Iran: evin 209

On the site petitiononline one finds a petition addressed to The Secretary General of the United Nations, The UN Human Rights Council , Amnesty International ,Human Rights watch in which the addressed are asked to assign a special investigating committee to visit Section 209 of Evin Prison in Iran and publish a report on their findings.
Section 209 of Evin Prison in Iran is run by the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic and except for the ministry agents no other government bodies have any control over the prison affairs.
During the last years many of Iran political prisoners have died in this Section under torture and many others kept in it have ended up being executed by firing squads or hanged.
Those currently held at the Section include political dissidents, human rights activists, students, trade union officials and workers, as well as many other Iranians from all walks of life.
The following people are among the prisoners at Section 209:
Ali Akbar Mussavi Khoini,
Dr. Saeed Masoori,
Ahmad Batebi,
Kayvan Rafii,
Kianoosh Sanjari,
Dr. Kayvan Ansari,
Abulfazl Jahandar,
Kheirullah Derakhshandi,
Abdullah Al Mansouri,
Ayatollah Kazemi Boroujerdi and many of his followers,
as well as many prisoners from other provinces of Iran who have been transferred to Evin from their local prisons.

According to ISNA is yesterday the journalist of ‘Aftab-e Yazd’ daily, Mansour Mozaffari, found guilty on one count of "publishing sheer lies".
The press court found him not guilty on the count of "propaganda against the Islamic system and libel".




In Iran deathpenalty is in use. Also for child offenders.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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