Society Issues Human Rights and Liberties Political Prisoners

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• Society: Issues: Crime and Justice: Prisons  (118)

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• Free Arzhang Davoudi - A 46 year old political activist who was arrested after having an interview in Iran with Jane Kokan, a Canadian reporter who reported and filmed the documentary "Forbidden Iran".
• The Free Iranian Freedom Fighters' Petition - An online petition to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to free four democracy advocates.
• Free Payman Piran - Online petition for Peyman Piran, a Kurdish student who on March 7, 2004 was arrested by the Revolutionary Courts of Tehran and transferred to Branch 6 of Qasr prison, a branch known for holding criminals and convicts.
• Freedom Now - An all-volunteer, non-profit organization to facilitate representation for arbitrarily detained individuals who have neither used nor advocated violence.
• Mexico: Bacilio Is Detained - Just months after speaking up on human rights and free speech issues in Mexico, Dr. Bacilio Gomez was arrested by Mexican authorities.
• Solidarity Group Political Prisoners - Links to several issues including the jailing of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Kurds, and German leftist press.
• A State of Denial - The story of Canadian Bill Sampson who is awaiting execution inside a Saudi jail cell. It is believed that he was tortured into signing a false confession of guilt. Includes a rare look inside a Saudi jail cell.