Iran criticised over capital punishment ‘killing spree’

originalment per: The Guardian
publicat: 15de desembre 2011

Iran s'ha intensificat l'ús de la pena de mort al que s'ha anomenat “una matança de proporcions sorprenents” en un esforç per contenir delictes relacionats amb drogues enmig de preocupacions sobre el suport continu a l'oest per campanya anti-narcòtics del règim, segons un informe.

Amnistia Internacional ha advertit “una nova onada d'execucions delicte de drogues” a l'Iran en un informe publicat el dijous, que posa de manifest un ampli ús en el país de la pena de mort, especialment en una sèrie d'execucions públiques i secretes.

D'acord amb l'informe, si més no 600 persones van ser executades a l'Iran des del començament de 2011 fins a finals de novembre, dels quals un mínim de 488 les execucions es van dur a terme per delictes de drogues suposada.

Amnesty said the figures showed a threefold increase in comparison to drug-related executions it documented in 2009. “Members of marginalised groups – including impoverished communities, ethnic minorities suffering discrimination, and foreign nationals, particularly Afghans – are most at risk of execution for drugs offences,” va dir.

Iran’s judicial system has been criticised for holding “grossly unfair trials” in a majority of the cases. Many trials are reported to have been held behind closed doors without the presence of a defence lawyer and families have not been given prior notice of the execution.

Iran is a neighbour to Afghanistan, a leading producer and supplier of the world’s drugs. As for the Afghans imprisoned in Iran for drug offences, Amnesty said it appears they are “particularly poorly treated” and as many as 4,000 of them are believed to be on death row.

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Publicat per Larry Fedja en 22/12/2011. Filed under Anuncis,Pena capital,Les condemnes qüestionables. Pots seguir les respostes a aquesta entrada a través de la RSS 2.0. Pots deixar una resposta, o trackback a aquest missatge