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Hikers tell of harsh conditions in Iran prison

Amnesty International and other organizations have harshly—and rightly—criticized Iran's egregious human rights violations. However it is truly a cause for celebration when the Iranian authorities decide to take the high road on human rights, and these actions must be recognized and welcomed.


Iran Sentences 2 Hikers to 8 Years in Jail The New York Times

The United States remains deeply concerned by the case of three American hikers, Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, and Sarah Shourd, who have been detained in Iran without charge or access to legal representation since July 2009.. These three innocent Americans have been in detention in Iran for almost nine months without formal charges or access to.


U.S. Hikers Back Home From a World of 'Lies and False Hope'

Iran: Free Unjustly Detained American Hikers. Trial Set to Resume as Detention Approaches 2 Years


Iran opens trial of 3 Americans on spy charges The Jerusalem Post

President Barack Obama today called for the immediate release of three U.S. hikers who have been held in Iran for almost a year. Obama said in a statement released today that the three, Shane.


Freed Hikers Iran Held Us Because We’re American

Protesting One Year of Detention for American Hikers Hundreds of people gathered last Saturday in several cities around the world to protest the year-long imprisonment of three young American hikers. The three individuals, who according to Iranian authorities crossed Iran's western borders, were arrested on 31 July 2009.


Rally for American Hikers Detained in Iran Fox News Video

Mothers of three American hikers detained in Iran plead for them to be freed before this month's one year anniversary of their arrest


American hikers jailed in Iran 'set to be freed' after being sentenced to two years for spying

The ordeal of two young American men held for more than two years in an Iranian prison is finally over. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both 29, were accused of espionage and sentenced to eight years.


Hikers tell of harsh conditions in Iran prison

Secretary of State Clinton marks anniversary of detention of 3 American hikers asking Tehran to 'do the right thing' and release them


Hikers’ sentence in Iran is a miscarriage of justice The Washington Post

Iran's internal politics are complicating the release of an American jailed after being arrested hiking near the border. Sarah Shourd, one of three hikers being held, may be released on a $500,000.


Movie Review Detention Is a Future Cult Classic

The documentary, Free Shane & Josh, is 25 minutes of explanation of how three American hikers crossed near the border of Iraq and Iran and were detained by the Iranian military last year, Wend.


US Hikers Iran Held Us Because of Nationality, Not Actions

Two American hikers released after 781 days in an Iranian prison are back in the United States. Appearing at a news conference in New York on Sunday, the two men criticized Iran for holding.


California Reports 1st Prison Inmate Death Caused by COVID19 NBC Bay Area

Muhammad Ali at a May 24, 2011, press conference to call for the release of American hikers detained by Iran. ( Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP) June 11, 2016 They were very intense days, 781.


US Hikers Jailed In Iran Make Rare Call To Family CBS Philadelphia

Sept. 21, 2011 Two American hikers imprisoned on espionage charges in Iran were released Wednesday after days of conflicting signals, ending diplomatic skirmishing that complicated the United.


Americans freed by Iran land in Oman

The three took a tour to a waterfall in the Kurdish highlands of Iraq, and as they hiked along a road that turned out to be the border with Iran, an armed man in uniform waved them over. The next.


US sailors divulged information during Iran capture The Times of Israel

March 16, 2014 / 10:40 AM EDT / CBS News It was nearly five years ago that we first heard news that three young American hikers had been imprisoned by Iran, accused of spying. This morning,.


American hikers detained in Iran the story behind the story Free Download, Borrow, and

Iran claims the three crossed into its territory. [2] The three sometimes dispute and sometimes accept this claim. The three American detainees have claimed they were simply hikers who did not realize that they were in Iran and that they actually have lengthy backgrounds as social justice activists.