The Supreme Court in Iran upheld a ruling imposing the death penalty on Ahmedreza Djalali, the Iranian-born Swedish-Belgian Professor from the Free University of Brussels. Professor Djalali was charged with espionage and with according to his Lawyer ‘enmity God’ following – – an unfair and corrupt trial. He could be executed at any time Following the brutal killing by a gang, comprised mainly of students, of a student (Mashal Khan, pictured) falsely accused of blasphemy, a court in Pakistan has sentenced one man to death. Five others have been sentenced to life imprisonment and twenty-five to three years in prison. Twenty-six were acquitted. Picture courtesy sydasien.se Urgent Actions Iran UA 10/18 Iranian teenager Abolfazi Chezani – – Sharahi remains at risk of execution after his execution scheduled for 17th January was postponed. Fourteen years old at the time of the crime of which he was convicted, since 2014 he has been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for his execution four times. (Circulated to DPLWG 22.1.18). Urgent This month’s DP Action USA Alabama Vernon Madison was scheduled to be – – executed on 25th January. His lawyers maintain that he lacks a rational understanding of the reason for his execution following a number of severe strokes, which have resulted in dementia and an inability to remember the crime. (Circulated to DPLWG on date of receipt 22.1.18). – 25.1.18 - The US Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to Mr Madison. UA 252/14 (Second Update) The Court of Bahrain – – Cassation has upheld the death sentence imposed on Maher Abbas Ahmad following a trial which found him guilty of the premeditated murder of a policeman, but which relied on If the King ratifies ‘confessions’ extracted under torture. his sentence, he will be at imminent risk of execution. (Circulated to DPLWG 30.1.18.) Iran UA 171/17 Ramin Hossein Panahi, an Iranian – – Kurdish prisoner, has been on hunger strike since 27th January after a grossly unfair trial that followed 4 months of enforced disappearance. He has been sentenced to death in connection with his membership of the armed Kurdish opposition group, Komala. (Circulated to DPLWG 5.2.18.)
The Supreme Court in Iran upheld a ruling imposing the death penalty on Ahmedreza Djalali, the Iranian-born Swedish-Belgian Professor from the Free University of Brussels. Professor Djalali was charged with espionage and ‘enmity with God’ following – according to his Lawyer – an unfair and corrupt trial. He could be executed at any time Following the brutal killing by a gang, comprised mainly of students, of a student (Mashal Khan, pictured) falsely accused of blasphemy, a court in Pakistan has sentenced one man to death. Five others have been sentenced to life imprisonment and twenty-five to three years in prison. Twenty-six were acquitted. Picture courtesy sydasien.se Urgent Actions Iran – UA 10/18 – Iranian teenager Abolfazi Chezani Sharahi remains at risk of execution after his execution scheduled for 17th January was postponed. Fourteen years old at the time of the crime of which he was convicted, since 2014 he has been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for his execution four times. (Circulated to DPLWG 22.1.18). This month’s DP Urgent Action USA – Alabama – Vernon Madison was scheduled to be executed on 25th January. His lawyers maintain that he lacks a rational understanding of the reason for his execution following a number of severe strokes, which have resulted in dementia and an inability to remember the crime. (Circulated to DPLWG on date of receipt – 22.1.18). 25.1.18 - The US Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to Mr Madison. Bahrain – UA 252/14 (Second Update) – The Court of Cassation has upheld the death sentence imposed on Maher Abbas Ahmad following a trial which found him guilty of the premeditated murder of a policeman, but which relied on ‘confessions’ extracted under torture. If the King ratifies his sentence, he will be at imminent risk of execution. (Circulated to DPLWG 30.1.18.) Iran – UA 171/17 – Ramin Hossein Panahi, an Iranian Kurdish prisoner, has been on hunger strike since 27th January after a grossly unfair trial that followed 4 months of enforced disappearance. He has been sentenced to death in connection with his membership of the armed Kurdish opposition group, Komala. (Circulated to DPLWG 5.2.18.)