The UN experts: Ms. Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ms. Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; and Ms. Renate Winter, current chairman of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
GENEVA (18 October 2017) – United Nations- Human Rights – UN human rights experts * have urged Iran to halt the execution of Amirhossein Pourjafar, who was 16 years old when he was sentenced to death. The execution is scheduled to take place tomorrow.
