On Tuesday, April 28, the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign entered its 118th week. Prisoners participating in the campaign issued a statement condemning the wave of executions of political prisoners at the beginning of the year and also referring to the harassment and humiliation of political prisoners by security agents. They emphasized: “It is very important and necessary that in these turbulent and decisive days, freedom-loving people of Iran and all activists and advocates of ‘No to Execution’ do not remain silent in the face of the regime’s repression and instead be the voice of prisoners and those sentenced to death.”
The full text of the campaign’s statement follows:
Continuation of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign in 56 different prisons in its 118th week
In its 118th week, the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign expresses sympathy with the families of prisoners executed recently and pays tribute to those who lost their lives in the path of freedom and equality.
Iranian Political Prisoner Naser Bakrzadeh’s at Risk of Execution
Over the past week, three political prisoners from January 2026 uprising—Amir Ali Mirjafari from Tehran, Erfan Kiani from Isfahan, and Amer Ramesh from Sistan and Baluchestan province—were executed following an unfair judicial process, and the bodies of two of them were not returned to their families. Undoubtedly, the policy of enforced disappearance pursued by the Iranian regime constitutes a crime against humanity.
The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign has recently learned that in various prisons, political prisoners and recent detainees are being openly subjected to beatings, torture, and humiliation. Torturers attempt to degrade prisoners by shaving their heads, using verbal abuse, and insulting them. This shameless and inhumane behavior becomes even worse when prisoners are taken to the gallows.
We are aware that orders from senior officials of the ruling religious dictatorship, based on a wartime posture, have given the judiciary greater freedom to violate the rights of detainees from the January protests and the recent conflict. This means ignoring all their legal rights and issuing heavy sentences without fair and just trials.
The illegitimate rule of the Iranian regime, out of fear of uprisings and public protests, has shown—through its control of city streets, creation of fear in society, and daily executions in prisons—that it considers the people, not any foreign country, as its main enemy. Therefore, it is very important and necessary that in these turbulent and decisive days, freedom-loving people of Iran and all activists and advocates of “No to Execution” do not remain silent in the face of repression and instead be the voice of prisoners and those sentenced to death. Amid internet shutdowns in Iran, the international community and human rights organizations must pay even greater attention to this issue (repression and executions), exert pressure on the Iranian regime by all possible means, and the United Nations fact-finding committee should take serious action to visit detention centers, prisoners, and prisons in Iran.
While condemning these anti-people and authoritarian policies, participants in the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign are on hunger strike in 56 prisons across the country on Tuesday, April 28, during its 118th week.
