Iran executes three Kurdish prisoners accused of militant attacks

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran executed three Iranian Kurdish men accused of belonging to a militant group and taking part in attacks against civilians and security forces in the Kurdish region of western Iran, the judiciary's news service reported on Saturday.

 

The executions took place despite a call on Friday for them to be halted by two U.N. human rights special rapporteurs, Javaid Rehman and Agnes Callamard, who said in a statement that the men had not been given a fair trial.

 

Amnesty International said the accused men had been denied access to their lawyers after being arrested and had said they were tortured into making confessions.

 

"We are horrified by the news that the Iranian authorities have executed these men, despite widespread condemnation of their death sentences and calls from U.N. human rights experts and other bodies to halt their executions," Philip Luther, Amnesty International's research and advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement on Saturday. 

 

The judiciary's Mizan news service said Loqman Moradi and Zanyar Moradi were accused of carrying out an attack in the western town of Marivan in July 2009 that killed three people, including the son of a prominent cleric.

 

Ramin Hossein Panahi was accused of participating in an assault targeting security forces in the town of Sanandaj in June 2017.

 

Iran has one of the world's highest execution rates. According to Amnesty International, 51 percent of all recorded executions in 2017 were carried out in Iran.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-09-09

And people wonder why the Kurds want their own state.

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The executions took place despite a call on Friday for them to be halted by two U.N. human rights special rapporteurs

That would have been an interesting rap song

Take all the people involved in these mens executions, and cut off their heads.

22 minutes ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

Take all the people involved in these mens executions, and cut off their heads.

I don't think we need any lessons from America on executions. All civilised countries abolished capital punishment years ago. 

Edited September 10, 20187 yr by Grouse

7 minutes ago, Grouse said:

I don't think we need any lessons from America on executions. All civilised countries abolished capital punishment years ago. 

Like Singapore and Japan?

5 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

Like Singapore and Japan?

I standby my statement

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_by_country

Edited September 10, 20187 yr by Grouse

On 9/9/2018 at 9:50 AM, Bluespunk said:

And people wonder why the Kurds want their own state.

They got off lightly, caught in a act of terrorism, they have no right to have their own state,same as Rohingya,s have no right to have no state in Burma.  

2 minutes ago, Grouse said:

I standby my statement

I'm sure you do.  It would be Japan and Singapore who think they are civilized.  Imagine them disagreeing with a Thai visa poster.  Have they no shame?

2 minutes ago, myfriendu said:

Rohingya,s have no right to have no state in Burma.  

What?

1 minute ago, marcusarelus said:

I'm sure you do.  It would be Japan and Singapore who think they are civilized.  Imagine them disagreeing with a Thai visa poster.  Have they no shame?

Actually, I think Japan is a bit of an outlier in this respect.

 

Civilised is not the first word that comes to mind to describe Singapore.

 

However, this is off topic and I will not comment further.

8 minutes ago, myfriendu said:

They got off lightly, caught in a act of terrorism, they have no right to have their own state,same as Rohingya,s have no right to have no state in Burma.  

Tortured, denied any opportunity to prove their innocence and executed...yet you say they got off lightly?

 

On 9/9/2018 at 5:04 AM, rooster59 said:

Amnesty International said the accused men had been denied access to their lawyers after being arrested and had said they were tortured into making confessions.

The Rohingya are not campaigning for a separate state in Burma.

 

They are suffering genocide, after decades of being denied the same rights given all the ethnic groups that make up the Burmese state.

Edited September 10, 20187 yr by Bluespunk

Just now, Bluespunk said:

 

The Rohingya are not campaigning for a separate state in Burma.

 

They are suffering genocide, after decades of being denied the same rights given all the ethnic groups that make up the Burmese state.

You  have your own opinion, none based on facts, utter bullcrap from western media.you have never lived there one more fact.   

1 minute ago, myfriendu said:

You  have your own opinion, none based on facts, utter bullcrap from western media.you have never lived there one more fact.   

All that I stated is based on facts.

Off-topic, baiting post and reply removed.  

8 hours ago, Grouse said:

Actually, I think Japan is a bit of an outlier in this respect.

Have to agree, takes more than 73 years to become civilised considering where Japan was at the end of WWII.