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Coverage dated October 25, 2021

Child killed in secret among 230 Iran executions in 2021, U.N. says

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Javaid Rehman, the U.N.'s independent investigator on human rights in Iran, said that the country continues to use the death penalty "at an alarming rate."

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  1. PJ Media

    More Than 250 Iranians Executed in 2020, Including Nine Women And Four Children (opens PJ Media)

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    Javaid Rehman, the UN independent investigator on human rights in Iran said Monday that more than 250 Iranians were executed in 2020.

  2. MyNorthwest

    UN: Iran executes people at `alarming rate' -- 250 in 2020 (opens MyNorthwest)

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    UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Iran executed over 250 people, including at least four child offenders, in 2020 and so far this year has carried out 230 executions

  3. Newsweek

    Child killed in secret among 230 Iran executions in 2021, U.N. says (opens Newsweek)

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    Javaid Rehman, the U.N.'s independent investigator on human rights in Iran, said that the country continues to use the death penalty "at an alarming rate."

  4. The Times of Israel

    480 killed in 2020-21: Iran carrying out executions ‘at alarming rate,’ UN told (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    Flawed processes, vague charges show 'imposition of death penalty constitutes arbitrary deprivation of life,' investigator Javaid Rehman tells General Assembly's human rights panel

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