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Radiozamaneh – The UN Human Rights Special Procedures, a group of UN experts, have appealed to de facto authorities in Yemen to accelerate the unconditional release of Baha’i prisoners. Earlier in March, Mahdi al-Mashat, leader of the Huthi authorities in Yemen, pardoned Hamed bin Haydara who had been sentenced to death by a Houthi-run court. Al-Mashat also dropped all charges …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Mary Mohammadi, a civil rights activist, has been sentenced to three months and one day in prison and 10 suspended lashes for “disturbing public order by participating in an illegal gathering.” Mary has told IHR that she will not be appealing. The sentence has been suspended for a year. Mary Mohammadi’s trial was held on …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner was hanged for murder charges at Shiraz prison this morning.  According to Iran Human Rights (IHR) sources, death-row prisoner Mohammad Haghighatnejad (39) was hanged on April 23, 2020, at Shiraz prison. “Mohammad was a welder. Five years ago, amid a fight over financial matters, he pushed a man and he fell down. The …

CHRI – Infected Wildlife Conservationist Sam Rajabi Refused Hospitalization, Cellmates Untested American Citizen Siamak Namazi Held in Same “Cell and Bunk Bed Row” as RajabiPrisoners Held on Politically Motivated Charges Excluded from Reported Prisoner Releases April 23, 2020 – Iranian authorities should immediately provide hospital treatment for an arbitrarily imprisoned conservationist who reportedly has COVID-19 as well as test and ensure treatment …

observers.france24.com – Iran, like many other countries hit by the Covid-19 outbreak, has closed schools and universities and prioritised online learning. But in a country where there is widespread poverty and some regions have no internet coverage at all, some students are locked out of virtual classrooms. A teacher who works in a poor neighbourhood in Iran told the FRANCE …