Stoning sentence of Ameneh Laval in Nigeria is
postponed until January 2004
Shahnaz is sentenced to death by stoning in Iran
According to the news
broadcast on Wednesday June 5, the final decision on the death to stoning of
Ameneh Laval, a woman from northern Nigeria, has now been postponed to the
early 2004. This is clearly a retreat on the part of the Islamists in
Nigeria. Earlier this year the death by
stoning sentence handed down to Safiya Hosseini, another women from Nigeria,
was withdrawn under international pressure.
In contrast the Islamic Republic of Iran has
recently sentenced another woman, Shahnaz, from the city of Karaj, to death by
stoning. Shahnaz together with Sima and Ferdos from Iran and Zafaran Bibi from
Pakistan are awaiting their barbaric death by stoning.
The International Committee Against Stoning has
launched a mass campaign to save these women and expose and put pressure on the
Islamic Republic of Iran as the main perpetrator of this medieval and inhumane
practice.
We urge all human rights and pro-women
organizations, all trade unions and progressive political parties to join our
campaign and condemn the Islamic Republic of Iran, the country in which most
stoning cases take place, and as a country which shows no regards to international
protests and pressure. Furthermore we will specially target the western
governments and the European Union for their rapprochement policy towards the
Iranian government.
Stoning women to death for sexual relationships
outside marriage is a barbaric and medieval practice. Our international
protests and struggles can put an end to it.
Please send your protest letter to president of
Iran, Mohammad Khatami, and send a copy
of it to European Union. Also please
send a copy of your protest letter to us.
International
Committee against Stoning
June 5, 2002
President of Iran:
President
of Islamic republic of Iran
Email:
khatami@president.ir
European Union:
Email: civis@europarl.eu.int
We have been informed that three women, Sima, Ferdos
and Shahnaz, have been sentenced to death by stoning. Since your government came to power and under your presidency
several women have been stoned to death.
We express our strong protest against this medieval
treatment towards women and demand the withdrawal of stoning law. Stoning a woman or a man to death for what
she/he dose in thier private life is a shame for humanity and has to be stopped
immediately.
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