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Nazanin Afshin-Jam asks UN to send observers, Iran regime fires back
The government of Iran slammed UN Watch demand delivered by SCE’s co-founder and president Nazanin Afshin-Jam testifying before a UN panel exposing Iran’s abuses and “fraudulent elections in June, brutal arrest of peaceful protesters, murder of Neda and other innocents, and rape of female and male detainees.”. Nazanin and former political prisoner Ahmad Batebi submitted…
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Nazanin & other activists urge U.N. chief to call for investigation of abuses
Geneva, September 16, 2009 — Iran’s most famous torture victim appeared before the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva today to present an appeal, signed by 50 leading Iranian activists, urging U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay to lead a call for a U.N. Human Rights Council…
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EU urges Iran to stop child executions
Washington, 8 September (WashingtonTV)—The European Union on Tuesday voiced deep concern about reports of the imminent executions of three juvenile offenders in Iran. “The EU notes that these executions would be a direct contravention of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s international commitments … prohibiting the execution of minors or people who have been convicted of…
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Hossein Haghi faces imminent execution
Hossein Haghi is facing imminent execution for a murder committed when he was a 16-year-old boy. His case has been sent to the Office for the Implementation of Sentences in Tehran, which will set a date for his execution.
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United Nations Universal Periodic Review
Stop Child Executions has just submitted for United Nations Universal Periodic Review, the following reviews on the status of child executions in Iran. SCE hopes that UN and Iran government will use our recommendations in the final report to Iran. SCE: Appendix B – List of Juveniles on death row. Read in new window: SCE-Appendix-B-List-of-Juveniles-on-death-row.pdf…
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World Day Against the Death Penalty: teaching abolition
On 10 October 2009, World Day Against the Death Penalty, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty wishes to teach abolition to all citizens around the world, especially to teenagers aged 14 to 18. Source: World Coalition Against Death Penalty Today, 139 countries from all regions of the world have abolished the death penalty in…
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Reza Padashi and Hossein Haghi could be facing the hangman’s noose
Source : http://mohegh.blogfa.com/post-171.aspx According to child rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, two juveniles are in danger of execution. In his newsblog he reports of Reza Padashi and Hossein Haghi, both convicted of alleged offences at the age of 16. He said that Reza’s family have collected 60 million toman (approx $60,000) to pay the victim’s family…
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رضا پاداشی و حسین حقی در آستانه اعدام
رضا پاداشی و حسین حقی به دلیل ارتکاب جرم در کودکی در آستانه اعدام قرار دارند ماجرای پرونده رضا پاداشی در ساعت 21:30 مورخه 20/12/1382 از طریق بیمارستان تامین اجتماعی شهریار اطلاع داده شد که در جریان یک درگیری، شخصی به نام رحمان درخشان مجروح و به قتل رسیده است در روز 21/12/82 رضا دستگیر…
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This must STOP
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Nazanin: “Keep up the pressure”
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Who is new head of Iran’s judiciary?
By Mehdi Khalaji. Mr. Khalaiji is a senior fellow at The Washington Institute, focusing on Iranian politics and the politics of Shiite groups in the Middle East. Sadeq Larijani, a young and inexperienced cleric with close ties to Iran’s military and intelligence agencies, has replaced Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi as head of the Iranian judiciary. This…
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Behnood Shojaee receives 4th stay of execution in 4 years
Yesterday, Stop Child Executions was alerted to Behnood Shojaei’s imminent execution scheduled to take place today. SCE took immediate action and contacted its channels at the UN and other human rights organizations. SCE was relieved by the news this morning that his execution had been postponed.
