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- UE,ONU/International community
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Execution of political prisoner postponed
The execution of Habibollah Latifi, a male member of the Kurdish minority in Iran, was postponed on 26 December 2010, just hours before it was scheduled to take place. Over 20 people were arrested at his house later that day. 10 remained detained as of 6 January and may be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.
The execution of Habibollah Latifi, an industrial engineering student at Ilam University, was not carried out on 26 December 2010, as scheduled. He was convicted of moharebeh (enmity against God), a vaguely-worded charge which can carry the death penalty, in connection with his membership of and alleged activities on behalf of the Kurdish Independent Life Party (PJAK), a proscribed armed group. Members of his family and civil society activists from Sanandaj had gathered outside the city’s prison to protest against the execution when, in the early hours of 26 December, a prison official announced it would not take place.
No date has been fixed for the execution to go ahead and Amnesty International believes that Habibollah Latifi remains at risk of execution.
Free Habibollah Latifi.
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The Free Habibollah Latifi petition to UE,ONU/International community was written by siyamack and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.