{"id":18833,"date":"2024-03-05T10:42:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T10:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=18833"},"modified":"2024-03-05T10:47:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T10:47:05","slug":"executions-in-iran-hit-8-year-high-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/03\/executions-in-iran-hit-8-year-high-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Executions in Iran hit 8-year high in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONITORING (SW) – Iran hanged at least 834 people in 2023, the second-highest number of executions in two decades, according to a report released by rights groups.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The report, released on Tuesday by Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), suggests that the 43 percent spike in the use of capital punishment last year came in reaction to nationwide protests prompted by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini in 2022.<\/p>\n

However, while nine executions were directly linked to attacks on security forces during the 2022 protests, the use of capital punishment was also stepped up in relation to other charges. Drug-related cases accounted for more than half of the total, with 471 people executed on such charges.<\/p>\n

The report also notes that members of ethnic minorities, notably the Sunni Baluch from the southeast of Iran, were \u201cgrossly overrepresented amongst those executed\u201d.<\/p>\n

At least 167 members of the Baluch minority were put to death, accounting for 20 percent of the total last year. The minority accounts for about 5 percent of Iran\u2019s population.<\/p>\n

IHR director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam described the figures as a \u201cstaggering total\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstilling societal fear is the regime\u2019s only way to hold on to power, and the death penalty is its most important instrument,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also urged the world to take a stand on Tehran\u2019s use of capital punishment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe inconsistency in the international community\u2019s reaction to the executions in Iran is unfortunate and sends the wrong signal to the authorities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Last year, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said the flurry of death sentences following the outbreak of civil unrest amounted to \u201cstate-sanctioned killing\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to the report, while most executions happen within the confines of prison, seven were carried out in public \u2013 significantly more than in 2022.<\/p>\n

At least 22 women were executed last year, marking the highest number in the past decade, the report added.<\/p>\n

Fifteen were hanged on murder charges. NGOs have long warned that women who kill an abusive partner or relative risk execution.<\/p>\n

SOURCE: AL JAZEERA<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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