Postage stamps in the Netherlands depict victims of human rights abuses in Iran. They are, clockwise from top left, Mahvash Sabet, one of Iran’s seven Baha’i leaders currently serving a 20-year prison sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison; human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, serving an 11-year prison sentence; the prominent Iranian poet and feminist Simin Behbahani, who is barred from leaving the country; and transport workers’ union leader, Mansour Osanlou, jailed since 2007.
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- European Parliament urges the unconditional release of Baha’i prisoner of conscience Mahvash Sabet
- UN Human Rights Council extends mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on Iran and the UN Fact Finding Mission
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