Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Iran: Apeal failed. 17 year old boy to be executed

Kargozaarn: http://www.kargozaaran.com/ShowNews.php?26961
Gooya.com:  http://news.gooya.com/politics/archives/2008/08/075497.php

According to a report by Human Rights Reporters Committe in Iran, Amir Karim Bahram who was convicted of murder during a group fight four years ago when he was 17, has had his death sentence confirmed by appeal court. Karim is being held in Mahabad prison in northwest Iran.
 
Amir has denied the charge from the beginning and claims someone else is responsible for the crime. He did not have lawyer during his trial, and upon the request of victim's family he was been sentenced to qesas. It is feared that Amir's death sentence be carried out soon.

In a phone call from prison Amir Karim stated that : " I have no fear of death but he hopes that at least people of city of Mahabad become aware of his circumstances"
 
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Execution order of Amir Amorllahi sent to prison

Kargozaraan: http://www.kargozaaran.com/ShowNews.php?26963

Iran's judiciary has approved the death sentence of Amir Amrollahi, a juvenile who allegedly committed murder when he was 16 , Kargozaran newspaper said on Tuesday. Amir had "unintentionally stabbed a young man to death in a childish fight when he was 16, in November 2005,"  According to the newspaper , Amir's execution order has already been sent to the prison and it is expected to take place within days.
A court in the southern city of Shiraz sentenced Amir to death and the verdict has been approved by the office of Iran's judiciary chief, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, it added.

The news has not yet been confimed by Amir's attorney, Mohammad Mostafaei whose another client Reza Hejazi was executed today in Iran for an alleged crime at the age of 15 . Mostafaei was not notified about the execution.

To read the urgent call and information about Amir Amrollahi visit: http://scenews.blog.com/Amir%20Amrollahi/
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تایید حكم قصاص امیركریم در سن 17 سالگی

روزنامه کارگزاران http://www.kargozaaran.com/ShowNews.php?26961

پسری كه به اتهام قتل دستگیر شده بود، پس از تایید حكم از سوی قضات دادگاه تجدیدنظر در آستانه اعدام قرار دارد. «امیركریم» كه هم‌اكنون در زندان مهاباد به‌سر می‌برد چهار سال قبل و در سن 17 سالگی به اتهام قتل بازداشت شد. حكم قصاص او سپس از سوی قضات دادگاه كیفری تایید شد و هم‌اكنون نیز پس از اعتراض به حكم صادره، به تایید قضات دادگاه تجدید نظر رسیده است

Gooya.com:  http://news.gooya.com/politics/archives/2008/08/075497.php

اميرکريم بهرام، فردی است که متهم است طی يک نزاع جمعی در نوجوانی فردی را به قتل رسانده است، وی که از سوی دادگاه بدوی به اعدام محکوم شده بود، در دادگاه تجديدنظر نيز مجرم شناخته شده و حکم وی تأييد شد.

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Reza Hejazi executed

Amnesty International                Public Statement
AI Index: MDE 13/xxx/2008    (Public)
19 August 2008
Iran: Amnesty International condemns the execution of juvenile offender Reza Hejazi

Amnesty International unreservedly condemns the execution today 19 July 2008, at 11am of Reza Hejazi, for a crime he committed when he was below 18 years old. Reza Hejazi was hanged in Esfahan central prison following his conviction for the murder, then aged about 15. His lawyer was not informed that his execution was to be carried out, though under Iranian law a 48 hour notification period is required. Amnesty International calls for the Iranian Judiciary to halt all executions of juvenile offenders and the Iranian government to ban all such executions in line with international law.
Reza Hejazi's family were notified that he had been transferred to a cell for those to be executed within 24 hours, and
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مصاحبه با وکیل رضا حجازی

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مصاحبه با حسین حجازی برادر رضا حجازی

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Monday, August 18, 2008

رضا حجازی به اتهام ارتکاب جرم در 15 سالگی ,فردا اعدام می شود

محمد مصطفایی

ساعت 9 شب مورخ ۲۸/5/1387 ( امشب) در پی تماس تلفنی از پدر رضا حجازی شنیدم که قرار است فردا ساعت 4 صبح رضا حجازی اعدام گردد اجرای حکم قصاص نفس این پسر 20 ساله در حالی صورت می گیرد که تاکنون هیچگونه ابلاغی جهت اجرای حکم به اینجانب به عنوان وکیل رضا نشده است.

پرونده اتهامی سیدرضا حجازی متولد 30/4/1367 حکایت از این دارد که در تاریخ 28/6/1382 در حین نزاع چند نفر با یکدیگر فردی به نام وحید صادقیان چاقو خورده و به بیمارستان سپاهان منتقل و به محض ورود به بیمارستان فوت می نماید پزشکی قانونی علت فوت را بریدگی قلب و عوارض اصابت جسم برنده تعیین می گردد.

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WARNING: Iranian boy to be executed tomorrow

Stop Child Executions has just been informed that Seyed Reza Hejazi, a juvenile offender is scheduled for execution tomorrow morning at 4am. According his father, Reza has been transferred to solitary cell which holds prisoners who are executed in 24 hours. In violation of Iran's own laws, Reza's attorney Mohammad Mostafaei has not been informed by the authorities of the imminent execution.

Reza Hejazi – then aged 15 - was among a small group of people involved in a dispute with a man on 18 September 2004, which resulted in the man being fatally stabbed. Reza Hejazi was arrested and tried for murder, and on 14 November 2005 he was sentenced to Qesas (retribution)
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Friday, August 15, 2008

SCE data - August 2008: 134 Iranian juveniles on execution row

As of August 16, 2008 at least 134 juvenile offenders believed to be on death row in Iran. At least 141 juvenile offenders are facing execution worldwide: 134 in Iran, 3 in Saudi Arabia, 3 in Sudan and 1 in Yemen.   4 juveniles are known to have been executed in Iran in 2008.

To view the detailed list visit : www.stopchildexecutions.com/scedata.htm
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2 more juveniles known to face execution in Iran

Human Rights Activists in Iran reported three juveniles are facing execution. Two of the juveniles were not in the prior published lists of Stop Child Executions. There are at least 134 juveniles recorded to be facing execution in Iran.

Reza Hajizadeh now 18, was sentenced to death for being the cause of death of another child during child play when he was only 13 years old. After 5 years imprisonment Reza has not been able to obtain pardon from victim's family and therefore now that he is 18 years of age, he is facing execution. Reza is being kept in ward 2 of Rajai-shahr prison of Karaj among dangerous criminals.

Seyed Vahid Mousavi 25 years of age, was sentenced to death for an alleged of murder at the age of 17. He has been imprisoned for 8 years and is being kept in ward 4 of Rajaishahr prison in Karaj. Vahid has been unable to obtain pardon from victims's family and faces execution.

Human Rights activists also listed another juvenile named Benyamin Rasouli was sentenced to death for an alleged murder at the age of 16. Benyamin who was unable to obtain pardon from victim's family is kept in ward 4 of Rajaishahr prison in city of Karaj and after 5 years imprisonment faces execution. According to SCE records, Benyamin who is now 23 years old was sentenced to death by Branch 74 of Tehran Penal Court which was approved by Iran's Supreme Court in October 2005.
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