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Iran executes two more men in cases linked to ongoing protests

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January 7, 2023

Iran executes two more men in cases linked to ongoing protests

Two males hanged after being convicted of killing member of the paramilitary Basij pressure throughout persevering with protests sparked by the demise in custody of Hadis Najafi final 12 months.

Tehran, Iran – Two males have been hanged in Iran after being convicted of killing a member of the paramilitary Basij pressure throughout protests to mark the fortieth day for the reason that demise of a protester Hadis Najafi final 12 months.

Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini had been executed within the early hours of Saturday, days after the nation’s Supreme Courtroom confirmed their sentences for “corruption on Earth”, in line with the official information outlet of the judiciary.

Karami and Hosseini had been accused of killing Ruhollah Ajamian on November 3 when giant protests passed off within the metropolis of Karaj close to Tehran.

Movies circulating on social media on the day confirmed a principal freeway closed off by crowds and Ajamian, sporting a Basij uniform, mendacity immobile on the bottom.

In keeping with the judiciary, 16 folks had been arrested in connection together with his demise, whereas Karami and Hosseini had been the primary suspects.

The judiciary confirmed clips from their court docket periods, the place Karami stated he struck Ajamian with a rock and Hosseini instructed a decide he stabbed him with a knife a number of occasions.

The judiciary outlet additionally launched clips that it stated confirmed the 2 males in the course of the act, and confirmed a picture of Hosseini who was sitting together with his palms tied behind his again and had a number of kinds of knives in entrance of him that he allegedly owned.

Saturday’s hangings convey the overall executions over the protests to 4. The most recent executions come amid allegations that the confessions had been compelled.

In an audio clip circulating on-line, a person, stated to be the 22-year-old Karami’s father, stated his son was harmless. The judiciary rejected the claims and launched clips of interviews with supposed witnesses to Ajamian’s killing.

The judiciary has stated the primary suspects within the case had been arrested simply over per week after the incident and indictments had been issued after 9 days. Courtroom circumstances had been held lower than a month later.

The Supreme Courtroom has accepted appeals by three others on this case, citing incomplete investigations. However it upheld the execution sentences of a number of others in several circumstances, and Amnesty Worldwide has warned that dozens may very well be vulnerable to execution.

Two males, Mohsen Shekari, 23, and Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, had been executed in circumstances linked with the protests in December, with the latter being hanged publicly from a development crane in Mashhad. They had been convicted for moharebeh or “waging struggle towards God”.

Iran’s protests started in mid-September after the demise of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old who was arrested by morality police in Tehran for allegedly not adhering to a compulsory gown code for ladies.

International-based human rights organisations say greater than 500 folks have since been killed in the course of the unrest.

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Man in India regains consciousness before his cremation on funeral pyre: reports

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November 23, 2024

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Man in India regains consciousness before his cremation on funeral pyre: reports

A 25-year-old man who was declared dead and about to be cremated in India this week was found to be still alive by witnesses, according to reports.

Rohitash Kumar, 25, who was deaf and mute, was declared dead at a hospital in the state of Rajasthan in the northwestern part of India without a post-mortem examination, according to The Times of India.

Once it was clear Kumar was alive at his cremation on Thursday afternoon, his family reportedly took him back to a hospital where he died early Friday morning.

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A crematorium in India. (Rupak De Chowdhuri/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Three doctors involved in declaring Kumar dead at the Bhagwan Das Khetan district hospital have since been suspended, the newspaper reported.

Kumar had suffered an epileptic seizure and was declared dead after he flatlined while doctors were performing CPR on him, the Daily Mail reported, citing the AFP news service.

Relatives carry the body of a person who died of COVID-19 as multiple pyres of other victims burn at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, in 2021. (AP Photo/Amit Sharma, File)

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“The situation was nothing short of a miracle,” a witness at the funeral pyre told local news outlet ETV Bharat. “We all were in shock. He was declared dead, but there he was, breathing and alive.”

Ramavtar Meena, a government official in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district, called the incident “serious negligence.”

The state of Rajasthan in northwestern India. (Vishal Bhatnagar/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

“Action will be taken against those responsible. The working style of the doctors will also be thoroughly investigated,” he said.

Meena added that a committee had been formed to investigate the incident.

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Thousands march across Europe protesting violence against women

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November 23, 2024

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Thousands march across Europe protesting violence against women

Violence against women and girls remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it.

Thousands marched across France and Italy protesting violence against women on Saturday – two days before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Those demonstrating protested all forms of violence against women – whether it be sexual, physical, psychological and economic.

The United Nations designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The goal is to raise awareness of the violence women are subjected to and the reality that the scale and nature of the issue is often hidden.

Activists demonstrated partially naked in Rome, hooded in balaclavas to replicate the gesture of Iranian student Ahoo Daryaei, who stripped in front of a university in Tehran to protest the country’s regime.

In France, demonstrations were planned in dozens of cities like Paris, Marseille and Lille.

More than 400 organisations reportedly called for demonstrations across the country amidst widespread shock caused by the Pelicot mass rape trial.

Violence against women and girls remains one of the most prevalent and pervasive human rights violations in the world, according to the United Nations. Globally, almost one in three women have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their life.

For at least 51,100 women in 2023, the cycle of gender-based violence ended with their murder by partners or family members. That means a woman was killed every ten minutes.