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Amnesty Urges Iranian Premier to Halt Executions, Unfair Trials (UPI – 8/30/1980)
LONDON (UPI) — Amnesty International saying it was saddened by continued human - rlghts violations in Iran. since the revolutbn, has urged new Prime MinisLe Mohammad All Rajal to halt executions and unfair trials, a spokesman said Friday. Amnesty. the international human rights organ%7allOn. - . : estimates more ... than . 1,000 r people have been executed since the:. February. 1979. -. evolution and told Rajal In a letter that people brought before Islamic revolutionary courts “had been consistently denied ta lrtrlals.” Amnesty also criticized the new. regime; for It$ recent tendency to “imprison people they saw as opposing them, including, members. . of the ‘ Mauls ( rilament)” ‘: - “The Imprisonment . of . Bahats, Jews and moat recently Ouistiat brings into question.: the spirit -of religious tolerance'; which we understood would exist following the revolution and which was reflected in the ., flew Iran1a Constitution,” Amnesty said. ‘.. .‘ .. :; j . . Some of' the e 'people had” been held for long periods Without charges or trial and some had been sentenced to- death. Amnesty said.. . . . . . “(We arc) saddened to see continued human rights violations since the revolution and' especially the large number of exec gions which have taken place.” said Am-' nesty. . . . “We appealed time and time again to the late shah for a stop to executions., torture and the Imprisonment 01 prisoners of conscience.”, said Amnesty. which made public Information Qfthcseahuses. . . . . . . . . Amnesty. said ft had not - - received a reply to points raised • . i na 1979 'rcportof human rights violations sent to Iranian : . . • uthorltles, in Jarniary and pointed out the late Ayatollah Taleghani and Ayatollah Montazeri were among prisoners at conscience adopted. BPO00283 ‘7 . .. . . . - . . . . “ A) *3is i 'r . Saturday, August 30, 98O 1h , JtpaaTirnea, ' .. AmnesiyUrges kanian Premier To Halt Executions,. :‘ “ Uzfair.:Triçifr by Amnesty when they were parliament, which would try to arrested under the shah. find “an honorable solution to Seven people were executed this Issue,” and he urged the. Thursday for their part in the sub-commission to hold off. alleged coup attempt by the action. . Iranian t , Force last month. The sub-commission was bringing the total so far to 81. debating a proposal to send a U.N. Panel. . special telegram of concern to - .GEt' 'EVA (Kyodo-Reuter) — Israeli authorities about the The United States Thursday situation in occupied Arab. called for the United Nations territories. . Human Rights Sub—Commission British sub-commission here to express concern over member Ben Whitaker said the the fate of U.S. hostages held in panel . should also' consider Iran, ,. sending a cable to South Korea Bnt Iranian government ‘calling for irrtependent ob- representative Mostafa Dabir servers to be allowed to attend told . the 26-member panel the . the trial of opposition leader.. issue was now before KirnDacJung. • - ‘ ‘. I'