16-year-sentence against critically ill human rights defender signals all-out repression

 
Amnesty International – May 19, 2016 - The shocking 16-year prison sentence against prominent human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, who has several serious, chronic illnesses, represents an all-out attack on human rights defenders in Iran, and demonstrates how Iran’s abusive criminal justice system is used as a tool of repression, said Amnesty International.

Narges Mohammadi, a distinguished human rights defender, a supporter of the anti-death penalty campaign Legam (Step by Step to Abolish the Death Penalty) and vice president of the Center for Human Rights Defenders in Iran, was sentenced by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran which convicted her of several trumped-up national security related offenses in connection with her human rights work. The verdict was communicated to her lawyer on 17 May.
“Narges Mohammadi’s sentence is yet another chilling example of Iran’s use of vaguely worded national security charges to crack down on peaceful freedom of expression. There is no doubt that she is being unjustly punished for her steadfast commitment to human rights.

Int’l gathering in Paris marking World Day Against the Death Penalty

  Marking World Day Against the Death Penalty

Int’l gathering in Paris marking World Day Against the Death Penalty, Surge of executions in Iran during Rouhani’s presidency and need for urgent action

Marking World Day Against the Death Penalty on Saturday, a global gathering was held in Paris highlighting the surge of executions in Iran and need for urgent action.

 MARYAM RAJAVI: OUR PLAN IS AN IRAN WITHOUT THE DEATH PENALTY.

  The bloodletting mullahs have executed more people this year than they did last year.

While a single execution is enough to arouse everyone’s conscience, the shame of world powers is their silence over the situation in Iran especially as they are seeking nuclear talks and agreement, and trade deals.
 Such commercial calculations over human lives have never been a good investment for anyone.

If Western governments had stood up to the abuse of human rights in Iran, the mullahs could never expand their barbarity to Syria and Iraq. Mrs.Maryam Rajavi is cheered to the podium by supporters of democracy and human rights in Iran.