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Kurdish political prisoner Ehsan (Esmail) Fattahian (28) is sentenced to death and will be executed Wednesday November 11th.
The announcement of his upcoming execution was passed November 6 to his lawyer and November 8 he went on hungerstrike to protest his deathsentence.
In 2008 he was convicted to 10 years in prison in exile after a trial in which he was denied access to a lawyer.
In appeal he was in January 2009 sentenced to death for "moharebe", waging war against god and membership to a forbidden Kurdish party.
On the site of Human Rights Activists in Iran is a letter written by him.
The letter finishes with the conclusion that with his death, the Kurdish question will not go away.
A call from Amnesty International to urgent action
An online-petition is here.
source: Iranhr.net, hra-iran.net, iran-human-rights.blogspot.com


Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31 and Joshua Fattal, 27, the three American hikers who are detained in Iran, will be charged with illegal entry and espionage.
source: ILNA



The trial against Clothilde Reiss will be resumed soon. The Tehran prosecutor announced this on Monday.
Reiss was arrested July 1st for participating in a protest. August 16 she was released on bail and and is now staying in the French embassy in Tehran.
source: televisionwashington.com



Four Iranians are among 37 writers from 18 countries who are receiving the Hellman/Hammett award.
The award recognizes the commitment to free expression and the courage with which they have faced political persecution.
Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, writer of 3 books, he was sentenced to a 10-year prison term and is currently held in Evin Prison.
Asieh Amini, poet, journalist, and women's rights activist is one of the leading campaigners against the death penalty.
Yusuf Azizi Banitorof, novelist, translator, journalist, and human rights activist, is the author of 24 books.
In October 2008 after being sentenced to five years in prison, Banitorof left Iran for Turkey.
Arash Sigarchi, journalist and blogger was sentenced to 3 years in prison in 2005. After more than a year in prison, he was diagnosed with mouth cancer and granted medical leave. In 2008, he fled to the United States.
source: human rights watch




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In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
Poster amnesty.nl