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EU DEEPLY CONCERNED BY IMMINENT EXECUTIONS IN IRAN
May 27, 2008: the EU is deeply concerned by the news of the imminent execution of Behnoud Shojaee and Saeed Jazee, who were
convicted and sentenced to death in Iran for crimes committed when they were
minors.
The EU notes that these juvenile death sentences are in direct contravention of the
Islamic Republic of Iran's international obligations and commitments, as explicitly set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, both clearly prohibiting the execution of minors or people who have been convicted of crimes committed when
they were minors.
The EU urges the Islamic Republic of Iran to comply with International Law and to
immediately halt the execution of Mr Shojaee and Mr Jazee and of all other juvenile offenders on the death row, taking in consideration alternative
sentences for juvenile offenders. (Sources: 7thspace.com, 27/05/2008)
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