Two UN-appointed autarkic rights experts condemned the arbitrary execution successful the strongest presumption connected Wednesday, of an Iranian Kurdish captive arsenic a motion of “clear disregard for their obligations nether planetary quality rights law”.
The prisoner, Heidar Ghorbani, was secretly executed successful Sanandaj Central Prison astatine dawn connected Sunday – without anterior announcement to his household oregon lawyer. Prison authorities past secretly buried his body, according to a connection released connected behalf of the experts.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran executed Mr. Ghorbani successful secret, connected the ground of overbroad provisions, pursuing a profoundly flawed process, and portion his lawsuit was inactive nether information by the Supreme Court”, said Javaid Rehman, Special Rapporteur on the concern of quality rights successful the Islamic Republic of Iran and Morris Tidball-Binz, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary oregon arbitrary executions.
Fear mongering
Mr. Ghorbani was arrested successful October 2016, successful transportation with the sidesplitting of 3 men affiliated with the Basij paramilitary forces – reportedly by individuals associated with an equipped absorption group.
He had denied rank of the group, on with immoderate engagement successful the killing.
And notwithstanding that a Revolutionary Court concluded that helium was unarmed, they inactive sentenced him to decease connected a complaint of “baghy” (armed rebellion) pursuing an unfair proceedings and allegations that helium was tortured, said the OHCHR release.
“We profoundly regret that, contempt our aggregate interventions connected Mr. Ghorbani’s case, the authorities chose to proceed with his execution”, the UN experts said.
In the discourse of continuing protests and wide dissatisfaction with the authorities, they disquieted that specified an arbitrary execution had been carried retired to “spread fear”.
‘Clear disregard’
The Special Rapporteurs described the enactment arsenic “yet different motion of wide disregard for their obligations nether planetary quality rights instrumentality – and for planetary quality rights mechanisms”.
“We telephone connected the Government to halt the imposition and execution of the decease penalty”, they underscored.
Previously, the autarkic experts had raised concerns with the Government of Iran implicit the decease sentence, torture allegations, and fair-trial violations against Mr. Ghorbani and besides brought the substance to public attention.
The Government send comments to OHCHR successful response.
Special Rapporteurs and autarkic experts are appointed by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council to examine and study back connected a circumstantial quality rights taxable oregon a state situation. The positions are honorary and the experts are not paid for their work.
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