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4 Nov 2010

Fears grow for Iranian woman on death row

The Iranian authorities are continuing to rebuff an international campaign for clemency towards a woman threatened with execution.
9 Sep 2010

Suspension of Iranian stoning is 'not enough'

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's sentence of death by stoning has been suspended, but Amnesty International insist that it must be scrapped altogether.
6 Aug 2010

Iran continues to be challenged on stoning case

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman in Iran condemned to death for adultery, is at imminent risk of execution in Tabriz prison.
16 Jan 2008

Amnesty launches campaign against stoning in Iran

The global human rights group Amnesty International has called on the government of Iran to immediately abolish the "grotesque and horrific" practice of publicly stoning people to death.