Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Juvenile Safar Angooti and others in danger of execution in Iran
A week after the execution of juvenile offender Behnoud Shojaee, three other child offenders are due to be executed in the coming days: Mohammad Reza Haddadi, Safar Angooti, and Amir Amrollahi. The alleged charge is premeditated murder, committed under the legal age.Safar Angooti’s execution is scheduled for 21 October. Safar Angooti, is accused of a murder, committed when he was 16.Iran hanged Behnoud Shojaei on 12 October, the third child offender to be executed in 2009.Iran is the only country since 2008 to execute child offenders.Behnoud Shojaee was executed in the early morning of Sunday, Oct, 11th in Tehran's Evin prison, while tens of human rights defenders were protesting the verdict outside.Behnoud Shojaee was sentenced to qesas (retribution) by Branch 74 of the Criminal Court in Tehran on 2 October 2006, after he was found guilty of killing a boy called Omid the previous year, when he was 17. Behnoud Shojaee had no legal representation at his trial. This was the sixth time his execution had been scheduled.Executions of those under 18 at the time of their alleged offence is strictly prohibited under international law.Iran is the only country in the world that has carried out such sentences within past year.More than 130 minors are currently awaiting their execution.Act now to make child executions a thing of the past.
Posted by Maryam Namazie at 10:54

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Safar is the fourth juvenile offenders who will be executed this year

Safar Angoti who committed a crime when he was 17 years old will be executed in public tomorrow by Islamic Republic of Iran.
Safar is the fourth juvenile offenders who will be executed this year despite the fact that Islamic Republic of Iran is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which stipulates that members cannot execute convicts found guilty of committing crimes as minors. The imposition of the death penalty for juvenile offenders represents the ultimate rejection of the International law.
We urgently request the international community to swiftly act and pressure the Islamic Republic of Iran Supreme Court to abolish the practice of executing juvenile offenders.
International Campaign for children's Rights
International Committee Against Execution

please do something now!

Safar is the fourth juvenile offenders who will be executed this year

Safar Angoti who committed a crime when he was 17 years old will be executed in public tomorrow by Islamic Republic of Iran.
Safar is the fourth juvenile offenders who will be executed this year despite the fact that Islamic Republic of Iran is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which stipulates that members cannot execute convicts found guilty of committing crimes as minors. The imposition of the death penalty for juvenile offenders represents the ultimate rejection of the International law.
We urgently request the international community to swiftly act and pressure the Islamic Republic of Iran Supreme Court to abolish the practice of executing juvenile offenders.
International Campaign for children's Rights
International Committee Against Execution