June 28
IRAN----executions
2 prisoners were hanged publicly in Iran this morning
2 prisoners were hanged publicly in Robat Karim (near Tehran) early this
morning Thursday June 28.
According to the Mehr news agency one of the prisoners was convicted of drug
trafficking while the other prisoner was convicted of rape. The prisoners were
hanged in Davoudieh square of this city in fron of several hundred people.
At least 12 people have been hanged publicly in June 2012 in Iran.
Three of the United Nation’s Special Rapporteurs published earlier today a
statementcondemning the executions in Iran. The statement also underscored the
high number of public executions in Iran saying: " “Executions in public add to
the already cruel, inhuman and degrading nature of the death penalty and can
only have a dehumanizing effect on the victim and a brutalizing effect on those
who witness the execution”.
(source: Iran Human Rights)
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