Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish juvenile offender at imminent risk of execution in Iran

The authorities of Sanandaj Central Prison have told Kurdish juvenile offender Hemen Oraminejad that he is now at imminent risk of execution, an activist said. Oraminejad was arrested and sentenced to death under Iran’s 'Qesas law' (an eye for an eye) when he was a teenager. According to an activist who spoke with Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Oraminejad was “called for a meeting a few...

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