Norway blasts 'grotesque' hike in Iran public executions
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26-Apr-2011 (one comment)

OSLO, Apr 21, 2011 (AFP) - Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere on Thursday blasted a sharp hike in public executions in Iran and the high use of the death penalty in the country.

"The increased number of public executions using brutal methods such as suffocation by being hoisted up by a crane are particularly grotesque and not worthy of a modern society," Stoere said in a statement.

He added Norwegian research showed Iran had executed 15 people in public so far this year, compared to 19 for all of last year.

A foreign ministry spokesman told AFP the data was obtained through human rights activists in Iran as well as international organisations.

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Soosan Khanoom

Shame on IRI for all these

by Soosan Khanoom on Wed Apr 27, 2011 08:54 AM PDT

Shame on IRI for all these death penalties ....... nothing will change until people stand up for their rights .......  


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