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President of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Halt the execution of Madani Sharifi (Orumiyeh)

By | 2011-12-17T19:37:44-04:00 December 17th, 2011|Press Releases|

PLEASE signe et diffuse. Death Penalty is also discriminatory and is often used disproportionately against the poor, etniq the powerless and the marginalized, as well as against people whom repressive governments want to eliminate. The death penalty does not deter crime more than other punishments. Executions for Drug Offences in Iran, the organization finds that at least 488 people have been executed for alleged drug offences so far in 2011, a nearly threefold increase on the 2009 figures, when Amnesty International recorded at least 166 executions for similar offences. In total Amnesty International has recorded some 600 executions reported by both official and unofficial sources this year, with drug offences accounting for about 81% of the total. The organization called on the Iranian authorities to end the use of the death penalty against those accused of drug offences. Should be abolish died penalty ....