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Tue 07 Jul 2008Iran urged to halt executions of juvenile criminals
Major human rights groups appealed to Iran today to stop imposing the death penalty for crimes by juveniles and to commute sentences against nearly 140 youths known to be on death row.
Saying that such executions violated international law ratified by the Islamic Republic, they urged Iranian judicial authorities to spare four young men facing imminent execution for murders committed under the age of 18.
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