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Omid, a memorial in defense of human rights in Iran
One Person’s Story

Hamid Ab

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: August, 1990
Location of Killing: Tabriz, Azarbaijan-e Sharqi Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Apostasy

About this Case

Information about Mr. Hamid Ab has been taken from an electronic form sent to Omid by a friend. Mr. Ab was an industrial engineering student at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran.

Arrest and detention

Mr. Ab was arrested early in the morning on June 20, 1990 in the dormitory of the university under the allegation of “apostasy,” with regards to a speech he had delivered at the university about religion. The details of Mr. Ab’s detention are not known. He was detained for about 40 days during which he was kept incommunicado. After his arrest, his family never received any official information about him.

Trial

There is no information regarding this trial.

Charges

Mr. Ab was charged with “apostasy.”

The validity of the criminal charges brought against this defendant cannot be ascertained in the absence of the basic guarantees of a fair trial.

Evidence of guilt

The report of this execution refers to the filmed footage of Mr. Ab’s speech at the Sharif university and individuals present in the audience as evidence.

Defense

No information is available concerning Mr. Ab’s defense. He was denied the right to have an attorney.

Judgment

No specific information is available about the verdict leading to this execution. According to the available information, there was no appeal court in this case. Mr. Ab was shot in mountains near Tabriz in August 1990. His family was never officially informed of the execution.

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