eight prisoners charged with carrying and possessing drugs were executed by hanging in the

22 September 2014 :

eight prisoners charged with carrying and possessing drugs were executed by hanging in the Shahab prison of Kerman, reported the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
 
(Sources: IANS e IHR, 18/09/2014; HRANA e CNRI, 21/09/2014)

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