Iran: Secret execution of wrestler Navid Afkari a ‘travesty of justice’ 

September 12, 2020 

Amnesty: The secret execution this morning of wrestling champion Navid Afkari, without prior notice to him, his family or lawyer, after a grossly unfair trial, is a horrifying travesty of justice that needs immediate international action.

Before his secret execution Navid Afkari, 27, was subjected to a shocking catalogue of human rights violations and crimes, including enforced disappearance; torture and other ill-treatment, leading to forced “confessions”; and denial of access to a lawyer and other fair trial guarantees.

On Saturday February 9, 2013 Iranians and Americans convened at the Washington Convention Center for the

2013 National Convention for a Democratic, Secular & Non-nuclear Republic in Iran