IRAN: UN RIGHTS EXPERT URGES IMMEDIATE HALT TO WOMAN'S EXECUTION

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Date: 14 Apr 2014 18:00:01 -0400
Subject: IRAN: UN RIGHTS EXPERT URGES IMMEDIATE HALT TO WOMAN'S EXECUTION
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IRAN: UN RIGHTS EXPERT URGES IMMEDIATE HALT TO WOMAN'S EXECUTIONNew
York, Apr 14 2014 6:00PMA United Nations independent expert has
<"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14509&LangID=E">issued
a strong call on the Government of Iran to halt tomorrow's scheduled
execution an Iranian woman said to be the victim of physical and
sexual assault, seriously concerned that she did not receive a fair
trial.

Reyhaneh Jabbari, an interior designer, was sentenced to death for the
alleged murder of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of the
Iranian Intelligence Ministry, in a case that has raised legal
concerns.

"The Iranian authorities should review her case and refer it back to
court for a re-trial, ensuring that the defendant due process rights
guaranteed under both Iranian law and international law," said Ahmed
Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in
Iran.

The UN Office for Human Rights (OHCHR) says that according to reliable
sources, Mr. Sarbandi hired Ms. Jabbari on 7 July 2007 to redesign his
office. Rather than taking Ms. Jabbari to his office, Mr. Sarbandi
took her to a residence where he physically and sexually assaulted
her. Ms. Jabbari reportedly stabbed Mr. Sarbandi in the shoulder in
self-defense, escaped and called for an ambulance out of concern for
her alleged attacker.

However, the Special Rapporteur warned that Ms. Jabbari's conviction
for pre-meditated murder was allegedly based on confessions made under
threat possibly equivalent of torture. "Ms. Jabbari's case raises
serious due process concerns," said Mr. Shaheed, "particularly with
regard to her interrogation and the reluctance of the court to take
into account all relevant circumstantial evidence into its judgment."

Since her arrest and throughout her trial, Ms. Jabbari has insisted
that her actions were taken in self-defense and were for preventing a
potential serious assault on her. She has also alleged being forced to
confess to actions under severe duress.

Given this evidence, Mr. Shaheed said this seriously called into
question whether factors highly related to the case were considered in
the court's verdict and sentencing of the woman.

"Sexual violence, often directed against women, must always be fought
in all of its forms," the expert emphasized, adding that "if her
allegations are true, Ms. Jabbari may have been doubly victimized;
first by her attacker, and then by the judicial system, which is
supposed to protect victims of intended and actual sexual and physical
assault."

Regretting the spike in executions this year in Iran, Mr. Shaheed
noted with particular concern that imposing the death penalty
obviously goes against the current international trend to encourage a
moratorium on, and abolition of the death penalty. He strongly urged
the authorities to immediately halt the executions and to join this
global trend.

So far over 170 persons, including at least two women, have been
executed since the beginning of 2014 and a large number of prisoners
on death row risk imminent execution.

Independent experts or special rapporteurs are appointed by the UN
Human Rights Council to examine and report back on a country situation
or a specific human rights theme. The positions are honorary and the
experts are not UN staff, nor are they paid for their work.</P>Apr 14
2014 6:00PM
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