Right to Life and Death penalty in Iran – 2
Written by ACI in 18 January 14The two main topics of discussion were right to life and activism, and the use of death penalty in Iran by the regime as a tool of oppression and fear. Human rights defenders, journalists, political activists and representatives of Iran’s ethnic and religious groups particpated …
18 – 19 January 2014
Thirty two speakers participated in this the second of ‘Right to life and Death penalty in Iran’ series of conferences, again held in Koln – Germany.
‘Don’t bury my heart‘ a touching and powerful documentary about minors on death row in Iran made by Saba Vasefi featuring the story of Ali Mahin-Torabi was also shown during the two days . A phone conversation with Ali Mahin Torabi and his gratitude to those who fight for the rights of minors on deathrow in Iran touched many present at the conference.
ACI also presented the findings of its research on public attitude to death penalty at the conference.
As always voices from Iran provided the latest news about the current situation and the efforts by right to life defenders. The two main topics of discussion were right to life and activism, and the use of death penalty in Iran by the regime as a tool of oppression and fear. Human rights defenders, journalists, political activists and representatives of Iran’s ethnic and religious groups particpated in the lively debates of the two days. Films of the conference are available on ACI’s YouTube channel
Speakers
Kourosh Zaim – Iran (via Skype)
Mohammad Mostafaie – Sweden
Abdolsattar Doshoki – UK
Bahram Abar – Germany
Kouhyar Goudarzi – Turkey (via Skype)
Azar Majedi – UK
Mehrdad Darvishpour – Sweden
Abdolreza Ahmadi – The Netherlands
Farhang Ghassemi – France
Shabnam Moinpour
Saba Vasefi – film presentation – Don’t bury my heart
Activist from Iran – via skype – identity protected
Ladan Boroumand – USA (via Skype)
Hossein Ladjevardi – Navid Fazel – ACI Research findings
Mina Ahadi – Germany
Abdolreza Karimi – Germany
Mahvash Alasvandi – Canada ( her two sons were executed in Iran)
Reza Kaabi
Kaweh Ahangari – Belgium
Nader Zahedi – Germany
Mohammad Mesri
Faramarz Bakhtiar
Khaled Hassanpour
Shahryar Naghshbandi
Saleh Hamid
Amjad Hossein Panahi – (report from Sunni and Kurdish prisoners on deathrow in Iran)
Mohaammad Nayeri – UK
Hossein Bagherzadeh – UK
Mitra Khalatbari
Sepideh Pouraghaie – France
Vahid Sadeghi Shirazi – UK
Jamshid Faroughi – Germany
Ahmad Rafat – UK
