Repost from @burnthecage:
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44 political prisoners have issued a statement condemning the death sentences handed down against Sharifeh Mohammadi, Pakhshan Azizi, and Varisheh Moradi.

In this statement, they call for an immediate response from human rights organizations.

Although the effects of authoritarian rule become more evident every day—manifesting as growing dysfunction in the economic, social, cultural, and political spheres — never the less, the authorities see the solution in intensifying repression and issuing sentences of a suppressive nature, aimed at instilling fear and preventing widespread popular protests, while also attempting to boost the morale of the regime’s repressive apparatus.

Human rights are universal rights, common to all societies and countries. Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as a global covenant, recognizes the right to life as one of the inalienable rights of every individual. Depriving a human being of this right, for any reason, has long been regarded in most human societies as reprehensible, irrational, uncivilized, and devoid of humanity’s higher moral consciousness.

We, the undersigned, firmly and explicitly opposing the death penalty both now and in the future. We strongly protest the death sentence issued against Sharifeh Mohammadi as well as the sentences handed down against Pakhshan Azizi and Varisheh Moradi. We call upon all international organizations and awakened consciences to take immediate action and respond to these unjust rulings.

Signatories:

Matlub Ahmadian, Mohammad Hassan Pooreh, Davoud Razavi, Fouad Fathi, Mehran Raouf, Mohammad Najafi, Morteza Seyyedi, Siamak Amini, Siamak Ebrahimi, Saeed Ahmadi Deljou, Khashayar Safidi, Mohsen Qashqai, Esmaeil Eslami, Mohammad Ali Mahmoudi, Reza Ehtemami, Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, Seyyed Mohammad Reza Faghihi, Shahriar Barati, Asghar Amirloo, Behnam Mohajer, Taher Haj Ghorban, Mohammad Hossein Sohrabi Fard, Shahin Zoghi Tabar, Abdollah Ardeshir Alijani, Payam Bastani, Yousef Sigari, Mehran Shamloo, HosseinShahsavari, Hassan Amidi, Mohammad Mehdi Mohammadi Rahbar, Vahid Ghadirzadeh, Morsal Ketabi, Sajad Iman Nejad, Azad Peykari Far, Yasin Veysi, Amin Sokhanvar, Mehdi Hemmati, Vahid Sarkh Gol, Meysam Gholami, Farhad Hafezi, Saeed Nasimi, Hamid Reza Mazinani Shariati, Salar Taher Afshar, Ghodrat Kahrezi