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UN calls for halt to executions of two LGBT human rights activists
United Nations judicial experts on Wednesday called on Iran to halt immediately the executions of two women sentenced to death for their support of LGBT human rights.
Iranian judicial authorities prosecuted human rights defender Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and Elham Choubdar in August 2022 and on September 1, 2022, respectively, notifying them that they had been convicted and sentenced to death by the Islamic Revolution Court in Urumieh.
Specifically, the two activists have been charged with carrying out offenses of "land corruption" and "trafficking," the UN detailed in a statement.
"We strongly condemn the death sentence of Sedighi-Hamadani and Choubdar, and call on the authorities to suspend their executions and quash their sentences as soon as possible," the UN experts have requested, assuring that the authorities "must ensure the health and well-being of both women and release them immediately."
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