Iran: human and animals

Reports on the weblog of a journalist and human rightsactivist mention that January 29th in Rafsanjan a woman is hanged.
The woman, Masoumeh was convicted for killing her husband.



Global Voices Online writes that bloggers in Iran mobilize for animal rights.
Last year authorities started to "arrest"dogs, with the reason that they are impure in Islam. The arrestations stopped, but the mistreatment of animals in the Islamic Republic of Iran is still widespread.
Bloggers stand for animal rights, an initiative from Mino Saberi (fa) who in her post, directed to the director of Iranian National TV writes that she is a muslem too and that even the prophet taught kindness towards animals.
She also writes that tv-programs not only have to defend oppressed people in this or that country, but also has a responsibility towards nature, animals and the vegetable world.
The blogger Bidari writes that mistreatment of animals has become a part of Iranian culture little by little, like extinguishing cigarettes on cats' bodies, cutting the ears off stray dogs, and caring less and less about the birds whose numbers decline.
Instead of promoting friendship and kindness towards animals, they broadcast programs where the torturing and mistreatment of animals are shown as a normal act.
Sadaf-Farahani (fa) writes that the ill treatment of animals has its roots either in psychological problems or in a bad education.
Asalijon (fa) protests against the killing of stray dogs and their puppies.


Irannewsdaily writes that the daily Etemaad Melli reports that suicide is on the sharp rise.
The Ministry of Health mention Lorestan, Kohguiluyeh Boyer Ahmad, Hamedan, Kermanshah, Guilan and Ilam as provinces where many suicides occur and that Ilam province has registered the highest suicide rate in the country.
Iranians commit suicide for a number of social problems, mainly poverty and unemployment.


In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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