Publication · Tribune Zamaneh · collective appeal
The dignity of a life
English editorial guide to the identified collective appeal.
A collective appeal supporting gradual abolition of the death penalty, with Ghazi Rabihavi among the published signatories.
- Author
- Collective signatories
- Publication
- Tribune Zamaneh · collective appeal
- Source date
- 3 December 2013
- Published language
- Persian
- This page
- English publication guide
Ghazi Rabihavi appears in the published endorsement list. No sole authorship or organisational office is attributed to him.
Original English editorial guide to retained collective material. Demands and allegations remain attributed to the document; Rabihavi’s recorded role is a listed endorsement.
A campaign towards abolition
The appeal supports the campaign known as Legam, or gradual abolition, while making its final aim clear: ending the death penalty in Iran. It opposes execution regardless of the accusation or category of prisoner. The name of a gradual campaign is therefore not a qualification limiting the statement’s opposition to only some executions. Source 1
Its argument places human dignity beside the purposes of punishment. The signatories favour constructive responses over vengeance and the creation of fear, and invite individuals and human-rights organisations to widen civic support for abolition. The figures and political allegations in the original remain claims made in a 2013 appeal, rather than current statistics supplied by this website. Source 1
The published endorsement
Rabihavi appears in the initial signatory list as a writer in England. That entry documents his listed support, without establishing that he drafted the appeal or held a leadership position. The publication is dated 3 December 2013; the Persian and Gregorian dates printed inside the statement do not correspond, so they are not silently reconciled into a second event date. Source 1
Sources & credits
- Tribune Zamaneh · support for gradual abolition
Published 3 December 2013. Original collective appeal and signatory list, including Rabihavi. Its internal Persian and Gregorian datelines disagree; the page date is retained separately.