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| Spike In Iran Executions Seen As Politically Motivated |
| 2014-04-05 |
| [Ynet] Analysis: Hardliners in Tehran try to sabotage President Rouhani's inroads with West by piling on pressure from human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. groups. Since President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate in Iran, took office last August, there has been a surge in executions: at least 537 people have been executed in the past eight months, nearly 200 of them since the beginning of this year, according to figures compiled by the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. That compares with a total for 2013 of 624, according to data gathered by the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses.... Iran's judiciary has regularly meted out capital punishment since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. In recent years, it has been second only to China in absolute numbers of prisoners killed, according to One man's rights are another man's existential threat. activists say many others appear to be political cases intended to send a message. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Much more 'civilized', y'know. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-04-05 12:44 |
| #1 In America, we use the IRS, EPA, and Homeland Security. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-04-05 08:37 |