UN Photo/Martine Perret
5 August 2016 – The United Nations human rights chief today
deplored the execution of 20 people in Iran this week for purported
terrorism-related offences.
“The application of overly broad and vague criminal charges, coupled with a disdain for the rights of the accused to due process and a fair trial have in these cases led to a grave injustice,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said in a news release.
“The application of overly broad and vague criminal charges, coupled with a disdain for the rights of the accused to due process and a fair trial have in these cases led to a grave injustice,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said in a news release.
A man who was hanged yesterday, Shahram Ahmadi, had allegedly been
beaten and coerced into signing a blank piece of paper on which his
false confession was recorded. His family members were unable to visit
him before he was executed, and were reportedly directed to the cemetery
instead of Rajai Shahr Prison west of Tehran.
Mr. Zeid also condemned the execution last month of Hassan Afshar, a
19-year-old who was 17 when he was arrested and convicted of rape. “The
execution of juvenile offenders is particularly abhorrent,” Mr. Zeid
said, urging Iran to respect the strict prohibition under international
human rights law against this practice.
Source: UN
Source: UN
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