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17089 people worldwide demanding Iran to stop child executions
SCE : July 24, 2008
This week the petition demanding a halt to child executions in Iran surpassed 17,000 mark. The petition which was initiated by Stop Child Executions a non-profit human rights organization co-founded by Nazanin Afshin-Jam, former Miss Canada , musician and human rights activist was signed by many citizens of the world including many human rights activists and world politicians.
SCE is the leading campaign providing information and updates on the situation of minors on death row in Iran and worldwide. Stop Child Executions works alongside other human rights groups worldwide such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
Since 1990, 34 juveniles have been executed, including more than 6 in 2007 and 2 in 2008. As of July 24, 2008 at least 135 juvenile offenders believed to be on death row in Iran . 142 juvenile offenders are facing execution worldwide: 135 in Iran , 3 in Saudi Arabia , 3 in Sudan and 1 in Yemen . At least 2 juveniles have been executed in Iran in 2008.
As a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the government of Iran has undertaken not to execute anyone for an offense committed under the age of 18.
Article 6.5 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) declares:
“Sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons below eighteen years of age”
Article 37(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) provides that:
“Neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without possibility of release shall be imposed for offenses committed by persons below eighteen years of age” .
Article 9 of Iran ‘s Civil Code states:
” Treaties and conventions which have been ratified in accordance with the constitution between the governments of Iran and other governments are defined as laws.”
To join the worldwide call to put an end to child executions globally sign the SCE petition at www.stopchildexecutions.com. The petition is available in 6 languages. SCE also maintain a blog in English and Persian with the updates on juvenile executions news.
Some of the supporters:
- Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Co-founder, Miss World Canada 2003, artist and human rights advocate
- David Etebari, Co-founder, Campaign Coordinator, human rights advocate
- Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Nobel Prize Laureate 2003, Lawyer and human rights advocate
- Irshad Manji Muslim author activist
- Mina Ahadi, Head of the International Committee Against Executions
- Mehrangiz Kar Writer, Human Rights Advocate
- Mohammad Mostafaei, Attorney for Nazanin Fatehi and Reza Alinejad
- Nasrin Sotoudeh, Attorney for Sina Paymard and Soghra Najafpour
- Shadi Sadr, Attorney for Nazanin Fatehi and woman right activist
- Abdolsamad Khoramshahi, Attorney for Delara Darabi
- Fatemeh Haghighatjou, Iranian former Member of Parliament, Human Rights advocate
- Maz Jobrani, Actor – Comedian
- Dariush Kadivar, Iranian journalist, Film Historian, Writer
- Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Former political prisoner
- Nazanin Fatehi, Former minor on death row in Iran
- Ali Alinejad, Brother of Reza Alinejad: a minor on death row
- Ghazal Darabi, Sister of Delara Darabi: a minor on death row
- Save the Children Sweden
- Donna and Graham Greene, Australian Music Artists
- Tim Bowles, Director of Youth for Human Rights International
- Tarek Fatah, Canada, Founder of Muslim Canadian Congress / activist
- Neda Shahidyazdani, USA Human Rights Activist
POLITICIANS AND MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENTS:
On February 27, 2007 more than 34 members of European Parliament signed a resolution to Stop Child Executions in Iran , [11]. Additionally, this is a list of world pliticians who have signed the Petition:
- Jason Kenney, Canada Secretary of State
- Belinda Stronach, Canada member of Parliament
- May Hansen, Norway Member of parliament
- Feleknas Uca, European Parliament member
- Francois Nicoullaud Former ambassador of France to Iran and author
- Jean-Marcel Cremona, secretary general of the Lebertarian party of France
- Peter Hulme Cross, member of the City of London Assembly
- David Kilgour Former Canadian Secretary of State (Africa and latin America )
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102 of the 349 Members of the Swedish Parliament:
Barbro Westerholm, Gunnar Andrén, Birgitta Ohlsson, Alice Åström, Wiwi-Anne Johansson, Gudrun Utas, Jenny Fors, Egon Frid, Mats Einarsson, Gunilla Wahlén, Eva Olofsson, Elina Linna, Lars Ohly, Anki Ahlsten, Rossana Dinamarca, Mats Sander, Ulla andersson, Ewa Larsson, Ulrika Carlsson, Göran Lindblad, Kerstin Engle, Helena Leander, Mats Pertoft, Siv Holma, Eva Selin Lindgren, Per Bolund, Gunvor G Ericson, Birgitta Sellén, Solveig Zander, Eva Flyborg, Maria Lundqvist-Brömster, Maria Kornevik Jakobsson, Christer Winbäck, Kristin Oretorp, Holger Gustafsson, Solveig Hellquist, Tina Acketoft, Tina Ehn, barbro westerholm, Max Andersson, Bodil Ceballos, Solveig Zander, Agneta Berliner, Staffan Danielsson, Per Lodenius, Mildred Thulin, Morgan Johansson, Anita Brodén, Karla Lopez, Lars Lilja, Peter Jeppsson, Karin Svensson Smith, Eva-Lena Jansson, Lars Mejern Larsson, Hans Rothenberg, Veronica Palm, Ulla Lö fgren, Inger Jarl Beck, Betty Malmberg, Lars-Ivar Ericson, Annie Johansson, Lennart Pettersson, Fredrik Malm, Hillevi Larsson, Désirée Pethrus Engström, Stefan Attefall, Inger Davidson, Karin Pilsäter, Jan Ertsborn, Marianne Berg, Peter Hultqvist, Emma Henriksson, Torbjörn Björlund, Désirée Liljevall, Lars Tysklind, Nina Larsson, Jennifer Hacker, Ulf Holm, Ola Nilsson, LiseLotte Olsson, Hans Linde, Lena Hallengren, Hans Backman, Josefin Brink, Maryam Yazdanfar, Fredrick Federley, Allan Widman, Mikael Johansson, Johan Pehrson, Jan Ericson, Rolf K Nilsson, Tomas Tobé, Maria Östberg Svanelind, Inger René, Ewa Thalén Finné, Walburga Habsburg, Mats G Nilsson, Gunilla Wahlen and Lars Johansson.
Signatures from Members of European Parliament:
Belgium:
VAN LANCKER, Anne
Czech Republic:
ZVERINA, Jaroslav
Denmark:
THOMSEN, Britta
France:
GIBAULT, Claire
Germany:
BEER, Angelika
BRIE, André
BYRNE, Vivienne
FELEKNAS, Uca
KAUFMANN Sylvia-Yvonne
KUHNE, Helmut
ZIMMER, Gabriele
MARKOV, Helmuth
Greece:
BATZELI, Katerina
Italy:
AGNOLETTO, Vittorio
AITA, Vincenzo
CATANIA, Giusto
DEL-DO, Eliane
GUIDONI, Umberto
MUSACCHIO, Roberto
MORGANTINI, Luisa
Portugal:
CASACA, Paulo
GOMES, Ana-Maria
Romania:
SILAGHI, Ovidiu
Slovakia:
STASTNY, Peter
Spain:
ROMEVA I RUEDA, Raoul
VALENCIANO, Elena
Sweden:
CARLSHAMRE, Maria
HOLM, Jens
MAC AVAN, Linda
MARKOV, Helmuth
SVENSSON, Eva-Britt
SEGELSTRÖM, Inger
UK:
CASHMAN, Michael
GILL, Neena
LAMBERT, Jean
SCE petition reach 15,000 signatures
2 more Swedish Parliament members sign the SCE petition
11790. | Lars Johansson | Sweden | MP |
11800. | Gunilla Wahlen | Sweden | MP, Member of Parliament, Left Party |
Nazanin Afshin-Jam and Stop Child Executions Campaign wish to thank Honorable members of the Swedish Parliament: Gunilla Wahlen and Lars Johansson for their support of the campaign to stop child executions.
To date 103 of the 350 members of the Swedish Parliament have signed the petition to Stop Child Executions:
Barbro Westerholm, Gunnar Andrén, Birgitta Ohlsson, Alice Åström, Wiwi-Anne Johansson, Gudrun Utas, Jenny Fors, Egon Frid, Mats Einarsson, Gunilla Wahlén, Eva Olofsson, Elina Linna, Lars Ohly, Anki Ahlsten, Rossana Dinamarca, Mats Sander, Ulla andersson, Ewa Larsson, Ulrika Carlsson, Göran Lindblad, Kerstin Engle, Helena Leander, Mats Pertoft, Siv Holma, Eva Selin Lindgren, Per Bolund, Gunvor G Ericson, Birgitta Sellén, Solveig Zander, Eva Flyborg, Maria Lundqvist-Brömster, Maria Kornevik Jakobsson, Christer Winbäck, Kristin Oretorp, Holger Gustafsson, Solveig Hellquist, Tina Acketoft, Tina Ehn, barbro westerholm, Max Andersson, Bodil Ceballos, Solveig Zander, Agneta Berliner, Staffan Danielsson, Per Lodenius, Mildred Thulin, Morgan Johansson, Anita Brodén, Karla Lopez, Lars Lilja, Peter Jeppsson, Karin Svensson Smith, Eva-Lena Jansson, Lars Mejern Larsson, Hans Rothenberg, Veronica Palm, Ulla Löfgren, Inger Jarl Beck, Betty Malmberg, Lars-Ivar Ericson, Annie Johansson, Lennart Pettersson, Fredrik Malm, Hillevi Larsson, Désirée Pethrus Engström, Stefan Attefall, Inger Davidson, Karin Pilsäter, Jan Ertsborn, Marianne Berg, Peter Hultqvist, Emma Henriksson, Torbjörn Björlund, Désirée Liljevall, Lars Tysklind, Nina Larsson, Jennifer Hacker, Ulf Holm, Ola Nilsson, LiseLotte Olsson, Hans Linde, Lena Hallengren, Hans Backman, Josefin Brink, Maryam Yazdanfar, Fredrick Federley, Allan Widman, Mikael Johansson, Johan Pehrson, Jan Ericson, Rolf K Nilsson, Tomas Tobé, Maria Östberg Svanelind, Inger René, Ewa Thalén Finné, Walburga Habsburg, Mats G Nilsson, Gunilla Wahlen and Lars Johansson
Sign Amnesty International Petition to save Ali Mahin-Torabi from execution
Please sign the pettition at the bottom of the page :
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=335
(We have sent photo of Ali to Amnesty (UK) to add to the page)
Stop Child Execution Petition in German
Thanks to Michael Krömer in Vienna , the German translation of the Stop Child Executions Campaign is now available and posted on our website at www.stopchildexecutions.com
An: den Generalsekretär der Vereinten Nationen, Ban Ki-moon, den obersten Führer der Islamischen Republik Iran, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, und an das Oberhaupt der Justiz in der Islamischen Republik Iran, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi.
Wir, die Unterzeichner, sind tief besorgt über die anhaltende Praxis der Todesstrafe für angebliche Straftaten, die von jugendlichen Iranern im Alter von unter 18 Jahren begangen worden sind.
Artikel 6.5 des Internationalen Paktes über bürgerliche und politische Rechte (ICCPR) besagt: “Todesurteile sollen nicht für Verbrechen auferlegt werden, die von Personen verübt wurden, die das achtzehnte Lebensjahr noch nicht vollendet haben”.
Artikel 37(a) der Kinderrechtskonvention (CRC) sieht vor:
“Weder die Todesstrafe noch lebenslange Haft ohne die Möglichkeit einer Entlassung sollen für Straftaten verhängt werden, die von Personen verübt wurden, welche das achtzehnte Lebensjahr noch nicht vollendet haben.”
Als einer der Unterzeichnerstaaten hat sich die iranische Regierung völkerrechtlich verpflichtet, beide Artikel zu erfüllen. Dennoch hat Amnesty International 21 Hinrichtungen von minderjährigen Straftätern im Iran seit 1990 dokumentiert. In vielen Fällen wurden diese Minderjährigen vor ihrem 18. Geburtstag inhaftiert, aber erst danach hingerichtet.
Im Januar 2005 hat das UN Komitee für Kinderrechte, das die Staaten auf die Einhaltung der Vorschriften der Kinderrechtskonvention kontrolliert, den Iran gedrängt, Exekutionen von minderjährigen Straftätern sofort auszusetzen und die Todesstrafe für Minderjährige gänzlich abzuschaffen. Im Sommer 2006 wurde berichtet, das iranische Parlament habe ein Gesetz verabschiedet, das die Einrichtung von speziellen Gerichten für Kinder und Jugendliche vorsieht. Jedoch wurde es bislang noch nicht vom Wächterrat, der die Übereinstimmung der iranischen Gesetzgebung mit den islamischen Grundsätzen sicherstellen soll, gebilligt. Während der letzten vier Jahre haben die iranischen Behörden angeblich eine Gesetzesänderung erwägt, welche die Todesstrafe für minderjährige Straftäter verbietet. Jüngste Kommentare von Justizsprechern deuten auf einen Gesetzesvorschlag, der nur bei einigen bestimmten Verbrechen die Todesstrafe untersagen würde und nicht bei allen Straftaten, die durch Kinder begangen werden.
Trotz dieser Anstrengungen, ist die Zahl der hingerichteten Kinderstraftäter im Iran in den letzten zwei Jahren angestiegen. Bis März 2007 verblieben immer noch mindestens 25 Kinderstraftäter in Todestrakten im Iran. Die folgende Liste gibt deren Namen und Alter (sofern bekannt) zum Zeitpunkt ihrer vermeintlichen Verbrechen wieder:
1. Delara Darabi, 17
2. Beniamin Rasouli, 17
3. Hossein Toranj, 17
4. Hossein Haghi, 17
5. Morteza Feizi, 16
6. Sa’eed Jazee, 17
7. Ali Mahin Torabi, 16
8. Milad Bakhtiari, 16
9. Farshad Sa’eedi, 17
10. Hossein Gharabaghloo, 16
11. Shahram Pourmansouri, 17
12. Hedayat Niroumand, 15
13. Mohammad Mousavi,
14. Mostafa, 16
15. Mahmoud, 17
16. Hamid, 17
17. Sajjad, 17
18. Farzad, 15
19. Asghar, 16
20. Iman, 17
21. Ne’mat, 15
22. Hamzeh S, 17
23. Saber
24. Reza Alinejad 17
25. Sina Paymand 17
Wir, die Unterzeichner, rufen die iranischen Behörden auf:
– Veröffentlichen Sie eine vollständige Liste aller minderjährigen Personen, die zum Tode verurteilt worden sind.
– Stoppen Sie unverzüglich Hinrichtungen von Minderjährigen und verhindern Sie deren Anwendung in der Zukunft.
– Ergreifen Sie umgehend Maßnahmen zur Abschaffung der Todesstrafe gegen minderjährige Straftäter entsprechend der iranischen Verpflichtungen als Mitgliedsland der ICCPR und der CRC.
Wir, die Unterzeichner, empfehlen den Vereinten Nationen, dem Hohen Kommissar für Menschenrechte der Vereinten Nationen und dem UN Komitee für Kinderrechte:
– Fordern Sie die iranische Regierung unverzüglich auf, den im ICCPR und CRC beschriebenen internationalenVerpflichtungen nachzukommen.
Hochachtungsvoll
Die Unterzeichner
Name: ______________________
Email: _______________________
Land: _______________________
Titel/Position: _________________
Stop Child Executions Campaign petition signatures surpass 10,000
10004 Total Signatures
Number of signatures on the Stop Child Execution Campaign petition surpassed 10,000 and growing.
The petition is available in 6 languages:
Following is a partial list of a few of those who have signed the petition:
- Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Nobel Prize Laureate 2003, Lawyer and human rights advocate
- Irshad Manji Muslim author activist
- Mina Ahadi, Head of the International Committee Against Executions
- Mehrangiz Kar Writer, Human Rights Advocate
- Mohammad Mostafaei, Attorney for Nazanin Fatehi and Reza Alinejad
- Fatemeh Haghighatjou, Iranian former Member of Parliament, Human Rights advocate
- Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Former political prisoner
- Nazanin Fatehi, Former minor on death row in Iran
- Ali Alinejad, Brother of Reza Alinejad: a minor on death row
- Ghazal Darabi, Sister of Delara Darabi: a minor on death row
- Save the Children Sweden
- Donna and Graham Greene, Australian Music Artists
- Tim Bowles, Director of Youth for Human Rights International
- Tarek Fatah, Canada, Founder of Muslim Canadian Congress / activist
- Neda Shahidyazdani, USA Human Rights Lawyer
POLITICIANS AND MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENTS:
On February 27, 2007 more than 34 members of European Parliament signed a resolution to Stop Child Executions in Iran. Additionally, this is a list of world pliticians who have signed the Petition:
- Jason Kenney, Canada Secretary of State
- Belinda Stronach, Canada member of Parliament
- May Hansen, Norway Member of parliament
- Francois Nicoullaud Former ambassador of France to Iran and author
- Jean-Marcel Cremona, secretary general of the Lebertarian party of France
- Peter Hulme Cross, member of the City of London Assembly
- 101 Members of the Swedish Parliament:
Barbro Westerholm, Gunnar Andrén, Birgitta Ohlsson, Alice Åström, Wiwi-Anne Johansson, Gudrun Utas, Jenny Fors, Egon Frid, Mats Einarsson, Gunilla Wahlén, Eva Olofsson, Elina Linna, Lars Ohly, Anki Ahlsten, Rossana Dinamarca, Mats Sander, Ulla andersson, Ewa Larsson, Ulrika Carlsson, Göran Lindblad, Kerstin Engle, Helena Leander, Mats Pertoft, Siv Holma, Eva Selin Lindgren, Per Bolund, Gunvor G Ericson, Birgitta Sellén, Solveig Zander, Eva Flyborg, Maria Lundqvist-Brömster, Maria Kornevik Jakobsson, Christer Winbäck, Kristin Oretorp, Holger Gustafsson, Solveig Hellquist, Tina Acketoft, Tina Ehn, barbro westerholm, Max Andersson, Bodil Ceballos, Solveig Zander, Agneta Berliner, Staffan Danielsson, Per Lodenius, Mildred Thulin, Morgan Johansson, Anita Brodén, Karla Lopez, Lars Lilja, Peter Jeppsson, Karin Svensson Smith, Eva-Lena Jansson, Lars Mejern Larsson, Hans Rothenberg, Veronica Palm, Ulla Löfgren, Inger Jarl Beck, Betty Malmberg, Lars-Ivar Ericson, Annie Johansson, Lennart Pettersson, Fredrik Malm, Hillevi Larsson, Désirée Pethrus Engström, Stefan Attefall, Inger Davidson, Karin Pilsäter, Jan Ertsborn, Marianne Berg, Peter Hultqvist, Emma Henriksson, Torbjörn Björlund, Désirée Liljevall, Lars Tysklind, Nina Larsson, Jennifer Hacker, Ulf Holm, Ola Nilsson, LiseLotte Olsson, Hans Linde, Lena Hallengren, Hans Backman, Josefin Brink, Maryam Yazdanfar, Fredrick Federley, Allan Widman, Mikael Johansson, Johan Pehrson, Jan Ericson, Rolf K Nilsson, Tomas Tobé, Maria Östberg Svanelind, Inger René, Ewa Thalén Finné, Walburga Habsburg, Mats G Nilsson
Nazanin Afshin-Jam and SCE campaign thank everyone for their support of the campaign to permanently stop child executions as well as for the emails and comments in support of the campaign. Additional word of thanks to the campaign volunteers and supporters for your hard work. “Together…we can put an end to this”
SCE Campaign support widens
Stop Child Executions Campaign thanks three more Swedish Praliament members who have joined their colleagues in signing the SCE petition. To date, 20 Parliament members and politicians have supported the campaign.
2366. | Ulrika Carlsson | Sweden | Member of Parliament |
2413. | Göran Lindblad | Sweden | MP |
2473. | Kerstin Engle | Sweden | MP |
The petition signatures surpassed 3000 on May 1st. The signers are from different countries, backgrounds and ages such as 16 year old Kelly Campbell of US:
2880. | KELLY CAMPBELL | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 16 YEAR OLD |
Campaign supporters such as Hazel Sawyer (UK) have organized events and obtained signatures for SCE and Delara Darabi petitions:
Hazel also created an artwork dedicated to Delara Darabi which is now placed at saatchi gallery competition. You can vote for her art to help raise awareness about Stop Child Executions and Delara Darabi.
Petition to Kurdistan Regional Government about stoning of the 17 year old Doa
Yesterday we reported the stoning of a 17 year old girl in the Kurdistan of Iraq. There is a petition to the Kurdistan Regional Government demanding that those who attempted this murder be held responisble. Stop Child Executions Campaign supports this petition:
Link to Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/kurdish/petition.html
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