Vakilabad Prison

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The vakilabad prison is a nationwide prison in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad . Opposition students, supporters of the Green Movement , supporters of the People's Mojahedin , Baha'is , Sufist dervishes , Sunnis and Christian converts are suspected to be in two sections for men and women . Members of the Baha'i religious community sit in the smaller women's wing.

According to reports from human rights groups, there were more executions of suspected drug traffickers in Vakilabad Prison in the second half of 2010 and 2011 . The legal system of the Islamic Republic of Iran was not observed, nor were there any fair trials. Neither the convicts, their lawyers, nor their relatives had been informed of the executions beforehand. In Iran, trafficking in drugs ( crystal meth , crack and heroin ) in excess of 30 grams carries the death penalty . Ahmad Ghabel , religious teacher and dissident, was sentenced to 20 months in prison in August 2011 for reporting on the executions.

Secret executions

According to the Iranian Human Rights Documentation Center (ICHRI), the following secret executions took place:

  • 7 prisoners on September 20, 2011
  • 7 prisoners on August 11, 2011
  • 18 prisoners on July 3, 2011
  • 12 prisoners on June 29, 2011
  • 26 prisoners on June 15, 2011
  • 4 prisoners on May 24, 2011
  • 12 prisoners on May 23, 2011
  • 10 prisoners on May 16, 2011
  • 12 prisoners on April 13, 2011
  • 10 prisoners on April 6, 2011

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Translation Service englishtogerman.de, December 30, 2012: The situation of the Baha'is in the women's wing for prisoners of conscience in jail Vakilabad
  2. ↑ a b c International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran , January 4, 2011: Javad Larijani's Admission to Ineffective Death Penalties for Drug Traffickers
  3. ^ Translator service Julia's blog , October 22, 2011: At least 14 people were executed in Vakilabad Prison
  4. ↑ united4iran.org, November 24, 2011: Secret, Unannounced, Group Executions Continue Inside Iranian Prisons: At Least 14 More Executed Inside Mashad's Vakilabad Prison ( Memento from June 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  5. ↑ Iranian dissident Ahmad Ghabel arrested. In: Radio Zamaneh. August 2, 2011, accessed December 5, 2011 .
  6. ↑ see also International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
  7. ↑ Secret, Unannounced, Group Executions Continue Inside Iranian Prisons: At Least 14 More Executed Inside Mashad's Vakilabad Prison. International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, October 23, 2011, accessed December 5, 2011 .
  8. ↑ http://www.iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/secretexecutionsjan2012-en.pdf