Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Rights groups urge immediate halt to Iran’s executions, back prison hunger strikes

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and 67 other human rights organisations have issued a joint statement in support of the "No Death Penalty Tuesdays" hunger strikes in Iranian prisons, now in their 31st consecutive week. The strikes, initiated by political prisoners in response to the alarming increase in executions across Iran, aim to draw attention to the country's widespread use of the death penalty,...

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