Iran to execute 19-year-old mentally aged 8 amnesty international - 29.12.2004 13:39
A 19-year old girl, “Leyla M”, who has a mental age of eight, reportedly faces imminent execution for “morality-related” offences after being forced into prostitution by her mother as a child. According to a Tehran newspaper report of 28 November, she was sentenced to death by a court in the central Iranian city of Arak and the sentence has now been passed to the Supreme Court for confirmation. the amnesty international press release on the case is at http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/15803.shtml. Appeal to His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed 'Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Republic, The Presidency, Palestine Avenue, Azerbaijan Intersection, Tehran, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IRAN (Religious leader, correct address: Your Excellency) Telefax: (00 98) 21 649 5880 (with the addition: "For the attention of His Excellency, Ayatollah al Udhma Khamenei, Qom“) E-Mail: info@wilayah.org (“For the attention of His Excellency, Ayatollah al Udhma Khamenei, Qom”) -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Head of the Judiciary, Ministry of Justice, Park-e Shahr, Tehran, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IRAN (supreme judicial authority, correct address: Your Excellency) E-Mail: irjpr@iranjudiciary.org (“Please forward to HE Ayatollah Shahroudi”) -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- Copies to: Chairperson, Article 90 Commission (Komisyon-e Asle Navad), Majles-e Shura-ye Eslami, Imam Khomeini Avenue, Tehran, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IRAN (Chairman of the parliamentary law and petitions committee) Telefax: (00 98).21-646 1746 E-Mail: mellat@majlis.ir -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- The Iranian ambassador in your country. Website: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/15803.shtml |