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Communist Vietnam's secret death penalty conveyor belt: How country trails only China and Iran for 'astonishing' number of executions

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Prisoners are dragged from their cells at 4am without warning to be given a lethal injection Vietnam's use of the death penalty has been thrust into the spotlight after a real estate tycoon was on Thursday sentenced to be executed in one of the biggest corruption cases in the country's history. Truong My Lan, a businesswoman who chaired a sprawling company that developed luxury apartments, hotels, offices and shopping malls, was arrested in 2022.

Quatre hommes dont un mineur condamnés à mort en Iran

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Les accusés, quatre personnes dont un mineur de 17 ans, ont été condamnés pour le viol d'un homme. Ils nient les faits, et affirment que leurs déclarations signées ont été obtenues de force par la police.

Quatre personnes, dont un mineur de 17 ans, ont été condamnés par un tribunal iranien pour le viol d'un homme, a rapporté samedi 9 août le journal Etemad Melli.
Hamid, Ebrahim, Mehdi et Mohammad, identifiés par leurs prénoms, nient les faits, et affirment que la police les a forcés à faire de fausses dépositions, indique le journal.
"Après la bagarre, la police nous a arrêtés moi et Mohammad et nous a forcés à reconnaître que nous avions fait ça (le viol). L'officier a dit : 'Ecrivez ce que je vous dis'", a raconté Medhi, le mineur de 17 ans, cité par le journal.
"Nous avions eu des problèmes avec le plaignant et sa famille avant, et ils ont déposé une plainte contre nous", selon Hamid, un autre accusé.

Adultère passible de la peine de mort

"L'agent de police m'a demandé de reconnaître ma responsabilité et m'a dit que si je le faisais, il résoudrait le problème. Sous la pression j'ai fini par écrire tout ce qu'il m'avait dit et j'ai signé", a ajouté Hamid.
Le verdict doit encore être soumis à l'approbation finale de la Cour suprême.
La communauté internationale a exhorté Téhéran à abolir la peine capitale pour les condamnés mineurs au moment des faits.
Selon un décompte d'Amnesty International, 317 personnes ont été exécutées par les autorités iraniennes. L'Iran est donc le deuxième pays où la peine de mort est la plus appliquée, derrière la Chine.
En Iran, le meurtre, le viol ou encore l'adultère et l'homosexualité sont passibles de la peine de mort.

Source : NouvelObs.com
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