In the 64th week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign, female prisoners in Zahedan prison and Ezbaram prison in Lahijan also joined this protest movement. With this development, the number of prisons participating in the campaign has reached 40.
The hunger strike by political prisoners continues while a new wave of executions in Iran has heightened human rights concerns. On just April 8 and 9, 29 prisoners were executed across the country. Among them were five political and ideological prisoners and a 22-year-old Baluch inmate. Additionally, a juvenile offender was hanged in Gonbad-e Kavus prison.
Human rights activists have warned about the scope of this brutal repression and have called on international bodies not to remain silent in the face of systematic human rights violations in Iran.
“No to Execution Tuesdays”: Hunger Strike in 38 Iranian Prisons
Below is the full statement from this week’s campaign:
With the women’s ward of Zahedan prison and Ezbaram prison in Lahijan joining the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign, the movement has expanded to 40 prisons in its 64th week.
The paralyzed regime, now entangled in a swamp of domestic and international crises, has intensified executions to prevent public uprisings—as is its usual approach. On April 8 and 9 alone, it executed 11 and 18 prisoners, respectively.
Furthermore, on the morning of Monday, April 14, a 22-year-old Baloch prisoner named “Ali Dehmani” was executed in Zahedan Central Prison. He had been arrested in November 2022 during nationwide protests following the brutal massacre of nearly 100 people in the “Bloody Friday” events in Zahedan and Khash. He was accused of killing four regime agents in the town of Bampur and was executed without access to a fair trial.
Additionally, a juvenile prisoner named “Behzad,” who was under the legal age at the time of his alleged crime, was hanged in Gonbad-e Kavus prison.
From April 8 to 14, the number of executed Baluch prisoners totaled at least 18. The vast and ongoing human rights violations in Iran are a dire warning to society, human rights defenders, and international organizations that any inaction or neglect toward this oppressive regime will cost the lives of more oppressed people and prisoners.
The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign, which has now expanded to 40 prisons with the participation of female prisoners from Zahedan and Ezbaram prisons, continues to resist the inhumane death penalty with all its might. It calls on all international human rights and political organizations to be the voice of the people and prisoners in Iran, as dozens of political and ideological prisoners, along with thousands convicted of ordinary crimes, remain under death sentences and are deprived of even the most basic rights to a fair trial.
