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 Execution in November 2008


  


Islamic Republic (Iran) executes juvenile offender, rights group says

LONDON (Reuters)
Tue Nov 4, 2008 3:56pm EST

Islamic Republic (Iran) has executed a man for a murder he committed as a minor, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

The New York-based group said an Afghan identified as Gholamreza H. was hanged on Oct. 30. He was 19 when the execution was carried out but had been convicted for a murder committed on Nov. 20, 2006, when he was 17.

Human rights groups have criticised Islamic Republic (Iran) for sentencing minors to death. Iran says it only carries out the death penalty when a prisoner reaches the age of 18.

"It is tragic that Iran is continuing to kill juvenile offenders," Clarisa Bencomo, Middle East children's rights researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.

"Iran (Islamic Republic) urgently needs to end its isolated position and abolish these executions."

In Tehran, an Iranian judiciary official said he was not aware of the case when asked about it at a news conference.

Rights groups had praised Iran when it seemed to have ended the practice in October. But a judiciary official later clarified Iran's position, saying juvenile offenders could still face execution for murder but not for other capital crimes.

Iran (Islamic Republic) regularly rejects accusations of human rights abuses, saying it is following Islamic sharia and accusing Western governments of double standards.

Since January 2005, Iran (Islamic Republic of Ayatollahs) has been responsible for 26 of 32 known executions of juveniles worldwide, Human Rights Watch said.

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Islamic Republic (Iran) continues to execute juveniles - HRW

LONDON (Reuters)
Tuesday, 04 November 2008

Islamic Republic (Iran( has hanged a 19-year-old offender just days after the Islamic Republic "categorically denied" it still executes juveniles, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.

The US-based group said the execution took place on Oct. 30, bringing the total number of juveniles executed since the beginning of 2008 to seven.

The offender, an Afghan national, was 17 when he was convicted of murder and sentenced to death on Nov. 20, 2006.

"It is tragic that Iran (Islamic Republic) is continuing to kill juvenile offenders," Clarisa Bencomo, Middle East children's rights researcher at HRW, said in a statement.

"Iran urgently needs to end its isolated position and abolish these executions."

Iran (Islamic Republic) is the only country to have executed juvenile offenders so far this year, HRW said.

It said Iran (Islamic Republic) accounted for more than 80 percent (27 of 33) of such executions during the past three and a half years.

At least 130 juvenile offenders are currently on death row in Iran, it added.

Iranian officials on Oct. 29 denied executing juvenile offenders in a statement at the United Nations during discussions of the UN secretary-general's reports on the death penalty and on Iranian human rights abuses.

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