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Monday, June 2, 2014

AI: Iran must halt execution of political dissident

AI: Iran must halt execution of political dissident
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] urged Iran [press release] on Saturday not to execute a political dissident convicted of "enmity against God." Gholamreza Khosravi Savajani was sentenced to death in 2010 on the charge of "enmity against God" for his alleged links with a banned opposition group, the People's Mojahideen Organization of Iran (PMOI) [official website]. Family members of Gholamreza Khosravi fear that he may be executed as soon as Sunday, June 1, after they were informed by prison... [more].

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