Iran: more February 28th 2013

On February 24 were in the prison of Qazvin 3 prisoners hanged.
J. (33) for possession of 24 grams of cannabis and 440 grams of Shisheh, M. (32) for possession of 223 grams of heroin and 412 grams of Shisheh and M. (28) for possession of 470 grams of Shisheh.
In the prison of Behbehan was 1 man hanged. A. Gh. for trafficking of 3485 grams of crack.
IRNA reported that in the prison of Sari 1 man was hanged. His name was not revealef and he was convicted for drugs.
source: iranhr.net

An article in The Guardian reported that Iranian children should be taught lessons of chastity in kindergarten. The governor of Tehran stressed recently the importance of “popularizing” chastity and hijab. He said that it cannot be expected to see hijab and chastity exist in society without proper cultural work.
Recently, Iranian police have bolstered the enforcement of modesty laws.
source: albawaba.com


Committee of Human Rights Reporters reports that journalists Milad Fadai Asl and Pourya Alemi, who were arrested in the end of January, have been released on February 27th.
Of the 18 journalists detained during this wave of arrests, 12 have been released: Motehareh Shafiee, Ali Dehghan, Javad Daliri, Hossein Yaghchi, Fatemeh Sagharchi, Keyvan Mehregan, Emily Amrayee, Narges Joudaki, Reyhaneh Tabatabai, Akbar Montajebi, Pourya Alemi, Milad Fadai Asl.
6 journalists remain in custody: Soleiman Mohammadi, Pejman Mousavi, Nasrin Takhayori, Sasan Aghaee, Saba Azarpeik, and Ehsan Mazandarani.
source: chrr.biz

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In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.


Children are being hanged to death.

A child will be hanged to death.

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