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Jailed Iran activist seeks medical treatment

  • Since March, more than 100,000 detainees in Iran have been granted temporary release or sentence remissions to help limit the spread of the novel coronavirus in the Islamic republic’s prisons
  • Mohammadi, 48, is a campaigner against the death penalty and was the spokeswoman for the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran when she was arrested in May 2015
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Gunmen assassinate prominent Iraqi activist

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UAE court upholds 10-year sentence for ‘insulting the state’

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Iran confirms death of blogger held on security charges

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Yara Shahidi honored with Spotlight Award

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Court sentences Egypt activist who slammed sexual harassment

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Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer announces hunger strike in prison

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Pakistan army denies abducting British activist

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Egypt court fines leading activist over insulting judiciary

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