{"id":18208,"date":"2015-04-15T21:27:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T20:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/iran-a-world\/18208-iran-urgent-call-for-ending-executions-and-repression-of-women"},"modified":"2015-04-15T21:27:50","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T20:27:50","slug":"iran-urgent-call-for-ending-executions-and-repression-of-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/iran-urgent-call-for-ending-executions-and-repression-of-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Urgent call for ending executions and repression of women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Executions: Highest figure in the past 12 years<\/strong><br \/> Press Release by\u00a0Friends of a Free Iran<br \/>We are very disturbed of the news of the increasing trend of executions in Iran.<br \/>Eight prisoners were hanged on Monday in the Central Prison in the city of Karaj. The prisoners in Gohardasht Prison and Central Prison in Karaj launched a protest on Sunday to save dozens of their cellmates who are on the verge of execution.<br \/>Inmates who are on the verge of execution include a number of young prisoners sentenced to death who were chanting in the July protest in Ghezelhesar Prison &#8220;We will not let you kill us anymore! We will not let you execute our cellmates!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the families gathered in front of Karaj Court and chanted &#8220;We will not let you execute them.&#8221; A short video of heartbreaking cries of families of 16 prisoners facing execution can be seen here : https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UGdEygQslR8<br \/>These executions have increased since the \u201cmoderate\u201d President Hassan Rouhani took office.<br \/><strong>Women: More repression under Rouhani<\/strong><br \/>Repression of Iranian women and activists has also worsened under Rouhani, a UN rights investigator said in March. Women are deprived of most public rights and freedoms, even from watching matches in stadiums and from singing and are systematically dismissed from social activities.<br \/>Unfortunately the issue of human rights violations, the repression against women and the increasing trend of executions have been pushed into the side-lines during the on-going nuclear negotiations with Iran.<br \/>In such circumstances, we deeply regret that the Iranian regime has become a member of the executive board of &#8220;UN Women&#8221;, a body formed to promote gender equality and women&#8217;s access to positions of responsibility.<br \/>We call on the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and the 28 member states to strongly condemn these abuses of human rights.<br \/>G\u00e9rard Deprez MEP<br \/>Chair, Friends of a Free Iran<br \/>European Parliament<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executions: Highest figure in the past 12 years Press Release by&nbsp;Friends of a Free IranWe are very disturbed of the news of the increasing trend of executions in Iran.Eight prisoners were hanged on Monday in the Central Prison in the city of Karaj. 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