Against the Death Sentence of Political Prisoner Pakhshan Azizi
On Wednesday, July 24, political prisoners in the women’s ward of Evin Prison staged a protest and sit-in in the prison yard following the death sentence issued for Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner. Political prisoners in Qezelhessar also declared their support and solidarity with this rightful protest.
The brave women political prisoners in Evin chanted slogans including: “Death to the dictator”, “First and last word, overthrow, overthrow”, “The executioner’s noose no longer affects Damavand”, “We swear by the blood of our comrades, we stand until the end”…
The imprisoned women symbolically set fire to a noose in opposition to executions and chanted: “We stand until the end for the abolition of the death penalty, death to the execution government”.
The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran once again condemns the death sentences issued by the regime’s judiciary courts, especially for women, and calls on international human rights and women’s rights bodies, particularly the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran and the Rapporteur on violence against women, to take urgent action for the annulment of Pakhshan Azizi’s death sentence and her release.
National Council of Resistance of Iran – Women’s Committee
25 July 2024
To read this statement on the NCRI Women’s Committee website, click here.
