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A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for January 4, 2019

HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on January 4th, 2019 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

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Labor Activist Smaeil Bakhshi Tortured by Agents of Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry

CHRI – Held Without Access to Lawyer, Bakhshi Beaten During 25-Day Detention

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Baha’i Woman Sentenced to 11.9 Years in Prison, Banned From University in Iran

CHRI – Yekta Fahandej Sa’di was sentenced to 11 years and nine months in prison for her Baha’i religious beliefs by a preliminary court in the city of Shiraz in south-central Iran on December 30, 2018, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. 

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Judicial Official Announces Order to Block Instagram Less Than a Year After Banning Telegram Messaging App

CHRI – Judicial Order Tied to Previously Undeclared Policy of App Usage Level Eight months after Iran blocked the country’s most widely used messaging app, Telegram, a deputy prosecutor has announced a judicial order to also filter Instagram due to what he described as over-usage of the social media app.

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Stricken With Chicken Pox, Political Prisoner Alireza Tavakoli Hunger Strikes for Medical Treatment

CHRI – Prisoner of conscience Alireza Tavakoli, currently imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison for his social media postings, is hunger striking to be “transferred and treated at a medical center for chickenpox,” a source with knowledge of the case told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).

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