Prisoners hunger strike to demand end to death penalty in Iran

                           

Hundreds of prisoners have been on hunger strike in Iran since December 2 in protest at the execution of 11 inmates.

The 538 prisoners are also demanding a halt to group executions and the unconditional abolition of capital punishment.

Javad Larijani, the regime’s notorious advocate of torture and execution, hinted in a December 4 interview with France 24 that some changes may be made to capital punishment legislation, although days later regime judiciary officials denied any changes would be made and insisted the barbaric and medieval sentences would remain in law.

The deputy of the regime’s judiciary system said: "The penal code does not change. There may be some changes to criminal procedure reforms. But the latter part of the law, capital punishment, will not change."

The National Council of Resistance of Iran called on Tuesday 9th of December to save the lives of the 31 prisoners on verge of executions in Ghezel Hesar Prison.

The increase in the wave of executions in various prisons and cities of the country, including the hanging of at least 51 prisoners just in the time span of November 24 to December 3 demonstrates the fear of the religious fascism from the spread of protests by the Iranian people who are under great pressure and is aimed at heightening the atmosphere of terror in the society. Regime’s officials admit that “security… is the foremost worry for the judicial, security and law enforcement systems and they have implemented and shall continue to live up to this responsibility.”

International community’s turning of a blind eye to the tragic situation of human rights in Iran has given a free hand to the leaders of the Velayat-e faqih regime, famous among the people as the “Godfather of ISIS”, to resort to any kind of barbarism, including the splashing of acid and knife attacks against the innocent women and the wave of group hangings in prisons and various cities throughout the country.

Any rapprochement with this anti-human regime should be contingent on the respect for human rights, including the suspension of the anti-human punishment of hanging.