Olivier Vandecasteele

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title: Olivier Vandecasteele
text: Olivier Vandecasteele is an experienced Belgian humanitarian aid worker who was arbitrarily arrested and taken state hostage in Iran on 24 February 2022. Following a sham trial, he was firstly sentenced to 28 years in December 2022, then sentenced to 40 years in prison and 74 lashes in January 2023. Vandecasteele was kept hostage "in unbearable conditions" in Iran for 456 days. He was released on 26 May 2023. His case is considered to be "a flagrant violation of international law" following a.o.
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description: Belgian aid worker
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Vandecasteele
date created: 2022-12-14T17:00:41Z
date modified: 2024-09-09T18:39:02Z
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