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Iran, which set off a diplomatic storm by hanging a Dutch-Iranian woman, is on target to execute a record number of over 1,000 people this year, rights groups said Sunday.
And the execution of Zahra Bahrami is just the latest case of a 'serious lack of transparency' in Iran's growing use of capital punishment, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
The Netherlands froze contacts with Iran following Saturday's execution.
Many groups say Iran has the highest per capita execution rate in the world.
In 2009, the last year for which complete statistics are available, Iran executed at least 388 people and was second only to China in how many people it put to death, according to Amnesty International.
Rights groups believe there was a sharp rise in 2010 and with Bahrami's death, HRW now estimates that at least 74 prisoners have been executed since January 1…
‘At the current rate, authorities will easily have executed more than 1,000 prisoners before 2011 draws to a close,' HRW's Middle East director Sarah Leah Whitson said.
HRW's Middle East researcher Faraz Sanei denounced 'the Iranian judiciary's serious lack of transparency surrounding the execution of individuals convicted of crimes carrying the death penalty’.
The group said her execution and others highlight 'a deepening of the human rights crisis that gripped the country following the disputed June 2009 presidential election' that secured a second term for hawkish President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad.
Bahrami, a Dutch-naturalized Iranian, was detained after anti-government protests in Tehran in December 2009. She was later charged and found guilty of narcotics offences.
The woman said she was tortured into confessing and denied the charges, according to her family and rights groups...
A growing number of people are being charged and executed for what HRW calls the 'vague' charge of 'moharebeh,' or enmity against God -- the original charge against Bahrami.
Iran, which set off a diplomatic storm by hanging a Dutch-Iranian woman, is on target to execute a record number of over 1,000 people this year, rights groups said Sunday.
And the execution of Zahra Bahrami is just the latest case of a 'serious lack of transparency' in Iran's growing use of capital punishment, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
The Netherlands froze contacts with Iran following Saturday's execution.
Many groups say Iran has the highest per capita execution rate in the world.
In 2009, the last year for which complete statistics are available, Iran executed at least 388 people and was second only to China in how many people it put to death, according to Amnesty International.
Rights groups believe there was a sharp rise in 2010 and with Bahrami's death, HRW now estimates that at least 74 prisoners have been executed since January 1…
‘At the current rate, authorities will easily have executed more than 1,000 prisoners before 2011 draws to a close,' HRW's Middle East director Sarah Leah Whitson said.
HRW's Middle East researcher Faraz Sanei denounced 'the Iranian judiciary's serious lack of transparency surrounding the execution of individuals convicted of crimes carrying the death penalty’.
The group said her execution and others highlight 'a deepening of the human rights crisis that gripped the country following the disputed June 2009 presidential election' that secured a second term for hawkish President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad.
Bahrami, a Dutch-naturalized Iranian, was detained after anti-government protests in Tehran in December 2009. She was later charged and found guilty of narcotics offences.
The woman said she was tortured into confessing and denied the charges, according to her family and rights groups...
A growing number of people are being charged and executed for what HRW calls the 'vague' charge of 'moharebeh,' or enmity against God -- the original charge against Bahrami.
گروههاي حقوق‌بشري گفتند ايران در 2011 بالاترين رقم اعدامها را خواهد داشت
روز يکشنبه گروههاي حقوق‌بشري گفتند، ايران که با حلق‌آويز کردن يک خانم هلندي ايراني تبار يک توفان ديپلوماتيک برپا کرد، در نظر دارد با اعدام بيش از 1000 (هزار) نفر، بالاترين رکورد را در ايران از خود بر جاي بگذارد.
ديدبان حقوق‌بشر گفت اعدام زهرا بهرامي که آخرين مورد “از فقدان جدي شفافيت“ در ايران به‌شمار مي‌رود، در حالي است که اين مجازات هر چه بيشتر انجام مي‌شود.
هلند بعد از اعدامي که روز شنبه صورت گرفت تماسهاي خود با ايران را قطع کرد.
بسياري از گروهها مي‌گويند ايران نسبت به جمعيت خود بالاترين رقم اعدام را در جهان دارد.
به گفته سازمان عفو بين‌الملل، در 2009، سالي که آمار تکميلي آن در دسترس است، ايران حداقل 388نفر را اعدام کرد، که بعد از چين رتبه دوم را دارد.
گروههاي حقوق‌بشري بر اين باورند که اعدام در 2010 که با اعدام بهرامي همراه بود صعود شديدي داشته است. ديدبان حقوق‌بشر تخمين مي‌زند که از اول ژانويه حداقل 74 زنداني اعدام شده‌اند...
سارا ليح ويتسون (sarah leah whitson) مدير ديدبان حقوق‌بشر در خاورميانه گفت، “ با توجه به سرعت کنوني اعدامها، مقامات ايراني قبل از اين‌که سال 2011 به پايان برسد به سادگي بيش از هزار زنداني را اعدام خواهند کرد.
فراز صانعي (faraz sanei )، پژوهشگر ديدبان حقوق‌بشر در خاورميانه، “عدم شفافيتي که به‌طور جدي در سيستم قضايي ايران پيرامون مجازات اعدام عليه مجرمين وجود دارد را مردود شمرد. …
بهرامي که يک هلندي ايراني تبار است بعد از تظاهرات ضددولتي در تهران در دسامبر 2009 بازداشت شد. وي بعداً به اتهام تخلفات مربوط به مواد مخدر گناهکار شناخته شد.
به گفته اقوام وي و گروههاي حقوق‌بشري، اين خانم گفته است که جهت گرفتن اعتراف، وي را تحت شکنجه قرار داده‌اند و او اين اتهامات را رد کرده بود. (خبرگزاري فرانسه- 10/11/89)
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