Irwin Cotler : Prior to Rouhani’s rise to power, Iran had the - TopicsExpress



          

Irwin Cotler : Prior to Rouhani’s rise to power, Iran had the highest per capita execution rate in the world. Yet, under the new “moderate” President, the rate of executions has actually increased, with some 100 Iranians executed in the first month after Rouhani’s election, 30 executed during the week of his “charm offensive” at the United Nations – a fact that was largely ignored – and a recent wave of executions that, shockingly enough, has seen more than 45 prisoners executed since October 26. Moreover, many prisoners are killed by the regime in secret, such that the true number of executions is almost certainly higher. Query: Will Rouhani declare a moratorium on executions? jpost/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/Testing-Hassan-Rouhanis-commitment-to-human-rights-331107
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 19:38:20 +0000

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