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Rights Group 'Gravely Concerned' At Increase In Iranian Executions
February 27, 2006
A meeting of the Assembly of Experts in Tehran last September (Fars)
Human Rights Watch said today in a statement that a review of official Iranian media shows at least 10 executions were carried out between 20 January and 20 February of this year alone.
Another 21 people were sentenced to death during that same time period.
Human Rights Watch called on the Iranian judiciary to stop applying the death penalty and to abide by its obligations under international treaties, including abolishing the death penalty for juveniles and implementing fair trial standards.
(AFP, Reuters)