SCAF to meet anti-torture activists, receive reports of abuses

I did not blog about my summoning to the military tribunal coz this issue was already covered extensively in the mainstream and social media circles, and I did not have more to say about that day. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on Linkedin Share on technorati Tweet about [...]

Amnesty reacts to increase in executions in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Arabian authorities must halt the use of the death penalty, Amnesty International said on Friday, following a significant increase in executions in the country in the last six weeks. At least 27 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia in 2011, the same as the total number of people executed in the whole [...]

Two men hanged in public in northern Iran- One man hanged in southeastern Iran

Two men were hanged in public in Neyshabur (northeastern Iran) early this morning Thursday June 9th. According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, two young men identified as “Mohammad M.” also known az Meysam, and “Mokhtar A.” who were convicted of kidnapping and raping a woman, were hanged in public in Neyshabur. The report [...]

Four people were hanged in southeastern Iran- Several possibly executed in Tehran

According to the official site of the Iranian judiciary in Kerman (southeastern Iran) four people were hanged in the central prison of this city early this morning. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on Linkedin Share on technorati Tweet about it Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a [...]

Iranian authorities react to IHR’s report: The man who carried out the public execution was 23 years old!

Iran Human Rights (IHR) had published (via NL-Aid) a report on May 26th regarding the public execution of “Mehdi Faraji” in Qazvin titled: “Young boy was used to carry out execution of a man in public in Iran“. The information was based on eyewitness reports who said, “A young boy was used to draw the [...]

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