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- United Nations and Government and International Organizations
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18 year old Ebrahim Hamidi was sentenced to death two years ago at the age of 16 for an unspecified assault on another man. Although the allegation was withdrawn and the Iranian Supreme Court has rejected the guilty verdict and execution order, a lower provincial court is insisting on Mr Hamidi's execution.
Now, his fate lies in the hands of the Supreme Court, which must decided whether to uphold the execution order. He was arrested in 2008 with three other men after a fight between two families outside the city of Tabriz.
The four men were told by police that one of the men they had been fighting had claimed they attempted to strip and sexually assault him.
The men say they were tortured in prison and Mr Hamidi signed a confession which he said was not true.
All four were tried in two consecutive provincial criminal courts and were sentenced to execution.
During their third trial, three of the men were cleared of all charges but Mr Hamidi was again sentenced to execution.
He was sentenced to die on June 21st this year.
On July 7th, the man who made the original accusation against Mr Hamidi withdrew it, telling police in a written statement that he had made up the claim under parental pressure.
The Supreme Court of Iran has twice rejecting the lower court's rulings on the case because of shortcomings in the judicial investigation.
However, Mr Hamidi's supporters say that the lower court is intent on his execution.
The barbaric human rights violations carried out by the Iranian regime cannot be allowed to continue.
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We, the undersigned, demand the immediate halt to the execution order issued to Ebrahim Hamidi. The sentence is entirely illegal.
There is no evidence that Hamidi is gay or that he committed any crime. This execution must be stopped.
Ebrahim's case shows the flaws and failings of the Iranian legal system. Executing anyone for their sexual orientation is a clear violation of international law and human decency.
We request from the UN Secretary General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions to submit the file for Iran's crimes against humanity to the UN Security Council to decide on the necessary actions that need to be taken.
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The URGENT ACTION to Stop the Execution of Ebrahim Hamidi petition to United Nations and Government and International Organizations was written by unity4iran and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.