URGENT CALL - 3 imminent child executions
FEB 12, 2008
Isfahan- Iran
Ahmad Mortazavian, Reza Hejazi, Iman Hashemi
Autnews of the Amirkabir university in Tehran reported that according to the Human Rights and Democracy Activists of Iran, three Iranian youth are facing imminent execution in the Dastgerd prison of city of Isfahan, The names of the three boys are:
Ahmad Mortazavian, born 1992 , arrested in 2007 at the age of 15
Reza Hejazi, born 1989, arrested in 2004 at the age of 15
Iman Hashemi, born 1989, arrested in 2005 at the age of 16
According to the report, the death sentence of the three juveniles have been approved and they can be hanged at anytime.
Background Information:
International law strictly prohibits the use of the death penalty against people convicted of crimes committed when they were under 18.
As a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the CRC, Iran has undertaken not to execute child offenders. since 1990, the ruling Islamic regime in Iran has executed
at least 30 juveniles, including more than 6 in 2007.
The number of known persons facing execution in Iran for alleged crimes before the age of 18 has reached 95 according to our latest records. According to the statistics provided by an Iranian police official about 170 children (under 18 at time of alleged crime) can be facing execution in Iran. There has been a substantial surge in processing the children's file for execution and in the past 3 months SCE has reported 16 imminent executions. Earlier this month 42 European countries condemned Iran for the surge in child executions. Iran has broken the world records in 2007 with at least 297 known executions comparing to 177 in 2006.
As of February 2008 Stop Child Executions Campaign has recorded 100 children facing executions worldwide:
95 in Iran, 2 in Saudi Arabia, 2 in Sudan and 1 in Yemen.
In 2007 at least
7 were reported to have been executed: 6 in Iran and 1 in Saudi Arabia.
3 are known to have been saved from execution: 2 in Iran and 1 in Yemen.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPEALS TO:
Head of the judiciary
His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Ministry of Justice, Panzdah Khordad (Ark) Square,
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Salutation: Your Excellency
Email: info@dadgostary-tehran.ir (In the subject line: FAO Ayatollah Shahroudi)
Fax: +98 21 3390 4986 (please keep trying, if the called is answered, say "fax please")
COPIES TO:
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.
for more information about how to help visit://www.stopchildexecutions.com/how-you-can-help.aspx
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"Your Excellency"
by Anonym (not verified) on Wed Feb 13, 2008 08:51 AM PSTOff topic... The recommended salutation shown above for Khamenei is "your excellency". Is that the correct term or do mullahs take offense to that?
Isn't it similar to saying "your majesty"? Is the farsi equivalent to "
your excellency" = "AAleejenAAb"?