October 16 events in pictures and video

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16 October Day of Action calling for the release of Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, Houtan Kian, and two journalists arrested on 10 October and for the release of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and an end to stoning and executions Belgium Brussels Date: 16 October 2010 Humanist organisations to issue open letter on the case. Contact: Peter Calluy Canada [...]

A visual report of 10 October events against the death penalty: Belgium Brussels EU Parliament 7 October 2010 Mina Ahadi and Maryam Namazie will meet with the European Parliament Vice President and Vice Chair of the Human Rights subcommittee on Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s case and present a new letter from her son Sajjad. Canada Toronto [...]

Urgent Action: Call on UN General Assembly to condemn stoning, demand Sakineh’s release and boycott Ahmadinejad’s government September 22, 2010 Mahmoud Ahamdinejad’s address to the UN General Assembly yesterday was in effect boycotted by delegates. Very few turned up to hear him speak and even less understood what he had to say as there was [...]

18 September protests: A visual report AUSTRIA Vienna CANADA Misisssauga Ottawa Toronto Vancouver Vancouver2 Vancouver FRANCE Becancon Lyon GERMANY Bremen Durtmond Frankfurt Hamburg Laipzik GREECE Athens NETHERLANDS Amsterdam NORWAY Oslo SWEDEN Boras Karlskrona Malmo Orebro Stockholm [...]

The Statement of the protest action of September 18, 2010 against the Regime of Flogging and Stoning Today’s international actions are a continuation of the international actions of July 24th and August 28, 2010. They are yet another reflection of the solidarity of people around the world with the people of Iran, who have risen [...]
September Actions Citizens of the World against Stoning and Flogging Send actions you are organising in your city of residence to actionforsakineh@gmail.com so we can post it on the events page. Updated 15 September 2010 18 September day of action 35 events, 34 cities so far AUSTRIA Vienna Time: 15.00 -17.30 Place: vor [...]

‘Our mother is innocent and should be released unconditionally’ Hello Since I last wrote to you Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has again been flogged 99 times for an unveiled photo mistakenly attributed to her . She has also been threatened with execution, and denied visitation rights. Even, her lawyer’s home (Hatoun Kian) has been [...]
A Call for Urgent Action Saturday September 18th: Citizens of the World against the Regime of Flogging and Stoning The Islamic Republic has once again, in accordance with its savage Islamic laws, flogged Sakineh 99 times. The regime has used a picture published in the London Times of a woman, purportedly Ashtiani, whithout the Islamic [...]

TOULOUSE – France On Saturday 28, Place du Capitole in TOULOUSE, south west FRANCE, on a lovely sunny afternoon, we placed on an easel a striking painting of a stoning which was very much appreciated by passers-by and journalists. Our aim was to distribute 1.000 tracts to declare: besides Sakineh’s case, no more [...]

Dublin – Ireland Demonstration against Stoning. We protested outside the GPO on Sat.28/8 in conjunction with 111 cities across the world as part of an ongoing protest against the barbarity of stoning.We informed many of the facts in an effort to raise awareness of the issue.In particular the current case in Iran of Sakineh [...]

Liverpool – UK Toronto – Canada Toronto – Slideshow Glasgow – UK A rally in the centre of Glasgow was attended by members and supporters of The Anti-Injustice Movement and Glasgow Love Police. Two megaphones and some home made muffins drew the attention of the crowd while two large banners made for this occasion by [...]

Rasht – Iran Communist Students in Rasht joined the 100 cities against stoning Warsaw – Poland Warsaw Protest On 28.08. in the framework of the international campaign " 100 Cities Against Stoning” a protest against stoning and for saving life of Sakineh Ashtiani took place in front of the Iranian Embassy in Warsaw. The protest [...]
Sajad's (Sakineh's Son) voice message to protesters Byron Bay, Australia Wien – Austria Washington DC – US Didim – Turkey On August 28th, Didim, a city of the province Aydin, joined the global campaign "100 cities of the world against stoning" and the women rights defenders of the Republican party CHP hold a [...]