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Secret Execution of a Prisoner in Kashmar Prison

12-August-2024

Category: executions

9-August-2024
News Group: Execution

Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, 6th August 2024, the execution of a prisoner convicted of “murder” was carried out in Kashmar Prison.

According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Tuesday, 6th August 2024, the execution of a prisoner in Kashmar Prison was carried out. The identity of this prisoner, who was arrested five years ago on charges of “murder” and sentenced to death, has been confirmed by “Breathing in Confinement” as Ali Shabani.

Ali Shabani was married and the father of two children.

As of the time of this report, the execution of this prisoner has not been announced by official sources.

According to the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least 46 prisoners have been executed in various prisons over the past seven days. The Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, warning of a new and increasing wave of executions amid tensions with Israel, calls on international authorities to take decisive action to prevent further executions.

According to the annual report of the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least 848 citizens were executed in 2023. Of these, 7 were executed in public. 57 percent of the executions were for drug related charges.

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