Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Iran: the law

Maryam Malek, a reporter in legal familymatters and a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign was April 25 arrested and transferred to Vozara Detention Center.
She is charged with propaganda against the state,” and “membership in the One Million Signatures Campaign.” Because she was not able to provide a bail in the amount of $20,000, she was transferred to Evinprison.
April 22 her home was searched by three security officers, who not only searched her rooms, but the rooms and possessions of all the members of her household.

16 CDs, legal books, handwritten materials, her laptop computer, books and materials related to the Million Signatures Campaign including petition forms, and her personal calendar were confiscated.
source: humanrights.org


Parastoo Alahyaari, a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign, was sentenced to a year mandatory prison sentence. She was charged of spreading propaganda against the state.
She is convicted in relation to Article 550 of Iranian Penal Code for collecting information for the One Million Signatures Campaign with the excuse that the laws are discriminatory in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The judge did not allow Parastoo or her lawyer to present an oral defense in response to the charges against her, and only accepted only a written defense.
source: We Change

The spokesman for Iran's judiciary told Tuesday to ISNSA that Roxana Saberi is not on a hunger strike and is in good health.
Her father has said before that his daughter went on hungerstrike 6 days before and was weakened.
USA has expressed concern about the case, urging the immediate release of Saberi.
Saberi was sentenced to eight years of prison and is currently awaiting her appeal.
source: Press-TV


In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
Poster amnesty.nl

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