Saturday, February 18, 2012

Iran Fresh News - Programmer Threatened Death Penalty in Iran

Saeed Malekpour, a programmer, will soon be put to death in Iran's fault he did not do. Human rights organization Amnesty International reveals the injustice of his case and the various torture they experienced during the past three years in prison in Iran.

In its report last Friday, as quoted by CNN, Amnesty International said Malekpour who have become Canadian citizens were arrested in October 2008 while visiting his father in Iran. He was charged guilty of making an image uploader program in the past misused the Internet to its users.

Malekpour made programs used to upload pornographic material to the Internet by an unknown person. The program is also used to make a porn site.

Iran has sentenced to death for Malekpour in October 2011 on charges of designing a porn site, against the Iranian regime, and insulting the sanctity of Islam.

Execution of the verdict was later suspended after protesting the government of Canada and into the appeals process. Although Malekpour was born in Iran, he has become a Canadian citizen and lived in Toronto since 2004. He remained in detention during the appeals process.

In January 2012 the court rejected an appeal by lawyers Malekpour and still be running the death penalty against him. Government of Canada strongly condemns the verdict that they deem unfair and demanding the release of Malekport.

Malekpour lawyer, reported to Amnesty International, said his client's court file missing since last Tuesday. He was concerned, this is an indication of the death penalty will be implemented soon.

Earlier, the court has requested the file Malekpour to be submitted for the purposes of the death sentence execution. There has been no confirmation of any of the Iranian government on the implementation of the death penalty Malekpour.

Of the prison, Maleskpour said that he was tortured to make him admit that mistakes have never done. This he expressed through his letter to Hadi Ghaemi, the Campaign Executive Director of the International Human Rights in Iran.

"Most of the confession made under duress and physical and mental torture. They threatened me and my family. They also promised to release me if I give false testimony," he wrote in his letter Malekpour. viva

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