Document #1022327

AI – Amnesty International

Amnesty International calls for end to death penalty for child offenders [MDE 13/005/2006]

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE130052006

ecoi.net summary:
Since 1990, death penalty against 18 persons who committed a crime under 18; in 2005, at least 8 executions of child offenders recorded; in 2006, death penalty against 18-year-old Nazanin and 19-year-old Delara Darabi for committing murder as they were minors
Country:
Iran
Source:
AI – Amnesty International
Original link:
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE130052006
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Published:
16 January 2006
Document ID:
1022327 (former ID 41700)

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