Wonderful statement by @ignaziocorrao during @Europarl_EN debate on death penalty in #Iran highlighting the importance of citizens initiatives like @Daadkhast in the effort to #abolishthedeathpenalty (europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/vod…). 1/
''We are all deeply alarmed by the increasing use of the death penalty against protesters, human rights defenders and dissidents but also ethnic and religious minorities.'' 2/
''In order not to seem only an external concern, I want to highlight the proposal in the joint motion that recognizes citizen-led initiatives in Iran, such as petitions calling for an end to the death penalty and its disproportionate use against minorities and women.'' 3/
''Iran is also one of the few countries in the world that executes minors and juvenile offenders in clear violations of international law.'' #Iran 4/
''There appears to be a State policy of intimidating, prosecuting or silencing those who call for accountability, justice and truth, whether they are victims themselves, relatives, human rights defenders, lawyers or organizations.'' 5/
''The voices of Iranian citizens are brutally silenced by the regime and yet these initiatives show that Iranian citizens want the death penalty practices to end.
Because of this, the regime cannot claim that the demand to end the death penalty is only coming from outside Iran.7/
Because of this, the regime cannot claim that the demand to end the death penalty is only coming from outside Iran.7/
"Its own citizens want it to end. This is why the EU and the International community need to take urgent actions as to let the voice of the Iranian people heard, and stop decades of impunity of those who are involved in human rights abuses." #Iran #CompromisedSpace #EU 7/7
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