Zeinab sekaanvand lokran was convicted of murdering her husband in 2012, when she was. According to amnesty international, in 2012 public executions were known to have been carried out in iran, north korea, saudi arabia and somalia. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. Iran is one of the few countries implementing executions despite the coronavirus pandemic. Ihrdc chart of executions by the islamic republic of iran.
Excluding china, 86% of all reported executions took place in just four countries iran, saudi arabia, iraq and egypt. A video of the incident was posted on the internet. The actual number of the executions in iran is much higher. Iran human rights has confirmed the information on this recent execution through two reliable, independent sources. With the establishment of the islamic republic of iran in 1979, public executions returned on an unprecedented scale.
By clicking on continue you confirm that you are 18 years and over. Iran public execution outrages human rights groups world. Death sentences and executions around the world in 20. A prisoner identified as ab was executed on charge of murder in public on the boulevard of goharbaran in the surak city, of mazandaran province, on 4th january, and the following video report shows this execution. Amnesty international report on capital punishment in 2011. New iran public execution video highlights brutal death. The world condemns and slanders israel simply for existing, but blatantly ignores the barbaric acts of muslim countries. Chri investigates and documents rights violations occurring throughout iran, relying on firsthand accounts to expose abuses that would otherwise go unreported.
She was held in the police station for the next 20 days where she has said she. Death sentences increased, while executions decreased. It was not until 2006 that razmi was revealed as the photographer. Delara darabi facing execution in iran video collage about the campaign. Disturbing video of public iranian execution sparks debate. Amnesty international said it was outraged by delara darabis hanging and that she did not get a fair trial. Oct 05, 2018 following the execution of a 15yearold in iran on wednesday the fourth juvenile to be put to death in the country this year the united nations rights chief condemned the practice, citing the strict prohibition of such executions under international law. Nov 02, 2009 iranians watch the public execution of the murderers of hassan moghaddas, a hardline deputy prosecutor and head of the guidance court in tehran, in central tehran, iran on august 2, 2007. Contrary to the reconstruction, the executioners had just one uzi and took turns spraying it at. Iran has executed at least 12 child offenders since the start of 2018 while at least 90 are currently sitting on death row awaiting their punishment. Zeinab sekaanvand was 17yearsold when she was arrested in february 2012 for the murder of her husband, whom she had married at the age of 15. See our infographic charting the death penalty in 20.
The news comes just two days ahead of the release of a new report on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in iran, which will highlight the problems they face in their own country and when they flee into exile, according to gay star news. Jul 19, 2017 in the first six months of 2017, at least 238 executions were carried out in iran, including 12 public hangings, seven women and three juvenile offenders. Death sentences and executions in 2016 amnesty international. It is unclear how many such executions have been carried out, but stoning is an accepted punishment in the iranian legal system. Iran carried out at least 977 executions in 2015, at least 567 executions in 2016, and at least 507 executions in 2017. This chart documents executions of people by the islamic republic of iran beginning in january 2012. Iran insists that the execution numbers human rights groups allege are exaggerated, and that executions are only carried out after a lengthy judicial process. Human rights groups have protested against the execution on friday of a young iranian woman for a murder committed when she was 17 years old. After the execution of kim jonguns uncle, the brutality of north koreas regime has once again come under the international spotlight. Amnesty international did not report any executions in afghanistan, taiwan and thailand, despite having done so. Amnesty international did not report any executions in afghanistan, taiwan and thailand, despite having done so in 2018. According to reliable sources iran human rights ihr has been in contact with, a young man was hanged publicly outside lar prison southern iran on the morning of may 25. Amnesty international records figures on the use of the death penalty based on the.
The number of executions in 2012 in iran is among the highest in more than 15 years. Warning thread 5 iranians hanged in tehran, iran might contain content that is not suitable for all ages. Jul 02, 2010 this video is the last interview of these two gay men who were caught and then executed by the islamic authorities in qom, iran. Isis video showing the beheading of steven sotloff was released the same day as u. With powerful individual vision, magnum photographers chronicle the world and interpret its peoples, events, issues and personalities.
The international network of iran human rights is currently in the process of confirming additional 70 reports on death penalty in 2008. Judicial authorities have continuously evaded questions about these. Firing squad in iran 100 photographs the most influential. The protests followed the 20092010 iranian election protests and were influenced by other concurrent protests in the region. In the first six months of 2017, at least 238 executions were carried out in iran, including 12 public hangings, seven women and three juvenile offenders. We bring these violations to the attention of the international.
In iran, public executions occurred regularly during the qajar dynasty but declined with the persian constitutional revolution and became a rare occurrence under the pahlavi dynasty. Three people were executed in iran last year for sodomy, according to amnesty internationals newly released 2011 report on capital punishment. This is strictly speaking a myth, largely put about by the british government from around the beginning of the 20th century until abolition to make executions seem more palatable to the general public. Ihrdc chart of executions by the islamic republic of iran 2012. The video provided to amnesty international was shot on 19 july, and shows the execution by hanging of three men in azadi square in the city of kermanshah. Warning thread graphic public hanging in iran may 25th 2012 might contain content that is not suitable for all ages. In the same month june 2011 she appeared in a youtube video in. Irans justice minister calls for fewer executions and changes to. Ebrahim noroozi has been photographing executions in iran, where roaring crowds gather to watch the spectacle. A total of at least 676 people were executed for all types of crimes last year, not counting executions in china, where they are estimated to. They had been banned from iran by khomeini, which meant it was up to the domestic press to chronicle the bloody conflict between the theocracy and the local kurds, who had been denied representation in khomeinis government.
The man was sentenced to hanging on the charges of rape and murder of a 7year old girl. Annual report on the death penalty in iran 2012 iran human. Under iranian law, many crimes are punishable by death, including some that do not. Besides the confirmed numbers, it is believed there is a large number of unannounced executions. Iran is believed to execute the most people per capita. Jul 22, 2011 iran public execution outrages human rights groups. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Stop child executions is a nonprofit organization cofounded by nazanin afshinjam that aims. According to the abdorrahman boroumand foundation, which monitors media for iranian deathpenalty cases, 5 executions have taken place so far this year in iran. Annual report on the death penalty in iran 2012 iran.
Find highquality iran hanging stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Death sentences and executions in 2014 amnesty international uk. The center for human rights in iran chri is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in iran. Nov 29, 2015 witness this barbaric public execution of a man who was found innocent by the supreme court, but executed anyway. At least 10 prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement and are scheduled to be executed on tuesday, april 21, or wednesday. The video of their executions is on the kuwait times youtube page. A disturbing video of the public execution of three men. Below the video of a public execution which happened in iran on august 10. One iranian lawyers fight to save juveniles from execution youtube. This is the lowest number of executions that amnesty international has recorded in at least a decade. Fear of execution iran human rights documentation center. Iran, iraq and saudi arabia accounted for nearly 80% of all reported executions around the world. Thomas erdbrink is the tehran bureau chief for the new york times.
Since january 2010, the international campaign for human rights in iran has published dozens of reports of unannounced secret group executions at vakilabad prison in the northeast city of mashhad. This photo is a dramatic restaging evocative of a famous photo of executions in revolutionary iran a few years later, or perhaps in the whiteclad central prisoners raised arms, the goya painting that forms this very blogs frontispiece. In may 2014, police arrested four young men and three women after a video. Saudi arabia and iran execute more than 350 people in six.
For example, while almost 80% of iranian executions are for drug traffickers, drug. These executions were largely in violation of international human rights law and domestic procedures. Jul 27, 2016 news world saudi arabia and iran execute more than 350 people in six months executions are never the answer to stopping crime, especially when they result from a flawed justice system that. A member of the pastoral turkic qashqai people of southern iran, khosrow returned from exile with the iranian revolution. Execution of juvenile offender in iran deeply distressing. Denouncing the execution of a juvenile offender in iran, whose trial was. The prisoner was hanged in public, using an industrial crane, in the city of karaj. Graphic new video footage of a public hanging in iran this week highlights the brutalisation of both the condemned and those who watch executions, amnesty international said today. As part of amnesty internationals 2012 death penalty campaign the. Number date name conviction age at offense age at execution gender ethnicity religion location public source 1 2 january 2016. Hrana news agency a prisoner identified as ab was executed on charge of murder in public on the boulevard of goharbaran in the surak city, of mazandaran province, on 4 th january, and the following video report shows this execution hrana news agency again invites citizens to get involved in reporting and improving the human rights situation in iran, by sending observations, photos.
Ihrdc chart of executions by the islamic republic of iran 2020. The four men identified by the human rights activist news. Iran public execution outrages human rights groups. The 2011 2012 protests in iran were a series of demonstrations in iran which began on 14 february 2011, called the day of rage. Public executions were carried out in iran and saudi arabia. On february 10, 2012, irans parliament changed the controversial law of executing. On this date in 1982, khosrow khan qashqai was publicly hanged in shiraz. The iranian authorities executed numerous prisoners for non serious crimes such as drugs. According to bbc, the iranian government holds the belief that the protests were infused by irans revolution of 1979. In these days, two prisoners were hanged in public in iran and other two in the prison of rajai shahr. As a result, there must be a revision of the death penalty law, said. Warning thread iran public execution might contain content that is not suitable for all ages.
Find highquality iran execution stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Isis published a lengthy video on sunday showing a series of executions on alleged kurdish and government spies in the iraqi province of kirkuk. Forced to write proisis slogans with their own blood, the kurdish prisoners of war were either beheaded or shot in the head, in some cases with highcaliber rifles. Some myths and facts surrounding execution by hanging. In june 2009, sce issued a report on child executions in iran. Public execution of three bahai in iran might contain content that is not suitable for all ages.
In these days, two prisoners were hanged in public in iran and. The official announcements are noted but, as the iranian government does not announce many executions, it is difficult to know the exact number. Most executions took place in china, iran, saudi arabia, iraq and egypt in that order. Executions, especially for drugrelated offenses, continued at a high rate. Mass unannounced executions in mashhads vakilabad prison download pdf since january 2010, the international campaign for human rights in iran has published dozens of reports of unannounced secret group executions at vakilabad prison in the northeast city of mashhad. Nov 2014 mass executions of prisoners by mullah regime of iran. Bangladesh and bahrain resumed executions last year, after a hiatus in 2018. A chador clad militia woman, armed with an uzzi sub machine gun, controls a demo against iraq. Video footage of a public execution in surak city in northern. At least 1,722 people were sentenced to death in 58 countries in 2012. Hanging is irans preferred punishment and is at times done in public squares with cranes. The iranian photographer jahangir razmi had been tipped off to the trial, and he shot two rolls of film at the executions. Four iranian gay men are due to be executed for sodomy under their nations sharia laws, pink news is reporting. In 2012 the convening authority for military commissions, which.
Magnum photos is a photographic cooperative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer members. Bbc news middle east iran execution provokes outrage. A young man is hanged publically outside lar prison in southern iran. Video footage of a public execution in surak city in. The united nations, amnesty international, iranian opposition leaders and others criticized the islamic republic of iran for its high rate of executions in 2011. In 20, iran was one of only four countries known to have committed public executions. New public execution by hanging video from iran january 2012. Death sentences and executions 2014 amnesty international usa. Amnesty international does not include syria, afghanistan, and yemen in their list of public execution countries, but there have been reports of public executions carried out there by state and nonstate actors, such as isis. New public execution by hanging video from iran january 2012 this is a good resolution video of a public execution by hanging from iran, but it was filmed from a distance without zooming in so the convicts are barely seen. Following the execution of a 15yearold in iran on wednesday the fourth juvenile to be put to death in the country this year the united nations rights chief condemned the practice, citing the strict prohibition of such executions under international law. China, together with iran, north korea, yemen and the us the only g7.
News world saudi arabia and iran execute more than 350 people in six months executions are never the answer to stopping crime, especially when. Civil and political rights, including the questions of. May 02, 2009 human rights groups have protested against the execution on friday of a young iranian woman for a murder committed when she was 17 years old. Death penalty statistics, country by country visualisation and data. Witness this barbaric public execution of a man who was found innocent by the supreme court, but executed anyway. According to reliable sources iran human rights ihr has been in contact with, a young man was hanged publicly outside lar prison southern iran on the morning of may. The following year, firing squad in iran was awarded the pulitzer prizethe only anonymous winner in history.
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