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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 |
 Amnesty International, appalled by the report on imminent execution of 9 more detainees, has called on Iranian authorities not to execute people who were arrested in relation to the protests that followed last year's disputed presidential election.According to Iranian media reports, Deputy Judiciary Head Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday that, after the execution of two men last week, the nine others will be executed "soon".
"Those sentenced did not have had a fair trial," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director. "They were denied access to a lawyer in the initial stages of their detention, and some or all appear to have been coerced into giving confessions.. It is also not clear whether those condemned have been able to exercise their right to appeal."
Iran's judiciary is reported to be under political pressure to execute more opposition supporters to end the continuing protests.
"Executing people in public further adds to the already cruel, inhuman and degrading nature of the death penalty," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui. "It can only have a dehumanizing effect on the person sentenced to death and a brutalizing effect on those who witness the execution, including the relatives."
At least two of the nine others on death row, Naser Abdolhasani and Reza Kazemi, were sentenced to death in post-election "show trials". The identity of the other seven is unknown.
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