's life Sakineh Ashtiani, 43, an Iranian accused of adultery, hanging by a thread. Although the Iranian Embassy London said it would not be stoned, Tehran does not confirm this information. The international community cries out against this barbaric practice contained in the Iranian Penal Code. Despite the moratorium on the use of stoning of adulterers agreed with the European Union in 2002 have been implemented since then, at least five people. Human rights activists denounced Iran's frequent recourse to the death penalty, even for homosexuals and those who commit crimes as minors.
The woman, 43, was sentenced to 99 lashes for "illicit relationship" with the alleged murderer of her husband in 2006. However, during The trial of this, the judge decided to reopen the case and, despite the lack of witnesses, concluded that the relationship had occurred late in life what was "adultery" and ruled stoning.
Neither his complaint that he had been coerced into confessing to the crime, or its application for pardon or clemency petitions of his two sons have moved to the authorities. Sajad, 22, and Farideh , 17, have always proclaimed the innocence of his mother, a step so unusual as brave as most families tend to turn their backs on women accused of adultery in the interests of outdated sense of honor. Having exhausted all legal avenues, both you and your lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, turned to human rights organizations launched an international campaign to save Ashtiani.
was this mobilization, and the announcement of demonstrations outside Iranian embassies in the major cities of Europe, which was reacted yesterday to the embassy in London. But neither the children nor their Ashtiani lawyer received any communication from the responsible court. According
Amnesty International, Iran executed 388 people last year, the second largest number after China has 20 times the population, and it takes at least 126 executions this year. The most common method is by hanging. The numerous questions about the judicial process posed by human rights defenders, add explicit violations of international conventions the country has signed, as the executions of minors.
Another bloody chapter is to homosexuals. While this condition itself is not a crime in the Islamic Republic of Iran is punished any sex outside of marriage. Thus, executions of gays are often attributed, with or without cause, rape, murder, drug trafficking, all crimes punishable by death. Such is the case of Ebrahim Hamidi, who according to the Iranian Queer Organization based in Canada, has been sentenced to death for sodomy " Without any evidence and after having been tortured ."
The woman, 43, was sentenced to 99 lashes for "illicit relationship" with the alleged murderer of her husband in 2006. However, during The trial of this, the judge decided to reopen the case and, despite the lack of witnesses, concluded that the relationship had occurred late in life what was "adultery" and ruled stoning.
Neither his complaint that he had been coerced into confessing to the crime, or its application for pardon or clemency petitions of his two sons have moved to the authorities. Sajad, 22, and Farideh , 17, have always proclaimed the innocence of his mother, a step so unusual as brave as most families tend to turn their backs on women accused of adultery in the interests of outdated sense of honor. Having exhausted all legal avenues, both you and your lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, turned to human rights organizations launched an international campaign to save Ashtiani.
was this mobilization, and the announcement of demonstrations outside Iranian embassies in the major cities of Europe, which was reacted yesterday to the embassy in London. But neither the children nor their Ashtiani lawyer received any communication from the responsible court. According
Amnesty International, Iran executed 388 people last year, the second largest number after China has 20 times the population, and it takes at least 126 executions this year. The most common method is by hanging. The numerous questions about the judicial process posed by human rights defenders, add explicit violations of international conventions the country has signed, as the executions of minors.
Another bloody chapter is to homosexuals. While this condition itself is not a crime in the Islamic Republic of Iran is punished any sex outside of marriage. Thus, executions of gays are often attributed, with or without cause, rape, murder, drug trafficking, all crimes punishable by death. Such is the case of Ebrahim Hamidi, who according to the Iranian Queer Organization based in Canada, has been sentenced to death for sodomy " Without any evidence and after having been tortured ."
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