{"id":3348,"date":"2022-09-08T13:33:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/?p=3348"},"modified":"2022-09-08T14:53:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T14:53:44","slug":"iran-must-immediately-retract-the-death-penalty-sentence-imposed-on-lgbti-activists-zahra-sedighi-hamadani-sareh-and-elham-choubdar-and-drop-all-charges-against-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3348\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran must immediately retract the death penalty sentence imposed on LGBTI activists Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani (Sareh) and Elham Choubdar and drop all charges against them"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Geneva, 8 September 2022 &#8211; Iran must immediately retract the death penalty sentence imposed on LGBTI activists Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani (Sareh) and Elham Choubdar and drop all charges against them &#8211; human rights organisations 6Rang (Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network), ILGA World, ILGA Asia, and\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/ilga.org\/Iran-retract-death-penalty-sentence-release-LGBTI-activists-Zahra-%D9%8FSedighi-Hamadani-Sareh-Elham-Choubdar\">said<\/a> today.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3353 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8.9.2022_ilga-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8.9.2022_ilga-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8.9.2022_ilga-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8.9.2022_ilga-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8.9.2022_ilga-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8.9.2022_ilga-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8.9.2022_ilga-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8.9.2022_ilga-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8.9.2022_ilga.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are outraged at Iran\u2019s inhumane decision to sentence two LGBTI human rights defenders to death\u201d, ILGA World co-Secretaries General Luz Elena Aranda and Tuisina Ymania Brown said. \u201c<strong>We urge the international community to condemn the brutality of this punishment in the most unambiguous terms<\/strong>, and we appeal to the United Nations and all international agencies to do everything in their power, to the full extent of international law, to prevent this atrocity. The sentence must be overturned. Sareh and Elham must be released\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of August 2022, the Revolutionary Court of Urumieh,\u00a0 in the West Azerbaijan Province of Iran, sentenced them both to death under the charge of \u201ccorruption on Earth&#8217;\u201d, leaving their lawyers with 20 days to appeal the decision.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ilga.org\/downloads\/ILGA_World_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_report_global_legislation_overview_update_December_2020.pdf#page=48\">As ILGA World\u2019s\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ilga.org\/downloads\/ILGA_World_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_report_global_legislation_overview_update_December_2020.pdf#page=48\"><em>State-Sponsored Homophobia<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ilga.org\/downloads\/ILGA_World_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_report_global_legislation_overview_update_December_2020.pdf#page=48\">\u00a0report points out<\/a>, the vague provision of \u2018corruption on Earth\u2019 does not contain any explicit reference to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or sex characteristics, but has nevertheless been used in the past against LGBTI individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Following the international outcry about the news, the Iranian judiciary\u2019s news agency\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mizan.news\/4431405\/%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%b6%d8%a7%db%8c-%db%8c%da%a9-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%af-%d9%82%d8%a7%da%86%d8%a7%d9%82-%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%88-%d8%af%d8%ae%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%ac%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a8\/\">stated<\/a>\u00a0that the sentencing was for\u00a0 charges relating to allegedly trafficking of women to a neighbouring country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Such accusations are unsubstantiated<\/strong>,\u201d said Shadi Amin, Coordinator of 6Rang ( Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network). \u201cThe Islamic Republic authorities have a long-standing record of making up charges against activists to justify corporal punishment. It is clear to all of us that what has taken place is not due process, and that all charges against the activists should be dropped\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Death penalty sentences in Iran have intensified in recent months.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2022\/07\/iran-horrific-wave-of-executions-must-be-stopped\/\">Reports have indicated<\/a>\u00a0that the Iranian authorities have sentenced at least\u00a0 251 people to death between 1 January and 30 June 2022 amid\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/undocs.org\/en\/A\/76\/160\">well-documented patterns<\/a>\u00a0of executions being systematically carried out following grossly unfair trials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iran is among the six UN member States where, to date, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ilga.org\/downloads\/ILGA_World_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_report_global_legislation_overview_update_December_2020.pdf#page=31\">death penalty is still the legally prescribed punishment for consensual same-sex sexual acts<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0There are also five additional UN member States where certain sources indicate that the death penalty may be imposed for consensual same-sex conduct, but where there is less legal certainty on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the UN Human Rights Council\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ap.ohchr.org\/documents\/dpage_e.aspx?si=A\/HRC\/36\/L.6\">issued a resolution<\/a>\u00a0condemning the imposition of the death penalty as a sanction for consensual same-sex relations (among others). The resolution built upon\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/HRBodies\/HRC\/RegularSessions\/Session36\/Documents\/A_HRC_36_26_EN.docx\">a report by UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres<\/a>, where he examined its disproportionate impact on different groups and its discriminatory use based on gender or sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are outraged at Iran\u2019s inhumane decision to sentence two LGBTI human rights defenders to death. We urge the international community to condemn the brutality of this punishment in the most unambiguous terms, and we appeal to the United Nations and all international agencies to do everything in their power, to the full extent of international law, to prevent this atrocity. The sentence must be overturned. Sareh and Elham must be released\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Luz Elena Aranda<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Tuisina Ymania Brown<\/strong>, ILGA World co-Secretaries General<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The stories of Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and Elham Choubdar<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani (Sareh)<\/strong>, 31, lived in Erbil, Iraq, and used a virtual platform to speak about the human rights of LGBTI people. In October 2021, she was arrested in Iran while attempting to cross the border to seek asylum in Turkey.\u00a0 She had to flee after being targeted for participating in an interview with\u00a0<em>BBC Persian<\/em>\u00a0and speaking up on the situation of LGBTI persons in Erbil. She was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3240\/\">charged<\/a>\u00a0with crossing the border illegally as well as of \u201cpromoting homosexuality\u201d, although no evidence has been offered to substantiate the accusations.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iranwire.com\/en\/prisoners\/105876-detained-lgbt-rights-activist-framed-as-trafficker-in-iran\">Reports<\/a>\u00a0indicate that Sareh was coerced into confessing to these \u2018crimes\u2019 &#8211; potentially through acts of torture, including solitary confinement and threats of having the custody of her two children taken away from her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elham Choubdar<\/strong>, 24, is a wedding dresses shop owner and a friend of Sareh, with whom she had appeared on some Instagram live sessions. After Sareh was arrested, the same happened to Elham, who was charged for encouraging corruption and depravity.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of August 2022, the Revolutionary Court of Urumieh,\u00a0 in the West Azerbaijan Province of Iran, sentenced them both to death for \u201ccorruption on Earth\u201d, leaving their lawyers only with 20 days to present an appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geneva, 8 September 2022 &#8211; Iran must immediately retract the death penalty sentence imposed on LGBTI activists Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani (Sareh) and Elham Choubdar and drop all charges against them &#8211; human rights organisations 6Rang (Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network), ILGA World, ILGA Asia, and\u00a0 said today. \u201cWe are outraged at Iran\u2019s inhumane decision to sentence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,1],"tags":[30,202,203,201],"class_list":["post-3348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-statements","category-uncategorized","tag-6rang","tag-elham-choubdar","tag-ilga-world","tag-zahra-sedighi-hamedani"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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