Dear friends,

FYI. Stoning is a crime against humanity and just one of many faces of violence against women in Iran. 

Peace,

Elahe

 Society for human rights in Iran , Southern California , urges Iranian authorities to immediately halt execution of Sarymeh Ebadi,

  Sarymeh Ebadi, 30 and BoAli Johnfeshani, 32 are at imminent risk of stoning to death after being convicted of “adultery” in the city of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province. According to the recent news, their sentences have been approved by the province court on January 6 (Day 16) without representation by a lawyer.

Despite the moratorium imposed in 2002, stoning sentences continued to be implemented in Iran .

Iran 's Penal Code prescribes execution by stoning. It even dictates that the stones are large enough to cause pain, but not so large as to kill the victim immediately. Article 102 of the Penal Code states that men should be buried up to their waists and women up to their breasts for the purpose of execution by stoning. Article 104 states, with reference to the penalty for adultery, that the stones used should "not be large enough to kill the person by one or two strikes; nor should they be so small that they could not be defined as stones".

Society for human rights in Iran , Southern California , urges Iranian authorities to immediately halt execution of Sarymeh Ebadi, and BoAli Johnfeshani by stoning. We also urge the authorities to ensure that the moratorium on stoning is implemented immediately and effectively. We are calling on Majlis to urgently reform the law on stoning, and any new legislation permits neither nor any other form of execution for “adultery”

May- 6-2009

 

http://www.amnesty.no/web.nsf/pages/C26C28DB11A57864C12575AE003BFDFB

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around table discussion on Doa Khalil's murder (On April 7, 2007, Doa - a sweet, 17-year-old girl - was dragged out in broad daylight and publicly stoned to death.) Also a street act in Stockholm Sweden, exposing stonning practices of Islamic Regime of Iran.
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International Women's Day Celebration
 Speakers

1.Dr. Nawal Al Saadawi: Creativity, Dissidence and Women(Dr. Al Saadawi will be introduced by Dr. Minoo Gorji ).

 Nawal Al Saadawi is a novelist, a psychiatrist, and a writer who is well known both in the Arab countries and in many other parts of the world. Her novels and her books on the situation of women have had a deep effect on successive generations of young women over the last 4 decades.

2. Dr. Shahla Abghari: Historical Significance of March 8th

The program will be followed with music

Date: Sunday March 8th. At 4:00 PM
 Place: Emory University, White Hall Room 207

301 Dowman DR.  Atlanta, GA 30322

Information: 770-356-1639, 770-698-0851

Women's Field: Kobra N.'s stoning sentence has been converted into one hundred lashes, according to a new verdict by the Head of Iranian Judiciary.

Marym Kiyan Ersi, Kobra's lawyer, announced the news to the reporters of Women's Field and added: "In response to the letter addressed to the Head of Judiciary in which I explained the current situation and the facts concerning Kobra Najar's case and requested amnesty for her, Ayatollah Shahroudi eventually ruled for the stoning verdict to be converted into hundred lashes."

Date: Friday 6 Mar 2009    
Time: 7:00-9:00pm

Location:  Room 3A University of London Union (ULU)
Malet Street
London WC1 7HY
Nearest Tube station( Russel Square)
A public meeting to celebrate International Women's Day
As women in countries including wartorn Iraq and Afghanistan fight to defend the most basic human rights, women across the world are being hit by the economic crisis - through job losses, wage cuts, cuts in services, increased domestic violence and in many other ways.
We, activists in the women's and workers' movements, are organising this meeting to celebrate International Women's Day in the way its founders meant it to be celebrated: by promoting the international struggle for women's liberation.
Speakers:
-Jean Lambert (Green Party Member of the European Parliament)
-Terri Judd (writer for the Independent)
-Maria Exall (Communication Workers' Union, national executive)
-Tamar Katz (an Israeli school students jailed for refusing to serve in the occupied Palestinian territories)
-Laura Schwartz ( Feminist Fightback)
-Houzan Mahmoud (Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq)

For more info email: Tel: 07534264481
Tel: 07971 719 797

Organised by Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq- UK

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