Death sentences in Iran: the UN asks the regime to respect “the life and the voice of its people”
Courtroom in Isfahan, Iran on January 9, 2023. via REUTERS - WANA NEWS AGENCY
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Death sentences continue in Iran.
And the regime began to carry out its sentences.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, denounces the use of the death penalty which, according to him
, amounts to “State murder
”.
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His name is Javad Rouhi.
We do not know his age but he was sentenced to death for "
corruption on earth
", "
apostasy by desecration of the Koran by burning
it " and "
destruction and burning of public property
".
This new death sentence brings to 18 the number of people sentenced to death in connection with the protest, according to a count established by AFP.
On Monday, January 9, Iranian justice also sentenced to death three anti-government protesters, Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi and Saeid Yaghoubi, accused of having killed Bassidjis, members of Iranian paramilitary forces on the sidelines of demonstrations in Isfahan.
The regime has also begun to carry out its sentences.
Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, two men in their twenties, were hanged on January 7th.
The two men were accused of having killed this member of the Bassidji militia, linked to the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of Iran, on November 3 in Karaj, west of Tehran.
They are now 4 Iranians to have been executed.
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights castigated, on January 10, 2023, political repression in Iran, and in particular the use of the death penalty.
“
The weaponization of criminal proceedings to punish those who exercise their basic rights, such as those who participate in or organize the protests, borders on state murder
,” Volker Türk said in a statement.
According to him, the regime uses capital punishment sentences against demonstrators to scare the population and silence protest.
"
The Iranian government would better serve its interests and those of its people by listening to their grievances and undertaking the necessary legal and policy reforms to ensure respect for diversity of opinion, the rights to freedom of expression and assembly, and the full respect and protection of women's rights in all spheres of life
", the High Commissioner insisted.
🇮🇷 #Iran: Criminal proceedings & death penalty are being weaponized to punish protesters & strike fear to stamp out dissent.
UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk calls on govt to respect lives & voices of its people, & stop all executions immediately: https://t.co/HReyfvyZ8R pic.twitter.com/yQGOpmm2gp
— UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) January 10, 2023
Two executions are imminent - that of Mohammad Boroughani, 19, and that of Mohammad Ghobadlou, 22, the High Commission said in a statement.
The Iranian Judicial Authority warns that it will again apply a law providing for severe sanctions, such as exile for people who do not respect the obligation to wear the veil.
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