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URGENT ACTION to Stop the Execution of Political Prisoner Jafar Kazemi : Updated with Appeals Court Verdict
We, the undersigned, demand the immediate halt to the execution order issued to Jafar Kazemi. The sentence is entirely illegal and it was only issued to fulfill a political agenda.
The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has made Jafar Kazemi suffer since the 1980s when he was imprisoned for a decade and subjected to barbaric forms of physical and psychological torture.
Since September 2009, Jafar Kazemi is once again imprisoned, and now he faces execution. He is charged with Moharebeh (waging war against God). According to Kazemi's lawyer Ghanavi, Shi’ite scholars state that the charge of Moharebeh is levied against those who rise up in an armed revolt against the government. Ghanavi explains that this is not the case with her client. It is believed that he did take part in post-election gatherings and chanted slogans but his lawyer says the charge of Moharebeh is baseless. Ghanavi explained that the appeal for Kazemi was never really considered by the court and the Moharebeh charge was never looked into.
According to Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran,
Iran's Minister of Justice has stated that the only way to spare Jafar Kazemi's life is if Ali Khamenei (Iran's Supreme Leader) submits a pardon.
We consider death sentences issued to political prisoners to fulfill political agendas tantamount to crimes against humanity. We request from the UN Secretary General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions to submit the file for Iran's crimes against humanity to the UN Security Council to decide on the necessary actions that need to be taken.
The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has made Jafar Kazemi suffer since the 1980s when he was imprisoned for a decade and subjected to barbaric forms of physical and psychological torture.
Since September 2009, Jafar Kazemi is once again imprisoned, and now he faces execution. He is charged with Moharebeh (waging war against God). According to Kazemi's lawyer Ghanavi, Shi’ite scholars state that the charge of Moharebeh is levied against those who rise up in an armed revolt against the government. Ghanavi explains that this is not the case with her client. It is believed that he did take part in post-election gatherings and chanted slogans but his lawyer says the charge of Moharebeh is baseless. Ghanavi explained that the appeal for Kazemi was never really considered by the court and the Moharebeh charge was never looked into.
According to Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran,
Iran's Minister of Justice has stated that the only way to spare Jafar Kazemi's life is if Ali Khamenei (Iran's Supreme Leader) submits a pardon.
We consider death sentences issued to political prisoners to fulfill political agendas tantamount to crimes against humanity. We request from the UN Secretary General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions to submit the file for Iran's crimes against humanity to the UN Security Council to decide on the necessary actions that need to be taken.
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