Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Zeinab Sekaanvand and Two other Prisoners Executed in Orumiyeh

Zeinab Sekaanvand, a prisoner who was arrested and sentenced to death for the murder of her husband when she was just 17 years old, was executed on Tuesday morning (02 October) along with two other prisoners at Orumiyeh Central Prison. This prison sentence was enforced while human rights organisations had repeatedly called for annulment of her death sentence. Zeinab Sekaanvand's brother confirmed the execution of...

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