A human rights monitor for the United Nations stated Monday
that Iran’s use of the death penalty is rising and its repression of political
critics is worsening. The United Nations monitor raised the possibility that
the human rights situation could improve if progress is achieved in overall
relations between Iran and Western governments. Since President Hassan Rouhani
took office in 2013, human rights have deteriorated. Iran has one of the
highest execution rates in the world. Last year Iran executed 753 people, at
least 13 were juveniles. And in the first 10 weeks of this year, Iran has
already executed 252 people. Of those executed, most were for drug-related
offenses. Under the International Law, drug-related offenses are not considered
sufficiently grave to warrant capital punishment. There are also several draft
laws being considered in Iran that would only worsen the current rights
problem.
Capital
punishment is a problem in many countries and it needs to be addressed. Iran is
executing a high number of people, many of which were in violation of the
international law. This has been a problem in Iran since 2009 and has continued
to get worse. When lawyers try to go help prisoners, the Iranians prosecuted
them for representing the prisoners. There have been at least 50 lawyers have
been prosecuted since 2009. The Iranian government will also not allow journalists
to come into the country to report on what is happening. They are also being
prosecuted and sent to prison. More people need to be aware of what is
happening in this country and try to prevent even more lives from being wrongly
executed.
Emily Burris
1:41 PM
03/20/2015
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