Spring of freedom

German Commissioner for human rights The German government’s human rights commissioner on Wednesday condemned Iran’s reported execution of a man who was 15 years old when he committed his crime, calling it a completely unacceptable violation of international law.  Baerbel Kofler criticized Tehran’s reported execution of Ali Kazemi, 22, on Monday, and said the man’s attorney had not even been informed of the pending execution.  Kazemi had been accused of fatally wounding another youth in a brawl involving several other people.  Kofler urged Tehran to halt the planned execution of another man, Hamid Ahmadi, 27, who was 17 at the time of his alleged crime, saying there were “significant doubts” about whether the rule of law was sufficiently applied in his trial.  Ahmadi was convicted and sentenced to death in 2009, with the sentence reaffirmed in a second trial in 2016.  He was also accused of killing another youth with a knife during a group fight. Hi...

National Council of Resistance of Iran Iranian Resistance strongly condemns the shocking and disgusting behaviour toward asylum seekers who have been forcibly transferred from Australia to the remote island of Manos in Papua New Guinea, and are de facto being held in detention there, and condemned it as a flagrant violation of the asylum holy principle and other conventions and international treaties. Reiterating that the Australian government is responsible for the safety and security of these asylum seekers, Iranian Resistance calls for active intervention of parliament, political parties and organizations advocating refugee rights in Australia to end this human tragedy, and urges them to help these asylum seekers, especially the Iranian asylum seekers, and not allow them to suffer more pain while they have fled from the hell created by the mullahs’ regime.  The Iranian Resistance also calls for the UN Secretary-General and High Commissioner for Refugees to address ...