World Day Against the Death Penalty 2023

As a man twice saved from the gallows, I hereby commemorate the World Day against the Death Penalty and strongly urge the global community and human rights activists to call for the abolition of the death penalty.

According to the Amnesty International report of 2022, in the past five years we have observed the highest number of documented executions in countries that practice inhumane punishments. Executions, specifically in political, ideological and security cases, are among the most dominant tools of oppression and violence against nations, imposed by dictatorial and authoritarian regimes.

Mohammad Ali Taheri
Founder of Erfan-e-Halgheh and Taheri Peace Organization

10 October 2023