GENEVA
(AFP) - A UN special rapporteur for human rights in Iran to "freeze"
the implementation of the death penalty in this country and in the report will
be presented Monday to the UN Council for Human Rights in Geneva.
In his
recommended decision Shahid Ahmed authorities to "reduce death sentences
for people who do not fit their crimes as part of this punishment," such
as drug-related crimes and adultery.
He also urged the Government to give serious
consideration to the freezing of the death penalty for all crimes to the
"to be done to verify the actual application of the rights of the
defense."
On the other
hand, called a martyr to the Iranian government to allow the accused to have a
"legal representation at all stages of the investigation."
He condemned the stoning style expert also
urged Tehran to ban the death penalty against minors.
He was a
martyr condemned in the first report issued last October and presented to the
General Assembly of the UN Baeidamat secret (249 case until December 2011,
according to figures updated received in the current report) took place last
year in Iran.
In addition,
421 people were executed last year in Tehran and in accordance with the
decision of the United Nations, which was based on official figures.
And to
develop a martyr met his report, which did not allow him to go to Iran, with
experts and diplomats in Geneva also went to Germany, Belgium and France to
inquire of Iranians living in Europe on the situation in their country.
He said the
UN decision that despite the existence of the necessary legislative framework
in Iran to promote respect for human rights in practice it is often a violation
of this law without punishment frequency as a result the authorities in the
prosecution of those responsible.
He said,
"As a member of intrinsic in the system of the United Nations, the Islamic
Republic of Iran an important role to play in the international community, but
unfortunately withheld because of the confrontation and tension."
He called on authorities to apply the laws, especially in
the field of freedom of expression and
assembly denouncing the "violations
of basic human rights", including electoral
fraud, especially in an election in 2009 that allowed the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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