Iran: arbitrary

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran obtained a copy of a report prepared by a sub-division of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
In this report the performance and broadcasts of IRIB following the 2009 presidential election is criticised. The network is held responsible for widespread protests arising from the announcement of the election results.
The report is dated August 9 2009.
The report accuses IRIB of speedy announcement of the results, which lead to the creation of doubts among people, and “chatter” about “pre-determined election results, which led to widespread protests.
According to the authors of the report, IRIB’s conduct caused “unbearable pain and lethal hatred", giving people the perception that people were used as mere pawns in the election.
source: ICHRI



June 8, 2011 the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention determined that Kiarash Kamrani's detention in Iran is arbitrary detention.
Kamrani was arrested in 2009 after the elections and brought to an unknown location where he was interrogated and tortured in solitary confinement for 10-12 hrs per day.
He was not allowed to contact a lawyer or his family.
February 27, 2010 he was sentenced to six years in prison and a monetary sanction of $400 for “propaganda against the state,” “insulting Iranian officials,”, and “assembly and collusion to commit a crime.”
The Working Group's final determination was based on a finding that Kamrani’s detention resulted from the exercise of his free expression and association rights protected by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
The ICHRI documented hundreds of these cases,including dissident journalist Issa Saharkhiz, who in 2010 the Working Group also determined was illegally detained.
source: ICHRI


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In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
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