1 Amendments of Raffaele FITTO related to 2015/2274(INI)
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Notes with concern that Iran has the highest level of death-penalty executions per capita in the world; points out that freedom of expression, association and assembly continues to be subject to illegal and arbitrary restrictions; stresses that eliminating the death penalty for drug- related offences and extra-marital relations would dramatically decrease the number of executions; welcomes, in this regard, the possibility that the newly- elected Majlis is considering legislation to exclude some drug-related offences from the list of crimes punishable with the death penalty;