{"id":91807,"date":"2026-10-14T01:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=91807"},"modified":"2026-10-13T22:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T20:10:42","slug":"un-special-rapporteur-gina-romero-joins-iranian-prisoners-hunger-strike-against-executions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2026\/10\/un-special-rapporteur-gina-romero-joins-iranian-prisoners-hunger-strike-against-executions\/91807\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Special Rapporteur Gina Romero Joins Iranian Prisoners\u2019 Hunger Strike Against Executions"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><figure id=\"attachment_91810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91810\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91810\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/solidarity-hunger-strike-with-Iranian-political-prisoners.jpg\" alt=\"Gina Romero joins No to Execution Tuesdays hunger strike; freedom-loving Iranians and global supporters stand with political prisoners.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/solidarity-hunger-strike-with-Iranian-political-prisoners.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/solidarity-hunger-strike-with-Iranian-political-prisoners-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/solidarity-hunger-strike-with-Iranian-political-prisoners-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gina Romero joins No to Execution Tuesdays hunger strike; freedom-loving Iranians and global supporters stand with political prisoners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ms. Gina Romero, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, joined the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/tag\/no-to-execution-tuesdays\/\" rel=\"\">No to Execution Tuesdays<\/a>\u201d campaign on Tuesday, 13 October 2026. The Colombian expert announced a 24-hour hunger strike in solidarity with political prisoners across Iran who have been staging weekly protests against the death penalty.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is 3:30 PM on Monday, October 12th in Colombia, which means it\u2019s midnight in Iran and Tuesday, October 13th has just begun. I have just finished my last meal, as my 24-hour hunger strike starts now.<br>\u200bI join <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NoToExecutionTuesdays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoToExecutionTuesdays<\/a> in solidarity with the brave people of Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZEbMqIvzRi\">pic.twitter.com\/ZEbMqIvzRi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gina Romero (@Ginitastar) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ginitastar\/status\/2109747651453522037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Romero stated that the death penalty is being used against people for exercising their rights to freedom of assembly, association, and expression, as well as their political rights. In a video message and thread posted on X, she noted that at least 46 protesters have been executed since March\u2014the highest number of political executions in nearly four decades\u2014following the large-scale protests earlier in 2026. She called for an immediate halt to executions, the quashing of death sentences imposed after unfair trials, and independent monitoring of prisoners at risk, while reiterating that the death penalty should be abolished in all cases.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> On Tuesday the 13th, I am joining the 'No Execution Tuesdays' hunger strike.<\/p>\n<p>The death penalty is being used against people for exercising their rights to freedom of assembly, association, and expression, as well as their political rights. 1\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ld2kAj1Djq\">pic.twitter.com\/Ld2kAj1Djq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gina Romero (@Ginitastar) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ginitastar\/status\/2109399063267520710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2026\/10\/no-to-execution-tuesdays-campaign-continues-in-66-prisons-across-iran-in-its-142nd-week\/91799\/\" rel=\"\">No to Execution Tuesdays<\/a>\u201d campaign began in early 2024 with a hunger strike by prisoners in Ghezel Hesar Prison and has since expanded. On 13 October, participants in 66 prisons across Iran marked the 142nd consecutive week of the action. Romero said she was joining the prisoners \u201cfrom the outside,\u201d noting that those behind bars are \u201crisking everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her announcement quickly drew broad international support. Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, reshared the post and described it as important.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Important post from the UN special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/borhbdDtnx\">https:\/\/t.co\/borhbdDtnx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mai Sato (@drmaisato) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/drmaisato\/status\/2109411677888532804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lord David Alton, a crossbench peer in the UK House of Lords with a long record on human rights, publicly backed the move.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Abhorrent public executions are used in dictatorships like Iran, Afghanistan, and North Korea.  <\/p>\n<p>We might not be surprised by the savagery of the Mullahs or by dictatorships which routinely resort to barbarism. <\/p>\n<p>But such macabre and grotesque spectacles should have no place in\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DavidAltonHL\/status\/2109614549477261478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>British MP Jim Shannon and other parliamentarians and human rights advocates from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Australia also expressed solidarity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I commend <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ginitastar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ginitastar<\/a> for her principled stand in joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NoToExecutions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoToExecutions<\/a> campaign undertaking a 24 hr hunger strike in solidarity with Iran's political prisoners. We unite in defending the right to life, demand an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/endtoexecutions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#endtoexecutions<\/a> &amp; uphold human rights in Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/drmaisato?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@drmaisato<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A8ti2oq3B6\">https:\/\/t.co\/A8ti2oq3B6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Shannon MP (@JimShannonMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JimShannonMP\/status\/2110043549744209986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">Ja ik ben vandaag in hongerstaking. Net als alle politieke gevangenen in 66 gevangenissen dat elke dinsdag in Iran doen. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/STOPEXECUTIONSIRAN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#STOPEXECUTIONSIRAN<\/a>. Wereldwijd wordt er vandaag niet gegeten uit protest. Doe mee. <br>En deel deze boodschap! <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/ncri?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ncri<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fo7PyIQYr9\">pic.twitter.com\/fo7PyIQYr9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dorien Rookmaker (@RookmakerDorien) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RookmakerDorien\/status\/2110008919678423414?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), stated that Romero\u2019s solidarity \u201cshould translate into global action to stop executions in Iran,\u201d including independent prison inspections and accountability for officials under universal jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UN Special Rapporteur Gina Romero\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ginitastar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ginitastar<\/a> solidarity with the \"<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NoToExecutionTuesdays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoToExecutionTuesdays<\/a>\u201d hunger strike should translate into global action to stop executions in Iran, including independent international inspections of prisons and the prosecution of regime officials for crimes\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/2110043769454076230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div>Numerous human rights activists and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" rel=\"\">NCRI<\/a> from Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia likewise joined or amplified the initiative on social media.<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I join Special Rapporteur <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ginitastar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ginitastar<\/a> in the No to Execution Tuesdays hunger strike. <br>In solidarity with Iran\u2019s political prisoners and protesters<br>Their voices must be heard. Their lives must be protected<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/StopexecutionenIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopexecutionenIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vdAoLiy7yN\">pic.twitter.com\/vdAoLiy7yN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Malieh Hosseini (@malihehosseini9) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/malihehosseini9\/status\/2110035667854217637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We salute you <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/spud_au?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@spud_au<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ginitastar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ginitastar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/drmaisato?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@drmaisato<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Maryam_Rajavi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maryam_Rajavi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brianmedway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@brianmedway<\/a> at your longstanding for the freedom and justice that in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SaforaSM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SaforaSM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatorWong?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenatorWong<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KMooreGilbert?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KMooreGilbert<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9X6YsxVZuO\">https:\/\/t.co\/9X6YsxVZuO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mohammad Sadeghpour (@mo_sadeghpour) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mo_sadeghpour\/status\/2109817940027879455?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, I join <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ginitastar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ginitastar<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NoToExecutionTuesdays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoToExecutionTuesdays<\/a> hunger strike in solidarity with Iran\u2019s political prisoners. As they continue to resist injustice behind prison walls, we must continue to raise our voices.\ud83e\udd0d\u270a\ud83c\udffd<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NoToExecutionTuesdays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoToExecutionTuesdays<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0646\u0647_\u0628\u0647_\u0627\u0639\u062f\u0627\u0645<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k7GMRVH0lc\">pic.twitter.com\/k7GMRVH0lc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 emma (@emma_azadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/emma_azadi\/status\/2110036516617724231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">International Hunger Strike in Solidarity with Iran's Political Prisoners<\/p>\n<p>UN Special Rapporteur, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Former Parliamentarians and Human Rights Defenders Join <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NoToExecutionTuesdays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoToExecutionTuesdays<\/a> Campaign in Its 142nd Week<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ginitastar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ginitastar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/drmaisato?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@drmaisato<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lekRqepGFL\">https:\/\/t.co\/lekRqepGFL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justice for the Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran (@jvmifoundation) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jvmifoundation\/status\/2109961577151578295?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Romero also gave an interview to Simaye Azadi television discussing the action.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfa5EXCLUSIVE interview with UN Special Rapporteur Gina Romero who is on hunger strike in support of Iran\u2019s political prisoners. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NoToExecutionTuesdays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoToExecutionTuesdays<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ginitastar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ginitastar<\/a> tells Simay Azadi: \u201cI can help carry the heavy burden you bear every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Interview by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ehsaneghbale?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ehsaneghbale<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DAGMgCJdNN\">pic.twitter.com\/DAGMgCJdNN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/2109777491732885782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-g5y9jx r-1wbh5a2 r-11niif6 r-bnwqim r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-g5y9jx r-3pj75a\">\n<div class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-rjixqe r-16dba41 r-imh66m\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"css-g5y9jx\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1x3r274 r-p1pxzi\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">The gesture highlights growing international attention to the sustained use of the death penalty in Iran and the prisoners\u2019 long-running campaign demanding its end.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-g5y9jx r-18u37iz r-1wtj0ep r-1s2bzr4 r-11niif6 r-1udh08x r-3o4zer r-bnwqim r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-g5y9jx r-1habvwh r-1h0z5md\">\n<div class=\"css-g5y9jx r-1awozwy r-18u37iz r-1wtj0ep r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-g5y9jx r-1awozwy r-18u37iz\">\n<div class=\"css-g5y9jx\">\n<div class=\"css-146c3p1 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