The following Charter has been prepared by Mina Ahadi, co-ordinator of the International Committee Against Stoning, and is being sent to human rights organisations, institutions and individuals throughout the world.

International Charter Against Stoning

Death by stoning is open barbarity against humanity. It is a despicable Islamic punishment exercised against adulterous women and men.

The International Committee Against Stoning states that:

1- Stoning is execution by torture; an inhuman and barbarous act condemned throughout the world as a clear example of savagery and crime against humanity;

2- Laws on stoning and retributory punishment (Quesas, ‘An Eye for An Eye’) must be abolished as medieval laws of the age of Man’s savagery;

3- States who have legalised stoning and Quesas and/or commit these crimes should be condemned by the world community;

4- Institutions who issue death by stoning and those who carry it out must be tried for crime against humanity;

5- Promoters of the culture of stoning and Quesas must be tried for promotion of crime against humanity;

6- This Charter commits the world community to maximum effort to stop stoning in all states.

Mina Ahadi

Co-ordinator

International Committee Against Stoning

Tel: 0049 1775 692 413

Fax: 0049 2012 488 510

Email: minaahadi@aol.com