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IRAN: MAN HANGED IN THE PRISON OF OROUMIEH

02 March 2009 :

One man identified as Mehdi Ghasemzadeh was hanged in the prison of Orumieh (northwestern Iran) early today, according to several unofficial sources.
"Human Rights Activists in Iran" reported that Mr. Ghasemzadeh was convicted of "moharebeh" (a term used for those involved in armed struggle against the authorities) and had been in prison since 2004.
He was member of a group called "Ahle Hagh".
 
(Sources: IHR, 01/03/2009)

other news

SYRIA: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER OF EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL, IN FIRST DEATH SENTENCE SINCE ASSAD OUSTER

06 November 2025

A court in northeast Syria has sentenced a man to death by hanging after finding him guilty of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl, The New Arab reported on November 11, 2025.

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CHINA: FIVE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN NORTHERN MYANMAR CRIMINAL GANG SENTENCED TO DEATH

05 November 2025

Five members of a 21-person family-run syndicate based in northern Myanmar were sentenced to death by a Chinese court on November 4, 2025 for multiple charges

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IRAN - Nader Fathi executed in Sari on September 22

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IRAN - Moslem Hossein Zeynal executed in Bojnurd on October 28

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IRAN - Hamid Babaei executed in Sanandaj on October 28

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IRAN - Hooman Azadi executed in Kermanshah on October 29

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Urgent actions

URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO AVOID THE ERASING EVIDENCE OF 1980S EXECUTIONS BY DESTROYING BEHESHT-E-ZAHRA SECTION 41 IN IRAN

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Documents

  •  USA - Idaho. House committee passes death penalty for sex crimes on minors
  •  IRAN - Salman Aghaei executed in Shiraz on October 22
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  •   UN RESOLUTION 2022
  •  USA - Alabama. Corrections officials apparently botched Joe Nathan James' execution last month
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Hands off Cain is an international league of citizens and parliamentarians for the abolition of the death penalty in the world. It is a non-profit, non-violent, transnational and trans-national Partito Radicale founded in Brussels in 1993 and recognized in 2005 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a development co-operation NGO.