Archive: Against Execution in Iran
The Right to Life and the Death Penalty in Iran – Conference Series
Download PDF Introduction Iran has the highest rate of executions per capita, and the numbers are increasing at an alarming rate. In keeping with ACI’s aims and objectives of finding solutions and building a better future for Iran, ACI has undertaken a series of studies and surveys to find out how the death penalty can be abolished in Iran. Key questions to consider include: International obligations and Human rights standards vs. national laws; Can the
Written by ACI in 3 January 23 Read more
Enough is Enough – 3
Mr Josep Borrell Chair of The Foreign Affairs Council, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Foreign Affairs Council Meeting - Brussels, 12 December 2022 As you prepare for your committee meeting later today the horrific news of yet another young life lost at the hands of the Islamic Republic’s hangman is being reported. Twenty three year old Majid Reza Rahnavard was executed in public this morning in Mashad. Mizan, the judiciary’s
Written by ACI in 12 December 22 Read more
Right to life and Death penalty in Iran – 3
24, 25 May 2014Location: California Room - UCLA Faculty CentreLanguage: Persian/English https://youtu.be/CYrpmjEvXqw In this third conference, we were honoured to have Senator Robert Badinter the ex-French Minister of Justice who successfully fought to abolish the death penalty in France as our keynote speaker. The proceedings heard the valuable contributions of US and international organisations such as ‘American Civil Liberties Union - ACLU’ and ‘Reprieve’ who offered valuable insight into the application and execution of
Written by ACI in 24 May 14 Read more
Right to Life and Death penalty in Iran – 2
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Written by ACI in 18 January 14 Read more
LIST OF PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
LIST OF NAMES (this list was first prepared in December 2009) امضاهای جمع شده به شورای حقوق بشر فوریه - مارس 2011 اعلام مجدد شد و در دست پیگیری سالانه می باشد http://www.gopetition.com/petition/32775.html زندانیان کرد محکوم به اعدام Kurdish Prisoners on Death Row اسامی محکومان به اعدام در خوزستان On Death Row in Khuzestan اسامی محکومان به اعدام در بلوچستان On Death Row in Baluchistan اسامی محکومان به اعدام در تهران و دیگر زندانها اسامی
Written by ACI in 1 March 11 Read more
Protest Against Executions in Iran
Ref: 173/M/386 Date: Sunday, 09 May 2010 His Excellency Ban Ki Moon Secretary General of the United Nations Dear Secretary General, Escalation of Executions in Iran letter in pdf We write to register our strongest protest at the increasing number of executions in Iran. Among the five executed this morning[i] three had their cases open and under review. While in detention they were repeatedly tortured, ill treated and degraded and deprived of
Written by ACI in 9 May 10 Read moreصدای هم باشیم
کمپین علیه هرگونه مجازات اعدام در ایران دانلود پی دی اف پنجشنبه هشتم بهمن ماه 1388، مرد جوانی در ایران اعدام شد. در زمان وقوع جرائم انتصابی او بیشتر از 16 – 17 سال نمی توانسته داشته باشد. به این معنی او یکی دیگر از قربانیان سیاسی اعدامهای زیر 18 سال بود. اعترافات او زیر فشار و تهدید و در حالیکه خواهر باردارش در اطاق بازجوئی و در حضور او تهدید می شد گرفته
Written by ACI in 3 February 10 Read more“Be Our Voice” against executions in Iran Campaign
“Be Our Voice!” Download PDF: 190KB London, 3 February 2010 - On 27 January 2010, a young man was executed in Iran. At the time of his alleged offence he could not have been more than 16 or 17. He is the first juvenile offender convicted and executed on political charges. He made his ‘confession’ under duress while watching his pregnant sister being threatened by security forces. She later lost the baby. Arrested two months
Written by ACI in 3 February 10 Read moreMEDIA RELEASE – ‘Be Our Voice’
‘Be Our Voice’ Download PDF: 14 kb Today, an anti death penalty in Iran campaign is launched. Supported by Iranian human rights groups and political parties it condemns the death penalty and its shameful use as a political tool in Islamic Republic’s internal factional fighting. London, 3 February 2010 - The Islamic Republic unjustly executed its first minor on political charges on 27 January 2010. Four girls and 134 boys, all juvenile offenders, remain
Written by ACI in 3 February 10 Read moreLIST OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS ON DEATH ROW
4 girls and 134 boys are on death row today in Iran. All have committed their alleged offences when they were under the age of 18 and recognised as a child according to international law and Islamic Republic's international obligations as signatory to the Rights of the Child Convention; This is a full list of their names and case details Download Excel File 104kb
Written by ACI in 3 February 10 Read more