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US Dept of State comments on Child Executions in Iran
US Dept of State – Robert Wood – UN Again Calls on Iran to Address Serious Human Rights Violations Robert WoodDeputy Department SpokesmanWashington, DCDecember 18, 2009The United States welcomes the United Nations’ final passage of the resolution calling upon the Government of Iran to respect its human rights obligations fully. In passing this resolution, the…
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Mosleh Zamani executed
It is with great sadness that Stop Child Executions announces the execution of juvenile Mosleh Zamani in Iran. SCE informed the United Nation’s representatives who were taking action on this case. Despite the efforts of the International community and Iranian citizens internally, the Iranian authorities carried out the sentence.Here is Amnesty International’s report: Iran executes…
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Mosleh Zamani at imminent risk of execution
The Iranian authorities must halt the imminent execution of alleged juvenile offender, Amnesty International said today. According to unconfirmed reports, Mosleh Zamani is due to be executed tomorrow morning in Dizel Abad Prison, in Kermanshah Province, along with other unidentified prisoners. In 2006, he was sentenced to death for allegedly raping his girlfriend when he…
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Benyamin Rasouli is free
According to the Committee for Human Rights Reporters, after 6 years anxiously awaiting execution, Benyamin Rasouli has been spared the death penalty and is now released. Fifteen year old Benyamin was in a fight when allegedly he accidentally killed his friend. He was initially convicted of murder and sentenced to death through Branch 74 of…
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بنیامین رسولی، نوجوان محکوم به اعدام پس از شش سال اضطرا
کمیته گزارشگران حقوق بشر – بنیامین رسولی پس از شش سال اضطراب از اعدام رهایی یافت. با گذشت بیش از شش سال از پروندهی بنیامین رسولی، جوانی که در کودکی به اتهام قتل عمد دوستش به اعدام محکوم شده بود، با رضایت اولیای دم مقتول و با رای قضات شعبهی 71 دادگاه کیفری استان آزاد…
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New Report on the Legality of Child Executions in Iran
Check out this comprehensive report on the Legality of Child Executions in Iranhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/24091360/Legality-of-Child-Execution-in-Iran
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Mohammad Reza Haddadi not executed
JUVENILE OFFENDER NOT EXECUTED Source: Amnesty International DE 13-128-2009 The execution of Mohammad Reza Haddadi, a 21-year-old man, scheduled for 9 December, did not take place. No new execution date has been announced. He is held in Adelabad prison in Shiraz, southern Iran. Juvenile offenders have previously been executed without prior warning to their lawyers.…
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Canada’s Foreign Minister condemns upcoming execution of Mohammad Reza Haddadi
To view this document on the department website, please click on the following link: http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2009/376.aspx Statement by Minister Cannon on Iran’s Deteriorating Human Rights Situation (No. 376 – December 8, 2009 – 5:45 p.m. EST) The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement expressing concern over the deteriorating human rights…
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Mohammad Reza Haddadi has less than 48 hours to live
IRAN: EXECUTION SCHEDULED FOR JUVENILE Source: Amnesty International The execution of Mohammad Reza Haddadi, a 21-year-old man, has been scheduled in the city of Shiraz, southern Iran, on 9 December. He has been sentenced to death for a crime he allegedly committed while under the age of 18. This is the fourth time his execution…
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Over 90 000 people sign petition against child executions
90 708 petitions to “End Juvenile Executions Four countries in the world are still executing juveniles. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty issued a call on Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen, to stop executions of juvenile offenders. 90.708 petitions…
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Juvenile Mohammad Hassan Rezaei at immiment risk of execution
Source: Herana According to the Association of Human Rights Activists in Iran’s juvenile section, Mohammad Hassan Rezaei is at imminent risk of execution for an alleged murder committed at age 17. He has been held in Rasht prison for the last couple of years and his death sentence has now been confirmed. He was accused of…
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نوجوانی دیگر در آستانه اعدام
خبرگزاری هرانا : به گزارش واحد کودکان مجموعه فعالان حقوق بشر در ایران ، محمد حسن رضائی، متولد 26 شهریور ماه 1369، به جرم قتلی که در حدود 17 سالگی (مرداد ماه 86) مرتکب شده است، 2 سال است که در زندان رشت زندانی است و هم اکنون با تائید شدن حکم قصاص در آستانه…
