The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Friday January 13th, 2023
World Citizens Protest Strongly Public Executions of Demonstrators in Iran by Rene Wadlow
he Association of World Citizens has repeatedly called upon governments for a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty – a penalty that extensive research has shown has little or no impact on the level of crime and too often opens the door to judicial errors and injustice. In addition to State-sponsored official executions, usually carried out publicly or at least with official observers, a good number of countries have State-sponsored “death squads” – persons affiliated to the police or to intelligence agencies that kill “in the dark of the night” unofficially. These deaths avoid a trial which might attract attention or even a “not guilty” decision.
The 7 January hanging of Mohammad Mehdi Karami, 22 years old, and of Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, 39, by the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran is an obvious effort to crush dissent and demonstrations which have shaken the authorities, set off by the death of Mahsa Animi in September at the hands of the morality police.
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Siren Songs #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios
“On a dark velvet night
I discovered the soul of this city;
Pulsating beats wrapped in
The rushing sounds of traffic,
And the tree-tops bent by a
Cold breeze on a windy night”
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Tang & Ram #54 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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