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Boxer on death row in Iran vows ‘not to bow before oppression’ after winning rights prize
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Political prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, one of seven athletes at risk of execution in Iran, given prestigious Magnitsky humanitarian award A boxer and political prisoner on death row in Iran said he will “never surrender” as he accepted a prestigious human rights prize on behalf of “the generation that is paying the price of freedom with their lives”. Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani , an Iranian boxing champion, coach and political prisoner, has been sentenced to death three times and is one of seven athletes at risk of execution in Iran .
He was given the Magnitsky award for outstanding human rights activist at a ceremony in London on Thursday night. ..
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