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Two American Hikers Jailed In Iran Marry In San Francisco

AP | Posted 05.06.2012

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The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Two Americans detained and accused of spying after hiking near the Iraq-Iran border three years ago will...

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Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement and Occupy 4 Prisoners

Bill Quigley | Posted 04.24.2012

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One of the major complaints of prisoner human rights activists is the abuse of solitary confinement in prisons across the U.S.

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Freed From Iran, American Hikers Plan To Marry Each Other In May

AP | Posted 11.14.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Two American hikers accused of spying and imprisoned in Iran are planning to get married in the spring. Cindy Hickey, the mother of Mi...

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Sarah Shourd Too Sexy For Iranian Hard-Line Website

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | Posted 11.27.2011

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An Iranian hard-line website has posted doctored pictures of Sarah Shourd, who is seen alongside fellow American citizens Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer,...

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How The Iran Hikers Could Have Avoided Their Hellish Holiday

Christian Kallen | Posted 11.21.2011

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Sure, GPS is a nice traveling companion when you're just knocking about, but working with experts can help travelers avoid a trip through hell.

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Iran Says Courts Willing 'In Near Future' To Commute Prison Sentences For 2 Jailed Americans

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 11.17.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's foreign minister said Saturday that the courts are willing in "the near future" to commute the prison sentences for two Am...

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U.S. Hikers' Families Remain Hopeful For Release

AP | Posted 10.21.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS — The families of two Americans imprisoned in Iran say the news that the men have been sentenced to eight-year terms has hit them ha...

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Lawyer: 2 Americans Held In Iran Could Be Released

AP | Posted 09.29.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Two Americans jailed in Iran on charges of espionage could be released after a court hearing slated for Sunday, their lawyer said...

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U.S. Hikers Counting On Iran Court Date To End Ordeal

AP | By STEVE KARNOWSKI | Posted 09.28.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS -- The families of two Americans imprisoned in Iran for nearly two years say they're counting on a court hearing Sunday to end their ordea...

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Call to Help the Hikers

Christian Parenti | Posted 09.18.2011

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If you care about solidarity activism, independent reporting and the ability of progressive journalists to work on the frontlines of world events, I encourage you to speak out for two American hikers who are still being held in a 10' x 14' cell in Iran after two years.

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Iran Denies Abuse Of Detained U.S. Hikers

Posted 09.01.2011

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iran denied in a statement issued by its U.N. mission on Friday that two U.S. citizens detained on spying charges have been m...

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Ruling On Detained Americans In Iran By Late August

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 08.14.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran expects to make a final decision in the case of three Americans charged with espionage by late August, Iran's official news ...

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Iran's Physical Abuse and Psychological Torture Needs to Stop

Alex Fattal | Posted 08.13.2011

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Last week, our families published information that has been gnawing away at us for many months: my brother Josh and his friend Shane Bauer have been beaten while in Evin Prison in Iran and live under the fear of execution.

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Unjust Detention: Five Cases and a Solidarity Fast

Tik Root | Posted 07.31.2011

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Today I am fasting. This simple act is my way of calling attention to those being unjustly detained around the world.

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Hunger Strike for Josh and Shane's Freedom Rolls On

Alex Fattal | Posted 07.26.2011

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In the last moments of my mom's hunger strike, she began writhing in pain. Today, our family marks 664 days of a form of torture no less visceral: the involuntary absence of my younger brother Josh.

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Muhammad Ali Asks Iran To Free Imprisoned American Hikers

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 07.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The families of two American hikers held in Iran for 662 days brought in a literal heavyweight Tuesday to appeal for their release: boxi...

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Iran: Referring To Captive Americans As Hikers Is A 'Joke'

AP | Posted 07.24.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran scoffed Tuesday at the U.S. and allies using the term hikers to describe three Americans charged with espionage, calling it ...

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American Hikers Phone Home From Iran To Say They've Been On Hunger Strike

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 07.23.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Two American hikers held in Iran on espionage charges were allowed to phone home Sunday for only the third time since they were arrested...

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Moms, Friends of U.S. Hikers Held In Iran Start Solidarity Hunger Strike

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 07.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The mothers of two American hikers held in Iran for nearly two years said they would start a hunger strike in solidarity with their sons...

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Lawyer: Iranian Trial For U.S. Hikers Posponed

AP | STEVE KARNOWSKI and ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 07.11.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS — Two Americans who have been held in Iran for nearly two years on espionage charges were denied their day in court Wednesday when I...

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Doing the Right Thing -- Why Iran Should Release Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal

José Ramos-Horta | Posted 07.01.2011

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Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd are not spies. Their mere idealism makes that crystal clear. Because Iran surely knows this to be the case, it now appears to need a graceful way out of the corner it finds itself in.

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Boxing Champ Ali Asks Iran To Free U.S. Hikers

AP | By JANET CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Boxing champ Muhammad Ali is asking Iran to release two American hikers held since 2009 on spy charges. Ali, arguably the most p...

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Get Serious About Freeing American Captives in Iran

Patrick Disney | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the US is serious about securing the release of its citizens detained in Iran, it must get over its aversion to dealing with Iran's hardliners and set up a permanent means of official dialogue.

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Iran Begins Trial Of American Hikers

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Two Americans accused of spying appeared in a closed-door Iranian court session Sunday to begin trial after an 18-month detention...

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Iran Postpones Trial For 3 American Hikers

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — The start of the trial of three Americans charged with spying on Iran has been postponed because one of them has not been summone...

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