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Iran: 74 lashes, three months jail for mother of political prisoner
and human rights activists
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18 human rights
activists including families of political prisoners and martyrs were sentenced
each to 91 days imprisonment and 74 lashes.
They
had participated in a peaceful gathering outside Tehran's Evin Prison on
November 21, 2015, demanding abolition of death sentence for prisoner of
conscience Mohammad Ali Taheri, and freedom of all political prisoners.
The
18 convicted activists included Mrs. Simin Aiyvazzadeh (mother of political
prisoner Omid Ali-Shenas), Azam Najafi, Parvin Soleimani, Sara Sa'ee, Farideh
Toosi and Zahra Modarres Zadeh. They were charged with "illegal gathering
disrupting public order."
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