Thursday, December 27, 2007

URGENT: 6th child offender in a month facing imminent execution

A 19 year old boy identified as Ali will be facing execution soon, reported by Iran and Etemaad newspapers in Iran. He is convicted of murdering a 8 year old boy called Ahmad, after rape in semi completed building 2 years ago. Ali  has confessed to the crime. He was 17 years of age at the time. A court in Tehran sentenced him to death and the sentence has been confirmed by Iran's supreme court, and about to be carried out.

SCE campaign acknowledge the right and responsibility of governments to bring to justice those children suspected of criminal offences, but unconditionally opposes their death penalty as the International law strictly prohibits the use of the death penalty against people convicted of crimes committed when they were under 18. As a state party to both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Iran has undertaken not to execute child offenders. However, since 1990, the ruling Islamic regime in Iran has executed at least 30 child offenders, including more than 6 so far this year. 81 child offenders are now recorded by SCE to be on death row in Iran. This number may be even higher as according to reports, at least a further 15 Afghan child offenders may be under sentence of death. According to the recent statistics provided by an Iranian police official about 170 children can be facing execution in Iran. There has been a surge in processing the children's file for execution and this is the SIXTH URGENT CALL IN ONE MONTH that Stop Child Executions Campaign had to issue, the other five being for Ali Mahin-Torabi, Mohammad Latif, Delara DarabiHossein Haghi and Behnood. Iran's regime executed a 20 year old boy, Makwan Moloudzadeh, earlier this month for alleged homosexuality at the age of 13.

Four child offenders have been executed since October 2007: Babak Rahimi (17), Hossein Gharabaghloo (16), Mohammadreza Tork (15) Makwan Moloudzadeh (13).* [* The numbers in the ( ) indicate the age when they allegedly committed the crime for what they were executed.]

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حکم قصاص جوان 17 ساله

روزنامه اعتماد

حکم قصاص جوان 17 ساله يي که يک پسر بچه 8 ساله را پس از تعرض به قتل رسانده بود از سوي ديوان عالي کشور تاييد شد. عصر روز 27 آذر سال 84 ماموران گشت انتظامي تهران
بزرگ از کشف جسد يک پسر بچه 8 ساله در حوالي ميدان امام «شاهدشهر» با خبر شدند و با حضور در محل دريافتند جسد پسر بچه 8 ساله يي به نام احمد در حاشيه اين ميدان رها شده و آثار ضرب و جرح بر پيکر اين کودک مشهود است. با آغاز تحقيقات پدر احمد گفت به يکي از دوستان فرزندش که نوجواني 17 ساله به نام علي است مشکوک است. به اين ترتيب علي دستگير شد و در اعترافي تکان دهنده گفت ظهر روز حادثه احمد را به داخل يک ساختمان نيمه کاره کشاندم و به وي تعرض کردم و سپس از ترس تصميم گرفتم او را بکشم. با توجه به اعتراف علي و همچنين تکميل پرونده قاضي شعبه 74 دادگاه کيفري استان تهران براي وي در روز اول مرداد سال جاري حکم قصاص صادر کرد که اين حکم از سوي شعبه 39 ديوان عالي کشور تاييد شد   

روزنامه ايران 

حكم قصاص پسر جوانى كه در اقدامى جنون آميز پسر بچه اى را به قتل رسانده پس از تأييد در ديوان عالى كشور به دادسراى جنايى تهران ارسال شد.به گزارش خبرنگار جنايى ما، محكوم ۱۹ ساله، دو سال قبل پس از آزار و اذيت پسر هشت ساله اى به نام احمد، وى را در ساختمانى نيمه كاره در يكى از محله هاى شهريار به قتل رساند و گريخت.پس از شكايت پدر پسر بچه و تحقيقات گسترده پليس سرانجام متهم دستگير و به قتل اعتراف كرد.با توجه به درخواست اولياى دم و اسناد و مدارك موجود در پرونده ، حكم اعدام متهم از سوى شعبه ۷۴ دادگاه كيفرى استان تهران صادر شد. شعبه ۳۹ ديوان عالى كشور نيز حكم را تأييد كرد.قاضى عصمت الله جابرى رئيس شعبه اجراى احكام دادسراى جنايى تهران در اين باره گفت: پرونده محكوم به مرگ به دادسراى جنايى ارسال شد تا پس از انجام مراحل قانونى وى به دار مجازات آويخته شود
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

نجات محسن پسر اعدامى ازمرگ

 ـ يك محكوم به مرگ با اعلام رضايت خانواده مقتول از اعدام نجات يافت. پسر ۱۸ ساله اى كه ۳ سال قبل در جريان درگيرى هنگام بازى فوتبال، دوست برادرش را با كارد به قتل رسانده بود در واپسين روزهاى زندگى اش با رضايت پدر و مادر مقتول از اعدام نجات يافت.محسن ۱۸ ساله متهم است آبان ۸۳ به طرفدارى از برادر كوچك تر خود با يكى از هم بازى هايش به نام مهدى در زمين فوتبال به جروبحث پرداخته و در يك درگيرى وى را به قتل رسانده است.محسن پس از دستگيرى و محاكمه در دادگاه كيفرى استان تهران به قصاص محكوم شد.در حالى كه پرونده وى پس از تأييد حكم در ديوان عالى كشور براى اجراى حكم به شعبه اجراى احكام دادسراى جنايى تهران فرستاده شده بود، سرانجام با تلاش واحد صلح و سازش داد سرا به رياست قاضى جابرى اولياى دم در اقدامى خداپسندانه از اعدام پسر جوان گذشت كردند. بدين ترتيب او از قصاص نجات يافت
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Mohsen: Another Iranian Child saved from execution

According to Iran Newspaper an Iranian child offender Mohsen, on the execution row , was pardoned by the victim's family on Christmas day at the age of 18.

Mohsen was accused of killing his brother's friend 3 years ago , at the age of 15, during a soccer game after the alleged victim and his younger brother get in to a fight. He was consequently sentenced to death by hanging. The verdict was approved by Iran's superior court but the file was sent to the mediation committee which resulted in pardon by victim's family on December 25, 2007.

Mohsen's name was not among the names of the 80 children facing execution in Iran , published by Stop Child Executions Campaign. Iran is reported to have more than 170 children facing execution, most of them publicaly unknown.

source: Iran newspaper
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با پرداخت ديه سينا پايمرد پس از 3.5.سال از زندان آزاد شد

روزنامه اعتماد
نوجوان نوازنده ني که از 5/3 سال پيش به اتهام قتل در زندان به سر مي برد با اعلام رضايت اولياي دم مقتول سرانجام بعدازظهر يکشنبه براي هميشه از زندان آزاد شد و يک بار ديگر به زندگي بازگشت. به گزارش خبرنگار ما، سينا پايمرد که متهم بود در 16 سالگي جواني به نام جهان را با ضربه چاقو به قتل رسانده بود بعدازظهر يکشنبه در حالي از زندان رجايي شهر کرج آزاد شد که قبل از اعلام رضايت اولياي دم دو بار پاي چوبه دار رفته بود. سينا که 5/3 سال پيش در يک نزاع مرتکب قتل شده بود پس از محاکمه در شعبه 71 دادگاه کيفري استان تهران به قصاص محکوم شد و اين حکم در ديوان عالي کشور مورد تاييد قرار گرفت. اوايل سال جاري از آنجايي که سينا نتوانسته بود رضايت اولياي دم مقتول را جلب کند در فهرست اعداميان قرار گرفت. وي که به سن 19 سالگي رسيده بود هنگامي که پاي چوبه دار رفت به عنوان آخرين تقاضا از اجرا کنندگان حکم خواست اجازه دهند او براي دقايقي ني بنوازد. ناله هاي ني سينا سبب شد اولياي دم به صورت موقتي و به شرط دريافت ديه از اعدام وي صرف نظر کنند و به اين ترتيب ني سينا نه تنها باعث نجات خودش از طناب دار شد بلکه يک خانواده ديگر هم تحت تاثير اين اتفاق از قصاص قاتل فرزندشان گذشت کردند. سينا که بر سر خريد ماده مخدر حشيش با مقتول درگير شده و او را به قتل رسانده بود هنگامي که از طناب دار فاصله گرفت، خطاب به اولياي دم گفت انسان ديگري شده و حالا فقط مي خواهد به زندگي کردن و خوب بودن فکر کند، اما چند ماه بعد روزهاي بحراني بار ديگر به زندگي سيناي جوان خيمه زد چرا که او نتوانسته بود ديه مورد تقاضاي اولياي دم را تهيه کند. به اين ترتيب شهريورماه سال جاري يک بار ديگر نام سينا پايمرد در ليست اعداميان چهارشنبه آخرماه قرار گرفت و اولياي دم هم حاضر نشدند کمي بيشتر به خانواده سينا فرصت دهند. در اين ميان تلاش هاي سازمان هاي مدافع حقوق بشر و فعالان حقوق کودک براي نجات سينا آغاز شد و سرانجام شب قبل از اعدام با نامه رئيس قوه قضائيه دستور توقف اجراي حکم اعدام سينا صادر شد و او براي بار دوم از سلول انفرادي به اندرزگاه يک زندان رجايي شهر بازگشت. چندي بعد با فراهم شدن مبلغ مورد تقاضاي اولياي دم و اعلام رضايت آنها، سينا از اعدام به طور قطع فاصله گرفت و براي مشخص شدن مجازات جنبه عمومي جرمش در انتظار محاکمه ماند تا اينکه 10 روز پيش براي بار دوم در برابر قضات شعبه 71 دادگاه کيفري استان تهران قرار گرفت و با راي صادره به لحاظ جنبه عمومي جرم به 5/3 سال حبس با احتساب ايام بازداشت محکوم شد و سرانجام بعدازظهر روز يکشنبه درهاي طوسي رنگ زندان رجايي شهر همزمان با اشک شوق سينا و خانواده اش باز شد و قدم هاي لرزان نوازنده ني چارچوب در را پيمود تا يکبار ديگر سينا در هواي سرد زمستاني نفس بکشد و طعم آزادي را بچشد. آزادي سينا اميدي براي ساير نوجوانان محکوم به اعدام است که روزهاي سختي را در زندان مي گذرانند.
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Sina Paymard is FREE

Aftermore 3.5 years in prison and payment of about $160,000 in blood money retribution Sina Paymard was freed on Christmas eve.

After Sina's release, Nasrin Sotoudeh Sina's attorney told Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA): " I want to thank everyone who took part in helping Sina". Sotoudeh added :"Of course we are happy that Sina is released , but we also hope that (Iran's) laws change such that we will never witness execution of under 18 child offenders. We ask the lawmakers to speed up the process (of approving the parliamnetary bill), that the youth in prison no longer worry" about being executed.  

Sina Paymard, a musician, was convicted of murder at the age of 17 after a dispute with a man over cannabis in 2004. Sina Paymard reportedly told the Court that he was addicted to drugs and had gone to a park in Tehran on the day of the incident to try and obtain cannabis from a drug dealer. He allegedly stabbed the drug dealer to death during a fight. According to his lawyer, the sentencing court did not properly consider evidence that Sina Paymard suffered from a mental disorder.

Iran's Supreme Court also upheld the death sentence, and he was scheduled to be hanged on September 20, 2006, two weeks after his 18th birthday. Many human right activists and organization including Nazanin
Afshin-Jam at the time objected to the execution of Sina. When Sina was taken to the execution site, where the noose was placed around his neck, he was asked if he had a last request. Sina asked if he could play the flute. The family members of the victim who were present to witness the execution were very moved by his playing, and agreed not to have him executed. 

In July 2007 he was taken to be executed a second time and after urgent call by Sina's attorney on the day before the execution, Nazanin Afshin-Jam and Stop Child Executions Campaign contacted Amnesty International, UN and Canadian Government which lead to immediate objections by UN, Canada and other countries. After mediation by UNESCO office in Tehran and human rights activists in Iran such as Mr. Emad Baghi, the alleged victim's family agreed to delay the execution for 10 days which eventually lead to forgiveness in return for payment of diyeh (blood money). In Iran, family members are asked before the execution is carried out if they wish to forgo their right to retribution and forgive the condemned. 

The family of the victim received 150 million tumans ($ 160,000) in retributions and Sina was taken to prison pending the court order about the length of imprisonment. After the court determined the prison sentnce of Sina was three and half years and he already had served the same number of years in prison he was eventually released on December 24, 2007.

Nazanin Afshin-Jam and Stop Child Executions Campaign thank Mrs. Nasrin Sotoudeh for her hard work and for keeping SCE updated about Sina's situation. We also wish to thank Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, honorable Peter McKay and the Canadian Government for their immediate response to Nazanin Afshin-Jam's urgent request to intervene on the execution date of July 17, 2007. SCE thanks Amnesty International for their efforts and the urgent actions alerts , Mr. Emad Baghi head of Iran's prisoners' rights (Mr. Baghi is now imprisoned by Iran's regime) for his mediaition attempts, United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, UNESCO, International Committee Against Executions, Other governments and other Human rights organizations and Advocates for helping stop Sina's execution orders. 

We also wish to greatly thank the volunteers and supporters of Stop Child Executions Campaign for their hard work and getting the word out.

Sina awaiting execution on July 17, 2007

To read more about Sina Paymard visit: http://scenews.blog.com//Sina+Paymard/
and http://www.stopchildexecutions.com/sina.aspx
To help save others facing execution in Iran visit: http://www.stopchildexecutions.com/how-you-can-help.aspx

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Sunday, December 23, 2007

URGENT: Another child offender facing imminent execution

A young man identified as Behnood could be facing execution soon, reported few of Iran's news agencies today. He is convicted of murdering a 19 year old boy called Ehsan, with a soda bottle during a street fight two years ago. Behnood was 17 years of age at the time. A court in Tehran sentenced him to death and the sentence has been confirmed by Iran's supreme court, and about to be carried out.

Fars news agency reported that the parents of Ehsan have asked for Ghisas (punishment by execution) and Iran's mediation departments are trying to obtain the victims parents pardon to prevent execution. There was no mention if the execution has been approved by Iran's head of judiciary or not.

SCE campaign strongly condemns the planned execution of Behnood as the International law strictly prohibits the use of the death penalty against people convicted of crimes committed when they were under 18. As a state party to both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Iran has undertaken not to execute child offenders. However, since 1990, the ruling Islamic regime in Iran has executed at least 30 child offenders, including more than 6 so far this year. 81 child offenders are now recorded by SCE to be on death row in Iran. This number may be even higher as according to reports, at least a further 15 Afghan child offenders may be under sentence of death. According to the recent statistics provided by an Iranian police official about 170 children can be facing execution in Iran. There has been a surge in processing the children's file for execution and this is the FIFTH URGENT CALL IN ONE MONTH that Stop Child Executions Campaign had to issue, the other four being for Ali Mahin-Torabi, Mohammad Latif, Delara Darabi and Hossein Haghi. Iran's regime executed a 20 year old boy, Makwan Moloudzadeh, earlier this month for alleged homosexuality at the age of 13.

Four child offenders have been executed since October 2007: Babak Rahimi (17), Hossein Gharabaghloo (16), Mohammadreza Tork (15) Makwan Moloudzadeh (13).*
[* The numbers in the ( ) indicate the age when they allegedly committed the crime for what they were executed.]

The legal proceedings in Behnood's case, like those of other child offenders facing the death penalty, may also have been flawed. As well as noting that Iran is violating international law by sentencing child offenders to death, SCE Campaign is concerned about the use of evidence in these cases, including that of expert witnesses, where relevant, in trials, and relevant circumstantial evidences.


RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible, in Persian, Arabic, English, French or your own language:


- calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately halt the execution of Behnood.
- expressing concern that Behnood was sentenced to death for a crime committed when he was under 18;
- urging the Head of the Judiciary to investigate the procedures followed in this case from the investigation through to its confirmation by the Supreme Court;
- calling for the death sentence against Behnood to be commuted;
- reminding the authorities that Iran is a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which prohibit the use of the death penalty against people convicted of crimes committed when they were under 18, and that the execution of Hossein Haghi would therefore be a violation of international law;
- urging the authorities to pass legislation to abolish the death penalty for offences committed by anyone under the age of 18, so as to bring Iran’s domestic law into line with its obligations under international law;
- stating that you acknowledge the right and responsibility of governments to bring to justice those children suspected of criminal offences, but unconditionally opposes their death penalty.

APPEALS TO:
Head of the Judiciary
His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Ministry of Justice, Panzdah Khordad (Ark) Square,
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Salutation: Your Excellency
Email: info@dadgostary-tehran.ir (In the subject line: FAO Ayatollah Shahroudi)
Fax: +98 21 3390 4986 (please keep trying, if the called is answered, say "fax please")

Leader of the Islamic Republic
His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei, The Office of the Supreme Leader
Islamic Republic Street - Shahid Keshvar Doust Street
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: info@leader.ir
Salutation: Your Excellency

COPIES TO:
Director, Human Rights Headquarters of Iran
His Excellency Mohammad Javad Larijani
C/o Office of the Deputy for International Affairs
Ministry of Justice,
Ministry of Justice Building, Panzdah-Khordad (Ark) Square,
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Fax: + 98 21 5 537 8827 (please keep trying)

and to diplomatic representatives of Iran accredited to your country.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.
for more information about how to help visit: http://www.stopchildexecutions.com/how-you-can-help.aspx
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حكم قصاص جوان 17 ساله‌ براي اجرا فرستاده شد

خبرگزاري فارس
 
حكم قصاص جوان 17 ساله‌اي كه يك جوان 19 ساله را با ضربه شيشه نوشابه به سرش به قتل رسانده بود براي اجرا به واحد اجراي حكم دادسراي امور جنايي تهران رفت.به گزارش خبرنگار اجتماعي فارس، ساعت 23 روز 27 مرداد سال 84 ، مأموران كلانتري ونك از وقوع يك درگيري و نزاع منجر به فوت يك جوان 19 ساله با خبر شدند
مأموران با حضور در صحنه دريافتند فردي به نام بهنود 17 ساله با شخص ديگري به نام احسان 19 ساله درگير شده و در اين درگيري بهنود با ضربه شيشه نوشابه به سر احسان،؛ وي را مجروح و به قتل رسانده است
جابري قاضي واحد اجراي احكام دادسراي امور جنايي تهران در خصوص اين پرونده گفت: بهنود متهم به قتل در بازجويي ها به قتل احسان اعتراف كرده و مدعي شد عصر روز حادثه با گروهي از دوستان احسان درگير شده و با آنها جر و بحث كرده اما شامگاه همان شب احسان به همراه دوستانش به محله ما آمده و مدعي شد قصد گرفتن انتقام از من را دارد
وي ادامه داد: بهنود در ادامه دفاعياتش مدعي شد احسان در درگيري به خانواده‌اش فحاشي كرده و بهنود نيز كه از اين موضوع عصباني شده است با وارد كردن ضربه شيشه نوشابه به سر وي او را مضروب و سپس به قتل رسانده است
قاضي واحد اجراي احكام دادسراي امور جنايي تهران گفت: با توجه به مجرم شناخته شدن بهنود و درخواست اولياي دم مبني بر قصاص وي شعبه 74 دادگاه كيفري استان تهران براي وي حكم قصاص صادر كرد كه اين حكم از سوي شعبه 32 ديوان عالي كشور تائيد شد
جابري افزود: در حال حاضر واحد صلح و سازش دادسراي امور جنايي تهران در تلاش است تا بتواند رضايت خانواده مقتول را مبني بر عدم اجراي حكم قصاص بهنود بگيرد

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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Waiting to be ....


This was created in prison by Reza Alinejad, who was sentenced to death at 16. It is his own image behind the prison bars with this word above it in persian : WAITING 
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بیانیه ریاست اتحادیه اروپا در رابطه احکام اعدام محمد لطیف، علی مهین ترابی و حسین حقی

تهران –1386/9/27
اتحادیه اروپا مراتب نگرانی عمیق خود را در رابطه با تصمیم دیوان عالی در رابطه با احکام اعدام محمد لطیف، علی مهین ترابی و حسین حقی، اعلام می دارد ریاست اتحادیه اروپا مایل به یاد آوری تعهدات و مسئولیت های بین المللی جمهوری اسلامی ایران مخصوصا در رابطه با مفاد توافقنامه اجلاسیه بین المللی حقوق سیاسی و مدنی ( ماده 6 بند 5) و همچنین میثاق حقوق کودک ( ماده 37) ، می باشد. ریاست اتحادیه اروپا از جمهوری اسلامی ایران درخواست می نماید تا رای صادره دادگاه جهت محمد لطیف، علی مهین ترابی و حسین حقی را به سبب تعهدات بین المللی جمهوری اسلامی ایران ، مورد بررسی و بازنگری مجدد قرار دهند ریاست اتحادیه اروپا از مقامات جمهوری اسلامی ایران درخواست تصویب سریع قانون جدید مطرح در مجلس در رابطه با دادگاه نوجوانان و همچنین حصول اطمینان از حذف حکم اعدام برای افراد زیر سن قانونی و کسانی که در سنین کودکی مرتکب بزه می گردند را بطور شفاف ، در قانون مذکور را دارد. ریاست کشورها ی اتحادیه اروپا از وزارت امور خارجه جمهوری اسلامی ایران درخواست انتقال این پیام را به مقامات مجلس و شورای نگهبان و همچنین قوه قضاییه، را می نماید. اتحادیه اروپا مجددا موضع دیرینه خود را در مخالفت و ضدیت با مجازات اعدام، تحت هر شرایطی را اعلام داشته و کاربرد مجازات اعدام برای افراد زیر سنین قانونی را قویا مردود می داند
 
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