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Iran 'sentences wildlife activists' accused of spying - BBC News - 0 views

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  • A court in Iran has sentenced six wildlife conservationists accused of spying to between six and 10 years in prison, their families say.They were among a group detained in early 2018 while using cameras to track endangered species.Another conservationist died in custody shortly after his arrest, but the circumstances remain disputed.
  • The conservationists denied the charges, and scientists around the world lobbied to try to secure their release.
  • The conservationists were arrested in January 2018 by the intelligence wing of the powerful Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
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  • The wildlife experts had been using cameras to track endangered species, including the Asiatic cheetah and Persian leopard, according to rights group Amnesty International.
  • Iran's judiciary said a dual Canadian national among them, Kavous Seyed-Emami, had killed himself because of the evidence against him. His son and others have disputed this version of events.
  • UN human rights experts said it was "hard to fathom how working to preserve the Iranian flora and fauna can possibly be linked to conducting espionage against Iranian interests", while a government committee concluded that there was no evidence to suggest that the group were spies.
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