices: Iranian Civil Society Reactions to the Military Option; the Campaign interviewed the head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi; the father of imprisoned student activist Zia Nabavi expresses concern for his situation; the Supreme Court of Qom Province issued an official verdict in the case of Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani; pressure remains on women in Iran’s film industry; Amnesty International received a video of a public hanging in which three men convicted of rape were hanged; and the Iranian government announced that a clash between the Revolutionary Guard and rebels near the Iraq border ended with 2 Revolutionary Guard deaths and 21 dead rebels.

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Weekly Rights Podcast 31

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: seven political prisoners from Evin Prison’s Ward 350 were allowed a short furlough to observe a religious holiday; the sister of Fatemeh Rahnama spoke with the Campaign about Rahnama’s conditions in prison; judiciary officials have maintained their silence about group executions carried out in prisons throughout Iran; Iranian member of parliament Nayereh Akhavan makes public statements supporting public executions; photojournalist Maryam Majd was released on bail until her court date after spending nearly a month in prison; the Right to Education Council released a statement denouncing the arrest of students and bans on continuing or beginning higher education; a member of parliament in the UK, Roger Gale, called upon the United States to protect Iranian citizens in Camp Ashraf, Iraq.

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Weekly Rights Podcast 30

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: more than 50 officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran have been put on visa restriction lists by the US and UK; the son of political prisoner Heshmatollah Tabarzadi tells the Campaign of concern for Tabarzadi’s health; Hossein Ronaghi Maleki’s father is concerned for his son’s health in prison; 25 prisoners were hanged in Ghezel Hessar Prison in another secret execution; a popular Iranian actor is arrested by security officials before going to Germany to participate in TV programs about the World Cup; Maryam Majd is suffering from digestive problems while in prison; Evin Prison officials have once again denied Nasrin Sotoudeh the right to see her children; and Protestant Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s court decision has been sent for reevaluation by the Supreme Court, but his apostasy charge will not be dropped.

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Weekly Rights Podcast 29

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