Human Rights Watch Wants Ahmadinejad Held Accountable for Iran Rights Crisis
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21-Sep-2008 (2 comments)

New York, September 18, 2008) – Under the administration of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, basic human rights protection in Iran has deteriorated to new lows, Human Rights Watch and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said in a briefing paper released today.

The new paper, "Iran Rights Crisis Escalates: Faces and Cases from Ahmadinejad's Crackdown," documents the dire situation for human rights defenders and key dimensions of the human rights crisis in Iran today. Released ahead of Ahmadinejad's arrival at the opening ceremonies of the UN General Assembly, the paper highlights Iran's status as the world leader in juvenile executions. Iran is known to have executed six juvenile offenders so far in 2008, and more than 130 other juvenile offenders have been sentenced to death and are awaiting execution.  
 
"Iran's determination to execute juvenile offenders in such large numbers is cruel, barbaric, and earns it a medal of shame," said Hadi Ghaemi, coordinator of the International Campaign for Human Rights. "It is time to abolish the death penalty for children in Iran."  
 
The report also notes the skyrocketing number of total executions under Ahmadinejad. In July 2008, 29 men were hanged on a single day, but the authorities announced the names of only 10 of them. The number of executions has nearly quadrupled under Ahmadinej... >>>

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IRANdokht aziz, thanks and

by Farhad Kashani on Mon Sep 22, 2008 04:46 PM PDT

IRANdokht aziz, thanks and appreciate your awareness.

The nature of the regime and its horrific human rights record is the central issue that all other matters relating to our country goes through it. The threat of war, the nuclear weapons issue, the terrorism issue, ,,,all will be solved once this regime is removed from power and human rights principals are applied in Iran.


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IRANdokht

Thank you

by IRANdokht on Mon Sep 22, 2008 01:06 PM PDT

There is also a discussion on this matter in the blog section:

//iranian.com/main/blog/sce-campaign/un-hold-ahmadinejad-accountable

Thank you for bringing the article to light in the news section too.

IRANdokht


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