The 'No to Execution Tuesdays' campaign entered its thirty-seventh week of hunger strikes on October 9, 2023, in 22 different prisons across Iran, coinciding with the 'World Day Against the Death Penalty.' In this week's statement, it was announced that at least 30 people were executed in various prisons on October 1 and 2, including three women. Additionally, Mahmoud Dahmarde, a death row inmate in Zahedan prison, died due to a heart attack and lack of medical care. According to the statement, a political prisoner named Hamid Hosseinzadeh Heydarano was sentenced to death by the Urmia Revolutionary Court last week. He has been detained since April 2023 and has faced severe torture, being illegally convicted of 'baghi' without due process. On the occasion of the 'World Day Against the Death Penalty,' declared by the UN General Assembly, the 'No to Execution Tuesdays' campaign severely criticized the Islamic Republic as one of the world's largest human rights violators, calling for serious global attention to the human rights situation in Iran. The campaign emphasized that nearly 450 people have been executed in Iran since the beginning of 2024, while many other countries are moving towards abolishing the death penalty. Members of this campaign have invited domestic and international political, civil, and human rights organizations to act for the 'rescue of death row inmates in Iran' and urged the global community to hold 'the leaders of the Iranian regime accountable for four decades of crimes against humanity and the massacre of prisoners.' The hunger strike on Tuesday was held as a protest by members of this campaign in the following prisons on October 9, 2023: Evin Prison (women's ward and wards 4 and 8), Qezel Hesar Prison (units 3 and 4), Central Prison of Karaj, Greater Tehran, Khorramabad, Arak, Asadabad Isfahan, Shiraz, Bam, Mashhad, Lakan Rasht (women's and men's wards), Qaemshahr, Ardabil, Tabriz, Urmia, Salmas, Khoy, Naqdeh, Saqqez, Baneh, Marivan, and Kamyaran prison.
Campaign 'No to Execution Tuesdays': 30 Executions in Two Days
The 'No to Execution Tuesdays' campaign reported at least 30 executions in Iran over two days, including three women, and highlighted the death of a prisoner due to medical neglect. The campaign calls for global attention to Iran's human rights abuses, particularly regarding the death penalty, as nearly 450 executions have occurred since the start of 2024.
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📰 What Happened
Iran executed at least 30 people amid ongoing protests against the death penalty.
- Iranian authorities execute at least 30 people
- No to Execution Tuesdays campaign protest Iranian regime
- No to Execution Tuesdays campaign announce global community
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The Iranian regime's execution of prisoners underscores its ongoing human rights violations.
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