Oct. 14
IRAN:
537 executed in Iran within year
A report on executions in Iran has been made public, APA reports quoting Iran
Press News.
From October 11, 2012 to October 10, 2013 at least 537 people were hanged in
various cities across Iran. This figure represents a 9% increase in the number
of hangings over the same period last year. 213 people (40%) were executed in
secret.
FIFA responded to the execution in a soccer stadium by sending a protest letter
to the Iranian Football Federation.
The most number of executions were carried out in Alborz province. Due to the
three major prisons in this province (Ghezel Hesar, Rejaei Shahr and Karaj
penitentiary) it had the high statistics of executions. The provinces carrying
the most number of executions are: Alborz with 93 hangings, Tehran with 42
hangings and Fars and West Azarbaijan with 38 hangings each. With 47 hangings,
Rejaei Shahr prison holds the highest number of executions statistic, followed
by Oromieh with 40 hangings and Ghezel Hesar with 37 hangings. Fars province
carried the highest number of public executions in various cities in the
province. 23 people were hanged publicly in this province during this period.
62% of the executions during this period were convictions on drug charges, 13%
were for murder charges and 11% were for rape.
The execution at age 18 in Ahwaz Karoon prison of a juvenile offender who was
charged with committing murder at age 14, is the most controversial case in
this regard. Also, another juvenile offender named Farhad, who had committed
murder at age 17, received the death sentence by Branch 74 of the Criminal
Court. At the time of this report, and on the International Day Against the
Death Penalty, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Bahaedin
Ghasemzadeh who had committed murder at age 16.
During this period, the Judiciary has sentenced to death 106 people in various
cities on charges other than drug charges.
488 people were executed in Iran from October 11, 2011 to October 10, 2012.
This figure is 9% lower than the current figure.
Minimum 24, maximum 88 people are expected to be executed in November 2013 and
minimum 13, maximum 47 people in December.
(source: News.Az)
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1 Prisoner Executed in a Prison Western Iran- The Prison was Attacked By Hand
Grenades in an Attempt to Save the Prisoner
Hands grenades were thrown inside the main entrance of Ilam Prison (western
Iran) as some people tried to save a prisoner from being executed, reported the
Iranian state media.
According to the state run news agency Fars 1 prisoner was hanged early this
morning in the prison of Ilam. The prisoner was identified as "A. F." and was
convicted f murder, said the official reports.
According to this report hand grenades were thrown inside the main entrance of
the prison as some people tried to save the prisoner from being executed.
27 people, among them some security guards were injured as a result of the hand
grenade attack. 3 people were arrested suspected of taking part in the attack.
(source: Iran Human Rights)
LEBANON:
Human rights committee chief rejects death penalty
Head of the Parliament's Human Rights Committee Michel Moussa called Sunday for
rethinking the viability of capital punishment.
Moussa made the comments in a statement marking World Day against the Death
Penalty.
"We should think through several questions, the answers to which might lead us
to reassess the death penalty," he said.
"Despite the fact that our society sees a lot of individual and group crimes,
there are several questions that need to be addressed: First, does any party
have the right to take the life of another, separate from the party who granted
that life in the first place?
Can the authorities find no other means to punish criminals without resorting
to the death penalty?" he asked.
(source: The Daily Star)
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