{"id":13942,"date":"2013-06-12T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T07:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/13942-iran-crackdown-ahead-of-friday-s-elections-ai-briefing"},"modified":"2013-06-12T08:13:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T07:13:00","slug":"iran-crackdown-ahead-of-friday-s-elections-ai-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-crackdown-ahead-of-friday-s-elections-ai-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Crackdown ahead of Friday&#8217;s elections &#8211; AI briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/images\/stories\/2013\/news\/amnestyintl.logo_.2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px;\" \/>NCRI &#8211; The Iranian regime has intensified a human rights clampdown ahead of Friday&#8217;s presidential election, Amnesty International said in a new briefing .<br \/>The briefing published by the rights group documents dozens of arbitrary arrests and other human rights abuses in the run-up to election day on 14 June.<\/p>\n<p>Those targeted include journalists, political activists, trade unionists, advocates of greater rights for Iran\u2019s religious and ethnic minorities, and students, Amnesty International said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The escalation in repression is an outrageous attempt by the Iranian authorities to silence critics ahead of the presidential election,\u2019 said Philip Luthe, Middle East and North Africa Programme Director at Amnesty International<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International Breifing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; 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