Written Evidence May. 24 2024
Inquiry: International relations within the multilateral systemFound: The SR Executions has made clear that in death penalty cases “where the detainee is detained on spurious
Mentions:
1: None In October 2022, one month after the death of Mahsa Amini, we sanctioned leading political and security - Speech Link
2: None such as arbitrary detention, the disproportionate use of force, and the use of force resulting in the death - Speech Link
3: None Lord Ahmad called on Iran to issue a moratorium on the death penalty as a first step in changing course - Speech Link
4: None Since Mahsa Amini’s death, we have sanctioned 94 individuals or entities responsible for human rights - Speech Link
Report May. 24 2024
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)Found: court hearings held by a coroner whose purpose is to determine who died and how, when and where the death
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make representations to his counterpart in Iran on stopping the execution of Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
FCDO is aware of Mr Ghahremani's case. We continue to call on Iran to establish a moratorium on executions, including at the UN General Assembly last year. We have sanctioned 94 individuals or entities for human rights violations since September 2022, including the Prosecutor General and Deputy Prosecutor General who are responsible for Iran's application of the death penalty. We continue to call for the release of all those who are unjustly detained in Iran.
Written Evidence May. 23 2024
Inquiry: Boys’ attainment and engagement in educationFound: This is especially true regarding Mathematics, where a teacher penalty may translate into a failing
May. 23 2024
Source Page: AAIB investigation to amateur-built balloon (DB-6R), G-CMFSFound: Post-mortem examination The post-mortem report stated that death was caused by ‘ multiple injuries caused
May. 23 2024
Source Page: Immigration Enforcement data: Q1 2024Found: Examples include: the youngest child reaching 18, and the death of a sole child or parent.
Correspondence May. 23 2024
Committee: Health, Social Care and Sport CommitteeFound: for anyone born on or after 1 January 2009 ; tobacco remains Scotland’s main preventable cause of death
Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the imprisonment of Toomaj Salehi.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK condemns the death sentence of prominent and fearless artist Toomaj Salehi. On May 8, the UK Human Rights Ambassador to the UN in Geneva signed a joint statement calling for Salehi's immediate release and repeating our principled opposition to the death penalty in all circumstances. We have sanctioned 94 Iranian individuals or entities for human rights violations since September 2022, including the Prosecutor General and Deputy Prosecutor General responsible for Iran's application of the death penalty. We continue to call for Mr Salehi's release, and the release of all those who are unjustly detained by the Iranian regime.
May. 22 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 April 2024 to 15 May 2024Found: For the purposes of paragraph 339C, serious harm consists of: (i) the death penalty or execution;