Friday, October 02, 2009

Iran: possible

Hossein Alipour,, born June 28, 1989, is sentenced to death for a murder he committed during a fight, when he was 16 years old.
Since then many courtappeals have been made by his lawyers and at the moment he case has been sent to a higher court for confirmation.
According to article 37 in Convention on the Rights of Children, execution and long-term sentencing against individuals under 18 years of age is considered a violation.
According to section 6 of article 5 in the International Convent on Civil and Political Rights, issuing death sentences against children has been strictly forbidden




The Kurdish political prisoner Matin Arjan, 32, is afflicted with a nervous system disorder, and is not receiving proper treatment.
In the past few days, he has experienced nervous system shocks, causing parts of his body including his left shoulder and arm to go numb.
The prison physician says he should be treated by a neurologist, but such a specialist only visits the prison once a month.
Matin serves a prisonterm of ten years.
source: ihrv.org



Journalist Alireza Eshraghi, is September 23 sentenced to five and a half-year jail term.
He was accused of attempts against national security through insults against the leadership and presidential positions, and of playing an active role in illegal gatherings.
He did not have access to a lawyer,and has been tortured severely to appear before camera to the point that when he appeared in the court, his head and one of his hands had bandages.
He is currently being held in quarantined ward 7 inside Evin Prison.
source: ihrv.org


Automobile owners who have taken advantage of the recent unrest by honking their horns excessively and attempting to block the streets maliciously, causing public disturbance, will be summoned.
Tehran gouvernor says they were ordered legal proceeding against automobile owners whose irrational movements have interrupted the public peace and disturbed normal city traffic, and that this is an ordinary ruling and not connected to the recent unrest.
source: ihrv.org

Reports say that filmdirector Tahmineh Milani, has been banned from leaving te country.
Newspaper Javan writes that it is possible her departure ban order is connected to events following the 10th Presidential Election.
source: ihrv.org


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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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