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"The Iranian government has attempted to brutally suppress the widespread
protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody in
September 2022.
Central to Iran’s response have been the country’s “revolutionary courts”. They
have conducted heavily-criticised trials resulting in at least four executions,
while over 100 protesters are in considerable danger of imminent execution.
Criminal trials in these courts often occur behind closed doors presided over
by clerics, with none of the standard guarantees of criminal procedure such as
allowing time and access to lawyers to prepare a defence.
Submissions to the United Nations from Iranian civil society organisations
report that lawyers are routinely denied access to clients, and that coerced
confessions, often obtained by torture, are used as evidence.
Tara Sepehri Far, senior Iran researcher at Human Rights Watch, describes the
trials as “a total travesty of justice”."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
