October 10 is the World Day Against the Death Penalty, with the goal to raise awareness about capital punishment and advocate for it to be abolished.
On Wednesday, the Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights launched a 24-hour live program on social media to draw international attention to death sentences and executions in Iran, as well as the weekly peaceful protests against the death penalty in Iranian prisons. The program began with the reading of a letter, which was written by Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi and smuggled out of Evin prison in the Iranian capital, Tehran, where she is being held.
Mohammadi, who was imprisoned in part for her peaceful campaign against the death penalty, co-initiated a weekly protest against executions 37 weeks ago. Every Tuesday, she and other political prisoners go on hunger strike. The campaign has spread across the country and is currently taking place in 22 jails, according to human rights organizations.
"We need the global support of human rights activists to end........