UN rapporteur joins weekly hunger strike over Iran's execution surge and protest crackdown

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UN Special Rapporteur Gina Romero Rodríguez announced she will join a weekly hunger strike to protest Iran's human rights violations and crackdown on dissent. Rodríguez stated the death penalty is being used against individuals exercising their rights to assembly, association, and expression, citing at least 46 political prisoners and protesters executed since March 19.

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“The death penalty is being used against people for exercising the rights of freedom of assembly, association, and expression, as well as their political rights,” she said.

UN rapporteur joins weekly hunger strike over Iran's execution surge and protest crackdown

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