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Navid Afkari

Navid Afkari, 27, — execution in Shiraz, Iran, 2020-09-12.

Age: 27
City: Shiraz
Date: 2020-09-12
Category: Execution

Champion wrestler hanged in secret while his appeal was still pending. His brothers, also detained, said his 'confession' to killing a security guard was extracted under torture.

Primary source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/09/iran-outrageous-execution-of-wrestler-navid-afkari/

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