Week in Brief: Blasphemy and Death Penalty Archives - KHRN

February 23, 2018

Week in Brief: Blasphemy and Death Penalty

The “Week in brief” by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) is a weekly review of the most important human rights news and developments from and about Iran’s Kurdish areas. Kurdish student faces death penalty in Iran on blasphemy charges An Iranian Kurdish student arrested during the recent anti-government protests faces possible death penalty on charges of blasphemy. The student, Ibrahim Khaledi, is expected to receive heavy sentences...

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