Amnesty International launched an Urgent
Action in the summer calling for the release
of four Iranians sentenced to a combined
total of 45 years in prison ‘solely for practising their Christian faith’.
The report calls for urgent action from the
Iranian Government to ‘quash the convictions
and sentences of [the four who] were targeted
solely for the peaceful exercise of their rights
to freedoms of religion and belief, expression,
and association, through their Christian faith.’
All four are currently free on bail, awaiting
the outcome of their appeals.
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