GVF — An Iranian protester has been sentenced to five years in jail and flogging, say human rights sources.
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Iran: Flogging sentences used to repress free expression
Amnesty International is renewing its call on the Iranian authorities to stop cruel, inhuman and degrading punishments such as flogging after a spate of such sentences in the country. The organization said it feared such punishment is being meted out to deter others from criticising the authorities, particularly in the run-up to parliamentary elections scheduled […]
Cartoonist sentenced to flogging for depicting MP
GVF — An Iranian cartoonist has been sentenced to flogging after depicting a member of parliament in a local publication.
25 Activists Have Been Sentenced to Prison And Flogging In Tabriz
Branch 104 of the Public Court in East Azarbijan province has issued sentences of prison term and flogging for twenty five activists.
UN Human Rights Committee Sharply Criticizes Increasing Flogging Sentences in Iran
As flogging sentences issued and carried out by Iranian judges and judicial authorities are on the rise, during a meeting of the UN Human Rights Committee today in which the Iranian government’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is under review, members of the Committee sharply criticized Iranian authorities at […]
Two Armenians sentenced to prison and flogging for selling alcohol
Two Armenian nationals were sentenced to prison, flogging and a fineby the Jolfa Penal Court on charges of smuggling alcohol.
Four Gonabadi dervishes have been sentenced to imprisonment and flogging by branch one of Sarvestan
Four Gonabadi dervishes have been sentenced to imprisonment and flogging by branch one of Sarvestan’s Public Court.
Mohammad Ali Dadkhah has been sentenced to 9 years in prison
Mohammad Ali Dadkhah has been sentenced to 9 years in prison, a 10-year ban on the practice of law and university teaching, and flogging. Dadkhah is one of the founders, with Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, of the Center of Defenders of Human Rights. He was arrested less than a month after the 2009 […]
Citation of 14 Dervishes by phone for the flogging sentence
Fourteen men who are summoned are among the dervishes that had been arrested in a group protest against the illegal behavior of Gonabad prosecuting attorney.