Iran - 28 MARCH 2014 (Urgent Action)
Three Ahwazi
Arab minorities in Iran are at risk of execution and two male teachers,
Hadi Rashedi and Hashem Amouri were executed in secret at the end of
January 2014. Hashem Amouri and Hadi Rashidi, along with Mohammad Ali
Amouri, Sayed Jaber Alboshoka, Sayed Mokhtar Alboshoka, were members or
co-founders of the cultural institute Al-Hiwar, registered during the
administration of former President Khatami, which used to organize
events in the Arabic language, including conferences, educational
courses, art classes, and poetry recital gatherings, in Iran’s
south-western city of Ahwaz. The organization was banned in May 2005 and
many of its members have since been arrested. All five men were
arrested at their homes in early 2011, For Amnesty Urgent Action click here:
