Iranian authorities executed a person who was convicted of murdering lawyer Mahmoudreza Jafar Aghaei in Shahrood, Iran by public hanging on Monday. This was the primary time the nation publicly hanged a person this yr.
The Heart for Human Rights in Iran recognized the executed man as Amirreza Ajam Akrami and acknowledged that he was sentenced to execution for retribution. The middle stated executing him breached worldwide regulation and urged the worldwide neighborhood to sentence such executions. The middle wrote on X (previously Twitter):
Public executions are a flagrant violation of worldwide human rights regulation, together with the best to life and the prohibition of merciless, inhumane or degrading remedy, as outlined within the Worldwide Covenant on Civil and Political Rights [], to which Iran is a signatory.
Furthermore, public executions are inherently degrading and dehumanizing, contributing to a tradition of violence and instilling worry inside society.
The worldwide neighborhood should urgently condemn these executions and maintain the Iranian authorities accountable for its ongoing violations of human rights and worldwide regulation.
Iran continues to have one of many highest execution charges worldwide. At the very least 853 people had been executed in Iran in 2023, with the nation’s Baluchi ethnic minority group accounting for 20 % of recorded executions. Amnesty Worldwide acknowledged that at the least 545 executions shouldn’t have occurred underneath worldwide regulation. Human Rights Watch additionally called for heightened worldwide consideration to the frequency and nature of executions in Iran, urging international leaders to take motion in opposition to these practices.
Source / Picture: jurist.org
