URGENT ALERT: IRAN
June 2010
Call on the Government of Iran to stop the imminent execution of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani sentenced to death by stoning
Equality Now is deeply concerned about Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.
Information received by Equality Now suggests that Ms. Mohammadi-Ashtiani has been sentenced to death by stoning for committing adultery with two men. The verdict is final and could be implemented at any time according to credible sources. Ms. Mohammadi-Ashtiani is said to have been in jail in Tabriz for the past five years. She was initially sentenced to 99 lashes on 15 May 2006 by a court in the city if Osku in the North West Iranian province of East Azerbaijan for the lesser crime of having “illicit relations” with the two men, in other words, engaging in conduct that did not constitute sexual intercourse. However, on 10 September 2006 her case was taken up again by a different court, the Sixth Branch of the Penal Court of East Azerbaijan Province, where the charge of adultery was brought against her.
Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani denied the charge and, as far as Equality Now is aware, no relevant evidence was admitted against her. She was convicted solely on the basis of the judge’s opinion that she had committed adultery and was sentenced to death by stoning.
Go to the orginal article on Equality Now: http://equalitynow.org/english/takeaction/newsalert/urgentalert_iran_20100625_en.html
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Please have a heart and do not do this!
If Iran does this, I call upon the people of every city on earth where there’s an Iranian embassy or consulate to stone it. Destroy it.
I^am shocked that in this day and age that people are still being stoned to death . I call on the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran to shown mercy to this poor lady.
Susan. this breaks my heart. I’ve heard that Rape constitutes a crime – and it is the WOMAN who gets punished…. We must grow up as a human race.
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