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Rights group condemns execution of juvenile offender in Iran

By "eAdvocate"

12-17-2009 Iran:Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the execution of a juvenile offender in Iran, which constituted at least the fifth such execution in 2009.Mosleh Zamani was hanged this morning at Dizel Abad Prison in the western city of Kermanshah, along with four other unidentified prisoners, said the London-based human rights organization.In 2006, he was sentenced to death for allegedly raping his girlfriend when he was 17.?Once again, despite domestic and international calls for the Iranian authorities to uphold their international obligations, they have executed someone who was under 18 at the time of his alleged crime,? said Philip Luther, deputy director of the group?s Middle East and North Africa program.Today?s execution brings the number of alleged juvenile offenders executed in Iran since 1990 to at least 46, according to Amnesty International...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 17, 2009 (boomark / email).