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Rights of the child / Urgent Interventions / Iran / 2000 / July

Iran: Iran: 17 year-old boy accused of spying for Israel has been acquitted

Iran: 17 year-old boy accused of spying for Israel has been acquitted

Iran: Navid Balazadeh acquitted
CHILD CONCERN
Case IRN 120400.1.CC
Follow-up to Case IRN 120400.CC

Geneva, 10th July 2000.

The International Secretariat of OMCT requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in Iran.

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The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by a reliable source that Navid Balazadeh, 17, was acquitted, although his release has not been confirmed, on 1st July 2000.

The International Secretariat wishes to thank all those institutions, organizations and individuals who intervened on his behalf.

Brief description of the situation

The International Secretariat of OMCT was informed by a reliable source that Navid Balazadeh, 16, arrested and transferred to Shiraz, and faced trial on 13th April 2000 with 20 other Iranians (12 Jews and 8 Muslims) on charges of spying for Israel and the United States.

The International Secretariat of OMCT recalled Article 37a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child which states that “No child shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without possibility of release shall be imposed for offences committed by persons below eighteen years of age;”

Geneva, 10th July, 2000

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Date: July 10, 2000
Activity: Rights of the Child
Type: Urgent Interventions
Country: Iran

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