Topic: Iran Still Violating Human Rights
Lpdon's photo
Thu 08/26/10 06:02 PM

There was a press conference outside Washington today held by the International Committees against Stoning and Execution and Mission Free Iran on the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. She is the 43-year-old mother of two in Iran who has been sentenced to death by stoning for alleged adultery.

Documents said to be from her lawyer Houtan Kian were shown in which he accuses the Islamic Republic regime of delaying a decision on this case “indefinitely and peculiarity.”

According to Mission Free Iran, the Iranian judiciary is working on a new set of charges against Ashtiani for a relationship with the international media.

A spokesperson for Mission Free Iran tells Fox News that Ashtiani’s case is part of a broader campaign to terrorize the Iranian population into submission. Also, though, according to the Committee Against Stoning, Ashtiani was cleared of responsibility for the murder of her late husband, the Iranian regime is now trying to portray her as a murderer. Human rights groups see this as a counter-campaign to the western attention to Ashtiani’s case, in order to make a death sentence seem more justified.

It is not clear what if any involvement Ashtiani may have had in planning her husband’s murder. The Committee Against Stoning says she had nothing to do with his murder at the hands of another man or men. And the bottom line is Ashtiani’s stoning sentence is for adultery.

Ashtiani was seen on Iranian TV last week, her voice, dubbed by a translator, which said she been involved in her husband’s murder.

The Committee Against Stoning claims Ashtiani was promised her freedom if she confessed on television, and that she was tortured in jail.

Mission Free Iran is calling on the UN to speak about firmly against the practice of stoning. They also call on the UN to remove Iran from the Women’s Commission and the WHO. Mission Free Iran also believes Iran’s President should be kept out of the UN General Assembly this September because of Iran’s human rights record.

http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/08/26/human-rights-campaigners-keep-up-the-fight-for-sakineh-mohammadi-ashtiani/?test=latestnews

They should definately lost their UN roles and positions.

mightymoe's photo
Thu 08/26/10 06:08 PM
brazil wanted her to come there, and iran said no... they want to kill her...brazil wanted to give her amnesty, but iran was worried about their electronics trade with brazil.

Lpdon's photo
Fri 08/27/10 10:58 PM

brazil wanted her to come there, and iran said no... they want to kill her...brazil wanted to give her amnesty, but iran was worried about their electronics trade with brazil.


They are nothing more or less then animals. They need to be treated as such and shouldn't be rewarded by the United Nations until they stop the crimes against humanity.

mightymoe's photo
Fri 08/27/10 11:00 PM
saudi aint much better, with the nails and all...

Thomas3474's photo
Fri 08/27/10 11:13 PM
Yet the sound of crickets here in the USA and UK by the feminist and human rights activist.I guess they are worried about real issues here like cross gender changing rooms and walking topless on a beach.

mightymoe's photo
Fri 08/27/10 11:14 PM

Yet the sound of crickets here in the USA and UK by the feminist and human rights activist.I guess they are worried about real issues here like cross gender changing rooms and walking topless on a beach.

and gay friggan marriage..

Thomas3474's photo
Fri 08/27/10 11:33 PM
Also strangely quiet from the women in here.

Lpdon's photo
Fri 08/27/10 11:53 PM

saudi aint much better, with the nails and all...


Saudi Arabia is no better then Iran and in some cases even worse to women then Iran.

Lpdon's photo
Fri 08/27/10 11:53 PM

Yet the sound of crickets here in the USA and UK by the feminist and human rights activist.I guess they are worried about real issues here like cross gender changing rooms and walking topless on a beach.


laugh