The Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz has joined the No To Execution Wednesdays" campaign in its 39th week
As we mark the anniversary of the 2022 protests and the deaths of those involved, along with the deepening internal and external crises of the government, we continue to witness a rapid and widespread increase in executions. In October alone, over 140 people have been executed, five of them women.
According to reports from the past week, about 35 people have been executed, with 17 executed on a single day, October 16. In another act of repression, four Arab political prisoners in Sheiban Prison, Ahvaz, have been transferred to solitary confinement for execution, and their lives are in grave danger. In response to these inhumane rulings, a group of political prisoners in Sheiban Prison has issued a statement announcing their support for the "No to Execution Wednesdays" campaign.
The campaign condemns these systematic executions and calls on all activists, political, civil, labor, and human rights organizations, as well as all conscious individuals inside and outside Iran, to stand against these repressive measures. Opposing death sentences and their enforcement must become a social demand. This will only be achieved through resistance, solidarity, and collective will. Together, we can stop this killing machine and dismantle the foundation of these inhumane rulings in our country.
Members of the "No to Execution Wednesdays" campaign are on hunger strike on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, marking the 39th week of this campaign across 23 different prisons, with a group of striking prisoners participating in the hunger strike in the following prisons:
Evin Prison (women’s ward, 4 and 8), Ghezel Hesar (wards 3 and 4), Central Karaj , Tehran Bozorg , Khorramabad , Arak , Esfahan’s Asadabad , Shiraz Military , Bam , Mashhad , Lakan Prison in Rasht (men’s and women’s wards), Qaemshahr , Ardabil , Tabriz , Urmia , Salmas , Khoy , Naqadeh , Saqqez , Baneh , Marivan , Kamyaran , and Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz.
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October 22, 2024
