Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has become an international cause celebre. World public opinion has been outraged at her sentence of death by stoning for adultery and the heinous torture and mistreatment she has faced over the past five years. Her case has brought focus on the repressive Islamic regime of Iran, its medieval judicial system based [...]
Dear Mr. President, As we all know, the situation of women in some countries is abysmal. This is the case in countries under Islamic rule such as Afghanistan, Iran, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, in which stoning to death (lapidation) for adultery is still being implemented. In Iran, there is the well known case of Sakineh [...]
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PR 81 18 October 2010 ICAS and ICAE has received news that at least two of the four people arrested last Sunday 10 October in Tabriz, Iran are due to appear in court tomorrow, Tuesday 19 October 2010. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s 22 year old son, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, and her lawyer, Houtan Kian, were with two [...]
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 [...]
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s son, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, and lawyer, Houtan Kian, were arrested along with a German journalist and photographer in Tabriz on 10 October 2010 at 1900 hours local time. The security forces raided the lawyer’s office where an interview was taking place and arrested all four. Their whereabouts are currently unknown and no news [...]
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s son, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, and lawyer, Houtan Kian, were arrested along with a German journalist and photographer in Tabriz on 10 October 2010 at 1900 hours local time. The security forces raided the lawyer’s office where an interview was taking place and arrested all four. Their whereabouts are currently unknown and no news [...]
Press Release 79 Press Release 79: Sajjad Ghaderzadeh and Houtan Kian have been arrested 11 October 2010 Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s son and lawyer, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh and Houtan Kian respectively, were arrested along with two German journalists in Tabriz on 10 October 2010 at 1900 hours local time. The security forces raided the lawyer’s office where [...]
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 [...]
Press Release 78, 8 October 2010 Mina Ahadi and Maryam Namazie meet with European Parliament Vice President on Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Other events and actions to support World Day against the Death Penalty On 7 October 2010, Mina Ahadi, Spokesperson of the International Committees against Stoning and Execution, and Maryam Namazie, Spokesperson of Iran Solidarity, [...]
PR 77 October 7, 2010 The below letter has been received by the International Committee against Stoning and was handed to the Vice President of the European Parliament by Mina Ahadi and Maryam Namazie at a meeting on 7 October 2010. Honourable Ms. Angelilli, Vice President of the European Parliament, and other European Union Officials [...]
The death penalty is premeditated murder by the state. It must be unconditionally abolished worldwide. Abolition of the death penalty and valuing human life are the first steps toward fighting a ‘culture’ of killing in society. The death penalty is the most heinous form of premeditated murder in which a state, on behalf of society, [...]
