Sunday, January 16, 2011

Iran's 'Execution Binge' Condemned

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Iranian authorities have unleashed an "execution binge" with an average rate of one person hanged every eight hours since the beginning of the year, a rights group monitoring the Islamic Republic says.

"The Iranian judiciary is on an execution binge orchestrated by the intelligence and security agencies," Aaron Rhodes, a spokesman for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, said yesterday. >>> | Monday, January 17, 2011