Bachelet urges Iran to stop executing
juvenile offenders
کمیسر عالی حقوق بشر سازمان ملل از ایران خواست تا به اعدام نوجوانان
پایان دهد
October 5, 2018
GENEVA (5 October 2018) – UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday condemned the
execution in Iran this week of Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran, a juvenile offender. Ms. Sekaanvand
was convicted of murdering her husband in 2012, when she was 17 years
old, but her claims that she was coerced into confessing to the killing, and
that she had been a victim of domestic violence, were reportedly not adequately
examined during her trial.
Despite a number of appeals from UN
Special Rapporteurs and the UN Secretary-General since her conviction in
October 2014, Ms. Sekaanvand was executed on 2 October 2018. Her family was
given one day’s notice of her execution, for a final visit. Her detention and
trial were also reportedly marred by procedural irregularities, including being
beaten by police officers following her arrest, and having no access to a
lawyer until her final trial session, where she recanted her confession.
Dozens of other convicted juvenile
offenders reportedly remain on death row in Iran, which has already executed at
least five juvenile offenders so far this year. Executions are often carried
out at short notice, allowing little room for scrutiny and transparency.
