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Further information on UA: 72/14 Index: MDE 13/024/2014 Iran Date: 9 May 2014
URGENT ACTION
AHWAZI ARAB MEN at imminent risk of execution
Death row prisoners Ali Chebieshat and Sayed Khaled Mousawi, both members of Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority, may be nearing execution, as the Supreme Court is understood to have upheld their death sentences.
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Two Ahwazi Arab men on death row, Ali Chebieshat and Sayed Khaled Mousawi, have been transferred from Fajr Prison in Dezfoul, Khuzestan province, to an unknown location, sparking fears their execution may be imminent.
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On the occasion of the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, presented his report on recent human rights violations in Iran. The report made special reference to human rights violation against minority and ethnic groups such as Ahwazi Arabs and Kurds, and condemned the recent execution of Ahwazi Arabs activists.
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Iranian clerics allow organ donation of death sentence prisoners
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The Human Rights Council at the United Nations
UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran, Mr. Shahid Ahmed
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch
Reporters without Border (RWB)
Arab human rights organizations
Iranian Human Rights Organisations
All activists and organizations in the field of human rights
A number of well-known Islamic Republic Mollahs stated a Fatwa (Islamic law) allowing organ donation of death sentenced Ahwazi Arab prisoners. They have also allowed trafficking of death sentenced prisoners. The Fatwa has been published in many Iranian websites. Senior clerics who issued the Fatwa are: Ayatollah Shabiri Zanjani, Seyed Saeed Hakim, Makarem Shirazi, Mousa Ardebili, Nouri Hamedani and Ayatollah Saneyi.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Discusses Multilingualism in Iran for the first time
UNESCO hosted a conference on multilingualism and multilingual education in Iran on International Mother Language Day. Representatives of NGOs, human rights organizations, civil society and political organizations belonging to
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