Support from 9 Nobel Peace Prize Winners for the 'Tuesdays Against Execution' Campaign

Several Nobel Peace Prize winners, in a joint letter, expressed their support for the 'Tuesdays Against Execution' campaign, calling for the cessation of the 'inhumane punishment of execution' by the Islamic Republic in Iran. The letter, published on the Instagram account of Shirin Ebadi on Monday, October 1, emphasizes that 'the Tuesdays Against Execution campaign is one of the most progressive civil campaigns defending the right to life, initiated by 10 political prisoners from Qezel Hesar prison.' Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and human rights defender who is also a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, stated, 'In a meeting with a group of Nobel Peace Prize winners, I witnessed their support for this campaign.' The letter also mentions that 'in protest against the inhumane punishment of execution and its increasing prevalence in Iran, a campaign titled 'Tuesdays Against Execution' - Black Tuesdays - was initiated by 10 political prisoners on January 29, 2024. Participants in this campaign go on hunger strikes every Tuesday as a form of protest, a day that is typically associated with the execution of prisoners.' According to these global human rights figures, the 'Tuesdays Against Execution' campaign has managed to attract the attention of other civil activists and human rights defenders in Iran in a short period, who have since joined this movement. The signatories of this statement, while supporting the 'Tuesdays Against Execution' campaign, declared: 'We demand an end to this inhumane punishment in Iran.' This statement was signed by international human rights figures and Nobel Peace Prize winners over the years, including Judy Williams, Leymah Gbowee, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Oscar Arias, Kailash Satyarthi, Tawakkol Karman, Rigoberta Menchú, and Maria Ressa. On January 29, 2023, 10 political prisoners imprisoned in Qezel Hesar prison in Alborz province announced that they would begin group hunger strikes every Tuesday in protest against executions, titled 'Black Tuesdays.' According to a special report from the Persian section of Voice of America on January 29, 2024, 'Zartosht Ahmadi Raghab, Jafar Ebrahimi, Ahmadreza Haeri, Loqman Aminpour, Meysam Dehban Zadeh, Saeed Masouri, Reza Mohammadi, Reza Salmanzadeh, Hamzeh Savari, and Sepehr Imam Jom'e' were the first prisoners to announce that they would go on hunger strike every Tuesday in protest against the execution process. This human rights campaign, which was later recognized as 'Tuesdays Against Execution,' received support from political prisoners and some ordinary prisoners in other prisons across Iran and is currently active in at least 21 prisons. Additionally, see: Participants in the 'Tuesdays Against Execution' campaign: We must resist against religious tyranny. Exclusive; seven current and former political prisoners supported 'Tuesdays Against Execution.' The hunger strike of dozens of female prisoners demanding the cessation of executions and the release of political prisoners. The 'Tuesdays Against Execution' campaign addressed the General Assembly: Condemn the killings and executions in Iran. Shirin Ebadi: The 'Tuesdays Against Execution' campaign is the result of not succumbing to pressure and repression. The execution of at least 6 prisoners coincided with the hunger strike of the prisoners in the 'Tuesdays Against Execution' campaign in Shiraz and Golestan.