. @Asma_Jahangir #UNGA referred 2Significant #of petitions,communications &docs related 2the execution of1000s in #1988Massacre in #Iran
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Iran Dominates Third Committee Discussions on Human Rights
Iran Dominates Third Committee Discussions on Human Rights 10/27/2017 10:39:16 AM facebook Google+ ► Print Justice for the victims of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran October 26, 2017 - ASMA JAHANGIR, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, said the report she was presenting was her first since assuming the mandate and covered the first six months of 2017. She expressed concern over the rate of executions, with at least four juvenile offenders executed since the beginning of the year, and 86 more known to be on death row. Reports of torture were also deeply concerning, as were those of harassment, intimidation and prosecution of human rights defenders. She continued to receive reports of violations against the freedom of expression, with numerous journalists describing harassment and intimidation by State agents. There was an emerging pattern of arbitrary deprivation of liberty...
. @Amnesty : I support activists working to end the #DeathPenalty # EndExecutions @Asma_Jahangir #Iran #StopExecutions https://www. amnesty.org/en/latest/camp aigns/2017/10/iran-human-rights-defenders-jailed-for-their-anti-death-penalty-work/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=article&utm_term=&utm_campaign=social …