Saturday, March 17, 2007

16 year old Iranian boy awaiting verdict

According to the Iranian Etemaad newspaper, a 16 year old boy name Faramarz (last name unknown), is accused of killing another boy with a knife in a fight in the city of Karaj, Iran. The incident occurred in July of 2006 and Faramarz's last court session was held on Wednesday March 14, 2007. Faramarz is now awaiting the final verdict by 5 judges.
Stop Child Execution Campaign reminds Iran's Judiciary of Iran's obligation under the United Nation's Article 37(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) which provides that:

“Neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without possibility of release shall be imposed for offences committed by persons below eighteen years of age”.

In our efforts to stop child executions we are initiating a pro-active role in following cases for those minors who may be facing a potential death penalty. Such preventive measure can lead to stopping the execution verdicts before they are issued. The SCE campaign will closely be monitoring the news of the verdict.
Posted by StopChildExecutions.com at 14:43:52 | Permanent Link | Comments (6) |
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1 - There must be some other way to deal with the guilt of a minor, execution or life imprisonment is not the only remedy.
Talking about lwa in a lawless country is a very funny jok.
No offence (Comment this)

Written by: Sacha at 2007/04/05 - 01:55:55
2 - What is man-made punnishment but the gratification of the egos of the vengeful, the hateful, and the fearful? Punnishment has not, does not, and will never prevent any crime. It will not even reduce it.

The alternative to punnishment, and the only method I know to be effective, is enlightenment. Whatever crime has been committed, the payment for it will be much more meaningful if the perpetrator offers it themselves, out of an intention to make ammends with those who were harmed by their actions. In a perfect world, this would be the case with all people.

To bring awareness to the perpetrator requires understanding the perpetrator. If one can be held for years before a trial, then why should that time not be spent understanding and then enlightening the perpetrator. The intention to help, not harm, will bring the most good to all concerned, as long as it is done with awareness and responsibility.

Free will shall prevail, with or without the help of the Nation-State. You, the "leaders" of the world's nations, can stab us, shoot us, beat us, torture us, electrocute us, imprison us, hang us, decapitate us, nuke us, bomb us, enslave us (only with our consent!), or drug us. But it will not stop free will. If I choose to do something, knowing full well that you would kill me for it, you can kill me, but you still cannot stop me from choosing to do it. In the end, we both lose. You for interfering with God's will, and me for harming others and thus myself. (Comment this)

Written by: Angel or demon? You decide. at 2007/04/06 - 17:19:01
3 - The international rights bodies of all kinds should be alerted and pressurised to do something with whats going on in Iran.With joint efforts much can be achieved and those waiting verdict get a fair trial.I got this website from a lady who is fighting for a girl who killed a rapist on British Broad Casting Service.If many people of this kind come up,much will be achieved.The problem with this space has no provision of e-mail address from which would hel the viewers also pass on this information.I'm:Gideon Ssempebwa,Box 1772,Kampala-Uganda.**********.E-mail:gsempebwa@yahoo.com (Comment this)

Written by: Ssempebwa Gideon at 2007/06/13 - 08:39:49
4 - i get so sade ..
i cant explain how sade i am ..
im a 17 year old girl .
living in denmark and im from iran .

this is not the right way .
what are they doing to the Young Iranien`s
i get so frustrated when i see this is happening in my country . ! i know that we can make a change !

if we fight fro it !!



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Written by: maja at 2007/08/04 - 12:20:43
5 - I have been trying to understand how the Iranian government reconciles the order to rape women before being executed with their strict laws on extra-marital sex. I found the answer in a website maintained by Dr. Donna Hughes, a professor at the University of Rhode Island. All I can say is I am still in shock. I cannot imagine the pain and suffering of the girl's family when they receive the wedding gift. Although I oppose the death penalty for anyone, would not begrudge you for a moment if you are harboring a death wish against the despicable Ayatolla Seyyed Ali Khamene'i or Iran's President Ahmadinejad?

"According to a special "religious decree" issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, virgin women prisoners must be raped before execution to prevent their going to heaven. A Guard conducts the rape the night before their murder. The next day, the religious judge at the prison issues a marriage certificate and sends it to the victim’s family, along with a box of sweets."

Here is the link:

http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/mhviran.htm (Comment this)

Written by: DW Duke at 2007/08/04 - 20:19:15
6 - Here is a website maintained by an organization that tracks executions worldwide. According to this article, the "Organization of Women Against Execution" in Iran has counted 2000 executions of women between 1981 and 1990 and some estimate tens of thousands. 187 of those known were under the age of 18 at the time of execution and 9 were under the age of 13. One was only 10 years old when she was executed. This means that those 9 girls would have been blessed with the ayatolla's rape/marriage with wedding gifts consisting of a "box of sweets" to their families.

http://www.geocities.com/richard.clark32@btinternet.com/iranfem.html

I really admire people who can respond with a Ghandi style approach to this kind of information. Unfortunately, I wasn't blessed with such tolerance. The more I read of this garbage the more furious I become. (Comment this)

Written by: DW Duke at 2007/08/04 - 21:59:48
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