In an announcement on Saturday, the Iranian Writers Association referred to as for the cancellation of the sentences issued by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic and the discharge of these imprisoned for political exercise or expression of opinion.
The group introduced its want for the demise sentences of Reza Rasaei, Mujahid Korkur, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi, Pejman Fatehi, Wafa Azarbar, and others to be canceled, stating that they’re political prisoners and mustn’t have been arrested within the first place. They emphasised that the suitable to protest, have interaction in political exercise, and freedom of speech are elementary human rights.
Referring to the rise in executions following protests over the killing of Mehsa Amini within the custody of the Irshad patrol final 12 months, the Iranian Writers’ Association harassed that issuing demise sentences doesn’t compensate for the failures of the rulers in varied points, and doesn’t serve the aim of spreading terror among the many individuals.
The group added that execution is now not an efficient technique to instill concern among the many individuals, stating, “When individuals’s lives are already full of distress and demise, they don’t have anything to lose and concern.”
The Iranian Writers Association declared that each execution within the nation is political, even in instances involving odd criminals, because it serves to silence and oppress the individuals. They emphasised that criminalizing the demise penalty is an important step in the direction of judicial justice and a extra humane society.
The assertion highlighted the necessity to put an finish to the issuance of demise sentences, asserting that this can solely be doable by means of individuals’s protests and opposition to the demise penalty.
In current days, the information of the demise sentences for Reza Rasaei, Mujahid Korkur, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi, Pejman Fatehi, and Wafa Azarbar has sparked widespread criticism in Iran and all over the world.
In November of this 12 months, Javed Rahman, the United Nations particular rapporteur for monitoring the state of affairs of human rights in Iran, offered a report on the human rights state of affairs in Iran to the General Assembly and the Third Committee of the group. He described the human rights state of affairs in Iran as a “bitter actuality.”
Rahman additionally expressed concern over the rise in executions, stating that a minimum of 582 individuals had been executed in 2022, with greater than 256 instances associated to medicine, which was considerably larger in comparison with 2021.