Amnesty International: Lives of two death row inmates from Kurdish minority at risk amid surge in executions | mojahedin.org |

Amnesty International, 28 October 2013

Two death row prisoners from Iran’s Kurdish minority are at imminent risk of being executed after the Iranian authorities carried out 20 death sentences over the weekend, Amnesty International warned today.

'This surge in executions shows that behind words and promises, the Iranian authorities continue to rely on state-sponsored killing, sparking fears that Zaniar Moradi and Loghman Moradi, two Kurdish minority prisoners on death row, could be next,' said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director at Amnesty International.

'These and all other executions must be halted immediately. While the Iranian authorities have a responsibility to bring those suspected of criminal offences to justice, the death penalty should never be used, as it is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.'

Iranian prisoners are routinely sentenced to death after unfair trials, and despite allegations of torture being used to extract 'confessions' in pre-trial detention.

Link: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/iran-lives-two-kurdish-death-row-inmates-risk-amid-surge-executions-2013-10-28