Call for Ahmad Reza Jalali’s death sentence to be immediately halted
26-November-2020
Category: executions، Prisoners
Breathing in Confinement, November 26, 2020: In reaction to the transfer of Ahmad Reza Jalali, an Iranian-Swedish physician, and crisis management researcher, to solitary confinement, Amnesty International called for his death sentence to be immediately halted.
“It is appalling that despite repeated calls from UN human rights experts to quash Ahmadreza Djalali’s death sentence and release him, the Iranian authorities have instead decided to push for this irreversible injustice. They must immediately halt any plans to execute Ahmadreza Djalali and end their shocking assault on his right to life,” said Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
Amnesty International further called on members of the international community to “immediately intervene, including through their embassies in Tehran, to save Ahmadreza Djalali’s life before it is too late.”
Amnesty International believes that the death penalty is an “ultimate cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment. Amnesty opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception.”