Iran – Rouhani is fed on Juveniles’ blood

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Amnesty International warns juvenile offender could be executed soon

Himan Uraminejad is on death row in Iran for an offence carried out when he was a child.

Himan Uraminejad aged 21 is on death row in Sanandaj’s Prison, western Kurdistan Province, where he has been told he will be executed after the Iranian New Year holiday period ends on 1 April.

Amnesty International has warned, “In its ruling, the court ignored the absolute prohibition, in international law, on using the death penalty against people who were under 18 at the time of the crime, and the fundamental principles of juvenile justice that require all those under 18 years old be treated as children,” .

Amnesty has called for an Urgent Action and added, “Amnesty International has recorded at least 73 executions of juvenile offenders between 2005 and 2015. According to the UN at least 160 juvenile offenders are now on death row. Amnesty International has been able to identify the names of 49 of these juvenile offenders, some of whom have been on death row for over a decade”.