Saturday, November 7, 2015

Iran: Alireza Shahi, A 25-year-old Iranian man, faces imminent execution - URGENT ACTION by Nov 11, 2015

Amnesty International

Alireza Shahi is scheduled to be executed on 11 November. He was transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for execution, in Raja’i Shahr Prison in Karaj, near Tehran, on 1 November. His execution had initially been scheduled for 4 November, but was postponed on 2 November, when his family were given seven days to obtain the pardon of the family of the deceased man. He has since been returned to the prison’s general ward.

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 The Urgent Action will soon be available on the Amnesty International website at the following link:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/2830/2015/en/