Amnesty InternationalMay 15, 2015
"A 24-year-old man is at imminent risk of execution, for a crime which took place while he was below 18 years of age, despite the fact that his case is currently under judicial review, said Amnesty International, urging the Iranian authorities to halt all plans to implement the sentence. The organization has been warned that the execution of Hamid Ahmadi, who was convicted of fatally stabbing a man during a group fight that took place when he was 16 years old, could be imminent even though the Supreme Court has confirmed that an application for a review of his case is currently being processed.
Iran is among a handful of countries that still execute juvenile offenders. Amnesty International has received reports of at least 72 executions of juvenile offenders in Iran since 2005, including in 2014 alone, at least 14 executions of people who were under 18 at the time of the crime. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is scheduled to review Iran’s implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in a Working Group press-session in June 2015 followed by a review session in January 2016.
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