Iran sentences two gay rights activists to death

AFP Published September 6, 2022

PARIS: A court in Iran has sentenced to death two gay rights activists on charges of promoting homosexuality, campaigners said on Monday, urging pressure from the international community to stop the implementation of the verdicts.

The two women, Zahra Sedighi Hamedani, 31, and Elham Chubdar, 24, were sentenced to death by the court in the northwestern town of Urmia, the Hengaw Kurdish rights organisation said.

Published in Dawn, September 6th, 2022

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Subrata Chowdhury

Sep 06, 2022 09:50pm

Disgusting Judgement.

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Bunny

Sep 06, 2022 11:52pm

thats really unfair . firstly nature has decided their inclinations and secondly gay characters are present in all religions since ancient times be it Hindu Muslim or Christain . its nothing new to humanity .

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Yasir

Sep 07, 2022 05:41pm

Good. nip the evil in the bud.

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