[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

April 15



PAKISTAN:

2 more face execution at Adiala jail


2 death-row convicts will be hanged at the Adiala Jail on Wednesday.

Since the moratorium on executions was lifted, 11 people have been hanged at 
the Adiala jail.

Majid Ali, a resident of Wah Cantonment, was arrested by the Sahiwal police for 
murdering 6 people on December 20, 1999. Besides murder, he was also charged 
with terrorism and awarded the death penalty.

The convict had a last meeting with his family on Tuesday and will be hanged 
before dawn on Wednesday.

Qasir Hussain, an army soldier, was deputed at the Sialkot garrison where he 
killed a colleague during a brawl on January 28, 2011. He was tried by the 
field general court martial and sentenced to death. He will be hanged at 
9:30am.

(source: Dawn)






IRAN:

Urgent call for ending executions and repression of women


Press Release by Friends of a Free Iran

We are very disturbed of the news of the increasing trend of executions in 
Iran.

8 prisoners were hanged on Monday in the Central Prison in the city of Karaj. 
The prisoners in Gohardasht Prison and Central Prison in Karaj launched a 
protest on Sunday to save dozens of their cellmates who are on the verge of 
execution.

Inmates who are on the verge of execution include a number of young prisoners 
sentenced to death who were chanting in the July protest in Ghezelhesar Prison 
"We will not let you kill us anymore! We will not let you execute our 
cellmates!"

Meanwhile, the families gathered in front of Karaj Court and chanted "We will 
not let you execute them." A short video of heartbreaking cries of families of 
16 prisoners facing execution can be seen here : 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGdEygQslR8

These executions have increased since the "moderate" President Hassan Rouhani 
took office.

Women: More repression under Rouhani

Repression of Iranian women and activists has also worsened under Rouhani, a UN 
rights investigator said in March. Women are deprived of most public rights and 
freedoms, even from watching matches in stadiums and from singing and are 
systematically dismissed from social activities.

Unfortunately the issue of human rights violations, the repression against 
women and the increasing trend of executions have been pushed into the 
side-lines during the on-going nuclear negotiations with Iran.

In such circumstances, we deeply regret that the Iranian regime has become a 
member of the executive board of "UN Women", a body formed to promote gender 
equality and women's access to positions of responsibility.

We call on the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and the 28 member 
states to strongly condemn these abuses of human rights.

Gerard Deprez MEP----Chair, Friends of a Free Iran----European Parliament

(source: NCR-Iran)