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IRAN: TWO PEOPLE HANGED IN KURDISTAN

16 February 2011 :

Two people were hanged in the prison of Sanandaj, the capital of the Iranian Kurdistan province.
According to the official site of the Iranian judiciary in Kurdistan, two people identified as "M. H." and "Kh. R." who were convicted of drug trafficking, were hanged in the central prison of Sanandaj early this morning.
No independent sources have confirmed the charges.
 
(Sources: Iran Human Rights, 15/02/2011)

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PAKISTAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES OF CHOTU GANG MEMBERS

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The Supreme Court of Pakistan on May 6, 2026 upheld the death sentences handed down to members of the notorious Chotu gang, dismissing a series of appeals against the Lahore High Court’s earlier confirmation of the punishment.

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IRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan on May 3

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IRAN - 3 protesters hanged in Mashhad on May 3

05 May 2026

Ebrahim Dolatabadinejad, Mehdi Rasouli and Mohammadreza Miri

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

25 August 2025  Read everything
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Documents

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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.