My Human Rights appeal this week is an action that needs to be taken quickly. The link is here http://amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=607 and now I shall give you a quick description about this terrible case.
Iran is a state party to both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which both do not allow people to be executed for crimes they committed when they were under 18 years. However, despite this Iran is planning on executing Mohammad Reza Haddadi, who committed his crime when he was 15 years old. Mohammad's lawyer believes there is a chance he shall be executed soon. Iran has - even recently - shown that it will execute those it should not - such as the case of Delara Darabi. I was personally involved in trying to ensure she was not executed and I was deeply pained when the Iranian authorities ignored her human rights (as well as the fact she had been granted a 2-month stay of execution and that new evidence had been ignored) and executed her. Iran also broke Iran's *own* law by carrying out her execution without letting her lawyer know 48 hours in advance. So please, please try to help Mohammad by going to the Amnesty International link I have provided. Also, please include in the email (if you have the energy - otherwise you can just use the prewritten email provided) that Iran has an obligation to give 48 hours notice before Mohammad's execution if it is to go ahead. At least this way, if they do decide to execute him, we will know and hopefully it means more pressure can be placed on the Iranian Government.
Thank-you :) xxx
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