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stefania
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 8:14 am Post subject: Woman to Be Buried Up to Chest and Stoned to Death |
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Iran: Woman to Be Buried Up to Chest and Stoned to Death In The Next Five Days
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/15825.shtml
An Iranian woman charged with adultery faces death by stoning in the next five days after her death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court last month. Her unnamed co-defendant is at risk of imminent execution by hanging. Amnesty International members are now writing urgent appeals to the Iranian authorities, calling for the execution to be stopped.
According to reports, Hajieh Esmailvand was sentenced to five years imprisonment, to be followed by execution by stoning, for adultery with an unnamed man who at the time was a 17 year old minor. Although the exact date of her arrest and trial are not known, it is reported that she has been imprisoned in the town of Jolfa, in the north west of Iran, since January 2000.
The Iranian Penal Code is very specific about the manner of execution and types of stones which should be used. Article 102 states that men will be buried up to their waists and women up to their breasts for the purpose of execution by stoning. Article 104 states, with reference to the penalty for adultery, that the stones used should “not be large enough to kill the person by one or two strikes, nor should they be so small that they could not be defined as stones”.
All death sentences in Iran must be upheld by the Supreme Court before they can be carried out. In November 2004, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Hajieh Esmailvand but changed the lower court's verdict from ‘death by hanging’ to ‘death by stoning’. Reports suggest that the Supreme Court has ordered that the remainder of Hajieh’s five year prison sentence be annulled so that the stoning sentence can be carried out before 21 December.
Amnesty International UK Media Director Mike Blakemore said:
"This is an urgent case. Hejieh could be killed in the next five days if we do not act quickly. Our members here in the UK are writing to the Iranian authorities, imploring them to stop this brutal execution. Campaigners in Iran are also taking action. But we need more people to stand up and be counted, to tell the Iranian authorities that this is not acceptable.
"Every day, thousands of women across the world face repression and violence, just because they are women. From the battlefield to the bedroom, women are at risk. Violence against women is a human rights atrocity and one we must tackle immediately."
The news follows reports of a 19-year old girl, "Leyla M", who has a mental age of eight, reportedly facing imminent execution for "morality-related" offences in Iran after being forced into prostitution by her mother as a child. According to a Tehran newspaper report of 28 November, she was sentenced to death by a court in the central Iranian city of Arak and the sentence has now been passed to the Supreme Court for confirmation.
Leyla M was reportedly sentenced to death on charges of "acts contrary to chastity" by controlling a brothel, having intercourse with blood relatives and giving birth to an illegitimate child. She is to be flogged before she is executed. She had apparently “confessed” to the charges.
Leyla was forced into prostitution by her mother when she was eight years old, according to the 28 November report, and was raped repeatedly thereafter. She gave birth to her first child when she was nine, and was sentenced to 100 lashes for prostitution at around the same time. At the age of 12, her family sold her to an Afghan man to become his “temporary wife”.
His mother became her new pimp, “selling her body without her consent”. At the age of 14 she became pregnant again, and received a further 100 lashes, after which she was moved to a maternity ward to give birth to twins. After this "temporary marriage", her family sold her again, to a 55-year-old man, married with two children, who had Leyla’s customers come to his house.
One in three women around the world suffer serious violence in their lifetime, at home, in the community or in war, just because they are women. Amnesty International is running a global campaign to 'Stop Violence Against Women'. The human rights organisation is calling on governments to repeal laws that permit and encourage violence against women, and on communities to challenge attitudes that allow violence to continue. For more information visit: www.amnesty.org.uk/svaw.
Background information
Amnesty International is aware of at least one case in which a sentence of execution by stoning has reportedly been issued this year. According to a report on 8 January 2004 in the Iran newspaper, a criminal court in the city of Qazvin sentenced an unnamed man to 80 lashes and 10 years'’ imprisonment to be followed by execution by stoning. It is not known whether this sentence has been carried out.
Amnesty International believes that the death penalty is the most extreme form of torture. It is a cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, and a violation of the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
It is clear that the punishment of stoning is designed to cause the victim grievous pain before leading to death. Such methods of execution specifically designed to increase the suffering of victims are of particular concern to Amnesty International, as the most extreme and cruel form of torture.
For details of how to help stop the executions of Hajieh and Leyla M, please go to: www.amnesty.org.uk/action/ _________________ Referendum AFTER Regime Change
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 8:26 am Post subject: |
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In the meantime,
Europe Eyes Deeper Ties with Iran
December 17, 2004
AFX UK Focus
Ample.com
http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&format=raw&articleid=5148590&subject=general&action=article
BRUSSELS -- EU leaders are ready to intensify their political and economic ties with Iran if Tehran allays concerns over terrorism and human rights, they said in a draft text released here. Hailing a deal last month when Iran agreed to suspend uranium enrichment, a key part of the nuclear fuel cycle, the leaders confirmed their aim to sign a trade and cooperation agreement.
They also "confirmed the Union's readiness to explore ways to further develop political and economic cooperation with the Iran, following action by Iran to address other areas of concern," the draft text said.
Those areas were "the fight against terrorism, human rights and Iran's approach to the Middle East peace process," it added.
Under an agreement reached in Paris last month between Britain, France and Germany, acting for the European Union, and Iran, Tehran agreed to suspend uranium enrichment in exchange for trade, technology and security rewards. _________________ Referendum AFTER Regime Change
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:21 am Post subject: |
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From Amnesty
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/action/irandp1.shtml
Fear of imminent execution
Hajieh Esmailvand (f)
An unnamed man (aged 17 when accused)
Amnesty International fears that Hajieh Esmailvand is at risk of imminent execution after her death sentence for adultery was upheld by the Supreme Court in November. She could allegedly be stoned to death as early as 21 December. Her unnamed co-defendant is at risk of imminent execution by hanging.
According to reports, Hajieh Esmailvand was sentenced to five years imprisonment, to be followed by execution by stoning, for adultery with an unnamed man who at the time was a 17 year old minor. Although the exact date of her arrest and trial are not known, it is reported that she has been imprisoned in the town of Jolfa, in the north west of Iran, since January 2000.
All death sentences in Iran must be upheld by the Supreme Court before they can be carried out. In November 2004, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Hajieh Esmailvand but changed the lower court's verdict from 'death by hanging' to 'death by stoning'.
Reports suggest that the Supreme Court has ordered that the remainder of Hajieh's five year prison sentence be annulled so that the stoning sentence can be carried out before 21 December.
The unnamed man, with whom Hajieh had the affair, has been sentenced to death by hanging. It is reported that he is awaiting official orders to be hanged in public, suggesting that the death sentence may have already been upheld by the Supreme Court.
Background Information
Amnesty International believes that the death penalty is the most extreme form of torture. It is a cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, and a violation of the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
It is clear that the punishment of stoning is designed to cause the victim grievous pain before leading to death. Such methods of execution specifically designed to increase the suffering of victims are of particular concern to Amnesty International, as the most extreme and cruel form of torture.
The Iranian Penal Code is very specific about the manner of execution and types of stones which should be used.
Article 102 states that men will be buried up to their waists and women up to their breasts for the purpose of execution by stoning. Article 104 states, with reference to the penalty for adultery, that the stones used should "not be large enough to kill the person by one or two strikes, nor should they be so small that they could not be defined as stones".
In December 2002, the Head of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Shahroudi, reportedly sent a directive to judges ordering a moratorium on execution by stoning and for alternative punishments to be used instead. However, legal provision for execution by stoning remains, and in September 2003 a law was passed listing regulations for the implementation of particular sentences, including stoning.
Since the reported moratorium, Amnesty International is aware of at least one case in which a sentence of execution by stoning has reportedly been issued. According to a report on 8 January 2004 in the Iran newspaper, a criminal court in the city of Qazvin sentenced an unnamed man to 80 lashes and 10 years' imprisonment to be followed by execution by stoning. It is not known whether this sentence has been carried out.
As a party to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, Iran has undertaken not to execute anyone for an offence committed when they were under 18 years old.
The Iranian authorities are now considering legislation (the draft law on the Establishment of Children's Courts) that would prohibit the use of the death penalty for offences committed under the age of 18. Iran has executed at least three child offenders in 2004. In addition to this, at least eleven other child offenders are believed to have been sentenced to death.
Recommended Action
Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible, in Persian, English, French or your own language:
* stating your unconditional opposition to the death penalty, as the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and violation of the right to life;
* expressing concern that Hajieh Esmailvand is reportedly facing imminent execution by stoning for adultery;
* asking for the trial details of the case against Hajieh Esmailvand, including details of any appeals against her convictions to be made public;
* urging that the death sentence against Hajieh Esmailvand be commuted immediately;
* seeking clarification about the status of the moratorium on stoning reportedly ordered by His Excellency Ayatollah Shahroudi in December 2002;
* expressing concern at reports that the unnamed co-defendant of Hajieh Esmailvand has been sentenced to death for an offence committed when he was a 17 year old minor;
* asking for details of the exact charges against the unnamed individual, including details of any appeals against his convictions to be made public;
* urging that the death sentence against him be commuted immediately;
* expressing concern and dismay that Amnesty International has recorded 10 executions of child offenders in Iran since 1990, three of them in 2004, and calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately halt further executions of child offenders and to pass legislation removing the provision for the execution of child offenders, thereby bringing Iran into line with its obligations under international law.
b>Leader of the Islamic Republic His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed 'Ali Khamenei The Presidency,
Palestine Avenue,
Azerbaijan Intersection,
Tehran,
Islamic Republic of Iran
Fax: 00 98 21 649 5880 (please mark 'For the attention of the Office of His Excellency, Ayatollah al Udhma Khamenei, Qom)
[Salutation: Your Excellency]
Head of the Judiciary
His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Ministry of Justice,
Park-e Shahr,
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: [EMAIL=irjpr@iranjudiciary.org]irjpr@iranjudiciary.org[/EMAIL] (mark 'Please forward to HE Ayatollah Shahroudi')
[Salutation: Your Excellency]
Please send copies of your appeals to:
His Excellency Mr Morteza Sarmadi,
Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran,
16 Prince's Gate,
London
SW7 1PT
Fax: 020 7589 4440
AND, IF POSSIBLE, TO THE FOLLOWING:
Centre for Women's Participation
Dr Zahra Shojaei
Head of the Centre of Women's Participation and Advisor to the President
128 Shaheed Labbafi Nejad Street
Tehran 13156,
Islamic Republic of Iran
Fax: 00 98 21 640 3038 Email: [EMAIL=cwp@women.org.ir]cwp@women.org.ir[/EMAIL] (please mark for the attention of Dr Zahra Shojaei)
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY – APPEALS MUST ARRIVE BY 21 DECEMBER |
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Spenta
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:21 am Post subject: |
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Only in the h.e.l.l. on earth known as the Islamic Republic of Iran is love punished in such hideous ways, and young lovers treated to the greatest brutality and cruelty of all!
And this was the fucking crowning achievement of the Filthy Greedy EU Neo Coloniali$t$ who bragged they had put a stop to stonings in Iran as their only HR accomplishment till date!
And this is the result of the lucrative trade deals the EU gave the Mullah$!
The EU disgusts me! |
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stefania
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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In the meantime,
EU promises rewards for Iranian uranium enrichment suspension
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/17/content_2348664.htm
BRUSSELS, Dec. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- European Union (EU) leaders Friday expressed their readiness to explore ways of further developing political and economic cooperation with Iran providing Iran maintains full suspension of all uranium enrichment programs.
The "Presidency Conclusions" issued during the second day of the ongoing EU summit here said the European Council (the EU leaders at the summit) welcomed the agreement reached Nov. 15 between Iran and the EU's "big three" -- France, Germany and Britain -- on suspension of Iran's nuclear fuel program.
The council also supported further efforts towards reaching agreement with Iran on long-term enrichment suspension.
It said the EU will explore ways of further developing political and economic cooperation with Iran if Iran addresses other EU areas of concern, notably the fight against terrorism, human rights and Iran's approach to the Middle East peace process.
Under the agreement struck last month in Paris with the EU "bigthree", Iran pledged to suspend all enrichment activities in return for trade, technology and security rewards.
Iran's pledge has not impressed the United States which chargesthat Iran is using the Paris agreement to gain time to secretly develop nuclear weapons and would like to see Tehran brought before the UN Security Council for possible sanctions. _________________ Referendum AFTER Regime Change
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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Shayad ta vaghtee ke mardom shoro be sho'ar e "Marg Bar Ooroopa " Nakoonand een ha nafahman ke cheghad kareshoon kharabeh! |
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 2:15 pm Post subject: Iranian Girl Faces Noose or Stoning |
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Iranian Girl Faces Noose or Stoning
December 18, 2004
Reuters
reuters.co.uk
TEHRAN -- An Iranian official says he is waiting for orders on whether to stone or hang a woman convicted of adultery, the latest in a chain of death sentences passed against young women for "fornication".
The official from Iran's conservative judiciary said on Saturday that Hajieh Esmailvand's prison sentence, that began in January 2000, would end in less than a month -- a jail term in the northern city of Jolfa that was always intended as a precursor to execution.
"Her (death) sentence is approved by the Supreme Court, but there are no orders to carry out the sentence. We do not yet know if it is by stoning or hanging," he told Reuters.
Hanging is the most usual death penalty in Iran but some adulterers have been stoned.
Stoning has sparked scathing international criticism, with victims being buried up to their midriffs and then pelted to death with medium-size stones that should not be so large as to kill instantly.
One of the country's most controversial banned novels is "The Stoning of Soraya M", centring on a brutal miscarriage of justice meted out to a woman in rural Iran.
Nineteen-year-old "Leila M" in the central city of Arak is appealing to overturn a death sentence for fornication, her lawyer told Reuters earlier this week.
The lawyer said Leila had been forced into prostitution by her mother aged eight but rejected newspaper reports that she had a mental age of eight.
Atefeh Rajabi, believed by lawyers and diplomats who saw her death certificate to have been only 16, was hanged in August in the Caspian Sea port of Neka for sex before marriage.
Iranian officials insisted she was in her early 20s. _________________ Freedom for the Iranian people! NOT EUROPEAN BUSINESS INTERESTS! |
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 11:21 pm Post subject: what will it be EU? |
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I'M MAD.
WILL EU EVER LEAVE OUR NATION ALONE?
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THEM ONE BY ONE:
WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR YOU TO LET IRANIANS LIVE FREE?
NAME YOUR PRICE!
LET'S GET IT OVER WITH!
WILL YOU LET US LIVE FREELY, IF WE GAVE YOU ALL THE OIL?
WE'LL SEND AYATOLLAHS TO YOUR PALACES AS YOUR SLAVES, TOO!
WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? YOU SCUMS OF THE EARTH!
JUST FUCKIN NAME YOUR PRICE, AND BE DONE WITH IT!
RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE TAKING BOTH THE OIL
AND OUR FREEDOM!
AND OUR NEXT GENERATIONS' FREEDOM, TOO.
AND HALF THE POPULATION ARE LIVING UNDER ABSOLUTE POVERTY
THAT IS : A B S O L U T E P O V E R T Y L I N E !
YOU HEAR ME BASTERDS ?
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IF EU OIL COMPANIES AND SHADOW FIGURES BEHIND IT
WANT TO HAVE US AS SLAVES - [color=red]AND - TAKE OUR RESOURCES TOO
-------- THE HELL WITH THE RESOURCES! ---------
LET US LIVE FREE
OR
WE'LL BLOW UP THE OIL WELLS ONE BY ONE [/color]
REMEMBER YOU HAVE LEFT US NO OTHER CHOICE!
SEEMS THE ONLY WAY TO SEE THE BACK OF YOU EUROPEAN COLONIALIST FASCIST SATAN LOVING MASONIC DEAMONS!
IF WE CHOOSE TO USE MULLAHS' MISSILES ON OUR OWN OIL WELLS,
THOSE EUROPEAN FASCISTS
ONLY HAVE THEMSELVES TO BLAME FOR IT
NO NATION SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH SUCH MISERY
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PUTTING US THROUGH FOR PAST 25 YEARS!
AGAR SAR BE SAR TAN BE VIRANIE CHAHE NAFT DAHIM
AZ AN BEH KE HAM NAFT, HAM AZADI, HAM VATAN, HAM FARZANDAN,
BE ENGLISI VA AKHOND DAHIM.
Elizabeth II : Stop Kissing Ayatollahs' AAAAAAA$$$$$ for Oil
you ugly old fart left over of fascist colonialist dinosaurs of STONE HENGE! _________________ Long live Iran. |
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 11:49 pm Post subject: what can we do! |
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what else can we do when
Americans are so naive and gutless
that even after EU has cut their hands off from Iran
with that nasty 'green belt' plot,
they believed them to be honest allies in fight with communism!
(the Brits knew better that communism has already fallen and is nothing but a hollow shell. so much so, it wasn't worth saving! Green belt was intended to REPLACE communism with an even more fascist force! Against the United States of America; that same peasant land which dared to fight the honorable british colonialist masters, break the chain of slavery, gain independence, become more prosperous and advanced that any satanic lodge master could of Britain could ever dream of)
EU with the lead of British colonialist master minds, and shadow powers, has done anything in its power to CROSS U.S., in IRAN, and worldwide.
then once again in Iraq, and once more now in IRAN!
This cycle will only end, if America can look the Old fart dinosaur colonialists in the eyes! all they need to do is EXPOSE the devils of little britain.
After all that EU has done to limit U.S. power in Middle East, you would think Americans would wake up and smell khomeini and zarghawi sweat in Elizabeth's bed.
but NO such luck as of yet.
sorry world.
you will have to go through more wars, and perhaps of atomic kind,
only because, U.S. chooses to bow down to little Britain and it's dinosaur satanic masters!
because Americans either don't know, or have been brain washed, or bribed, or turned into agents of colonialism, or ...
are just too gutless to expose all that british **** on America.
Meanwhile the colonialist EU with UK as the lead continue to :
Show a finger to lady liberty, and drag U.S. along for the final phase of their dirty 'Green Belt' plots.
Shame on us if we don't wake up Americans.
Shame on us if we don't Expose all the colonialist fascist shadow figures behind this one by one.
shame on us if they make another puppet government and fascist ayatollah with tie instead of turban for Iran, continue to suppress us, and take us as slaves ...
and we don't blow up every single oil well of iran and ask others to do the same.
shame on the world , shame on humanity to live with this smelly **** ---> colonialist fascist EU and its Green Belt Hell on Earth!
Shame on whoever can change british gov. to a republic and don't do it ! _________________ Long live Iran. |
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The IRI has the most barbaric regime on the face of the earth, time to dissolve the EU, every time I read one of these stories I get physically ill, maybe instead of attacking Iraq, Bush should have done something about Iran.
Time to free Iran NOW! |
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:00 am Post subject: |
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vishtasp said
Quote: | The IRI has the most barbaric regime on the face of the earth, time to dissolve the EU, every time I read one of these stories I get physically ill, maybe instead of attacking Iraq, Bush should have done something about Iran. |
From past posts, I'm not sure the Iranians in general wish the US to attack your country. Is this really your desire? How many Iranians would support that approach? |
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Woman Sentenced to be Buried Up to Chest and Stoned to Death
December 22, 2004
Amnesty International
Amnesty International UK
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/15835.shtml
An Iranian woman facing execution by stoning for adultery is believed to still be alive, even though the sentence was reportedly due to have been carried out on Tuesday 21 December. Hajieh Esmailvand’s death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court last month. Her unnamed co-defendant is at risk of imminent execution by hanging. Amnesty International members have been faxing urgent appeals to the Iranian authorities, calling for the execution to be stopped, and the organisation believes there is still time for supporters to take action, to save Hajieh Esmailavand’s life.
News reports, in addition to women’s rights websites in Iran, suggest that the judiciary has confirmed that Hajieh Esmailvand is in detention, and that her execution has not been carried out. The judiciary is reportedly considering the method of execution and Amnesty International hopes that this means it will reconsider the sentence itself in accordance with Iran’s international obligations.
According to reports, Hajieh Esmailvand was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, to be followed by execution by stoning, for adultery with an unnamed man who at the time was a 17-year-old minor. Although the exact date of her arrest and trial are not known, it is reported that she has been imprisoned in the town of Jolfa, in the north west of Iran, since January 2000.
The Iranian Penal Code is very specific about the manner of execution and types of stones which should be used. Article 102 states that men will be buried up to their waists and women up to their breasts for the purpose of execution by stoning. Article 104 states, with reference to the penalty for adultery, that the stones used should “not be large enough to kill the person by one or two strikes, nor should they be so small that they could not be defined as stones.”
All death sentences in Iran must be upheld by the Supreme Court before they can be carried out. In November 2004, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Hajieh Esmailvand but changed the lower court’s verdict from ‘death by hanging’ to ‘death by stoning’. Reports suggest that the Supreme Court ordered that the remainder of Hajieh’s five year prison sentence be annulled so that the stoning sentence could be carried out before 21 December.
Amnesty International UK Media Director Mike Blakemore said:
“Our members here in the UK are faxing the Iranian authorities, imploring them to stop this brutal execution. Campaigners in Iran are also taking action. But we need people to continue to stand up and be counted, to tell the Iranian authorities that this is not acceptable.
“Every day, thousands of women across the world face repression and violence, just because they are women. From the battlefield to the bedroom, women are at risk. Violence against women is a human rights atrocity and one we must tackle immediately.”
The news follows reports of a 19-year old girl, “Leyla M”, who has a mental age of eight, reportedly facing imminent execution for “morality-related” offences in Iran after being forced into prostitution by her mother as a child. According to a Tehran newspaper report of 28 November, she was sentenced to death by a court in the central Iranian city of Arak and the sentence has now been passed to the Supreme Court for confirmation.
Leyla M was reportedly sentenced to death on charges of “acts contrary to chastity” by controlling a brothel, having intercourse with blood relatives and giving birth to an illegitimate child. She is to be flogged before she is executed. She had apparently “confessed” to the charges.
Leyla was forced into prostitution by her mother when she was eight years old, according to the 28 November report, and was raped repeatedly thereafter. She gave birth to her first child when she was nine, and was sentenced to 100 lashes for prostitution at around the same time. At the age of 12, her family sold her to an Afghan man to become his “temporary wife”. His mother became her new pimp, “selling her body without her consent”. At the age of 14 she became pregnant again, and received a further 100 lashes, after which she was moved to a maternity ward to give birth to twins. After this “temporary marriage”, her family sold her again, to a 55-year-old man, married with two children, who had Leyla’s customers come to his house.
One in three women around the world suffer serious violence in their lifetime, at home, in the community or in war, just because they are women. Amnesty International is running a global campaign to 'Stop Violence Against Women'. The human rights organisation is calling on governments to repeal laws that permit and encourage violence against women, and on communities to challenge attitudes that allow violence to continue. For more information visit www.amnesty.org.uk/svaw
Take action to stop the executions of Hajieh and Leyla M...
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/action/index.shtml _________________ Referendum AFTER Regime Change
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:03 am Post subject: |
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Yes all we need is Amnesty UK! to save us from Mullahs with a Made in UK mark on their foreheads!
HOW ON EARTH
WOULD BRITISH PETROLEUM TAKE OUR OIL
FOR NEXT TO NOTHING,
IF THEIR AYATOLLAH THUGS WEREN'T IN CHARGE?
IF THEY DIDN'T DRUG OUR YOUTH,
AND BURRY OUR WOMEN ALIVE,
AMPUTATE HANDS AND
HANG ACTIVISTS FROM CRANES
ALL OVER IRAN
DAAAAH! _________________ Long live Iran. |
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reza
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Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 466 Location: England
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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maybe you should look at the real picture persian. you let your imagination run riot with all your conspiracy theory bullshit. The more you accuse this country or that country of not helping iran the more dissent you create and thus you are detrimental to the cause! All you do is complain, why dont you actually try to do something about the condition in iran instead of sitting on your arse and bitching about everyone elses laziness. _________________ "When on the battlefield if you have the sole intention of breaking into the enemy lines, you will manifest martial valour. Furthermore if you are slain in battle you should be resolved to having your corpse facing the enemy" - Yamamoto tsunetomo |
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