Stop stoning Soghra in Iran
An Iranian woman named only as Soghra has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, local media reported on Saturday 15 October 2005.
Soghra was found guilty of having an affair with her husband's friend, the Etemad daily reported. She was also given a separate 15-year jail sentence for helping her lover kill her husband. While, her lover Alireza was sentenced to death for the murder and to 100 lashes for adultery.
The International Committee against Stoning
strongly condemns stoning and protests against the execution. In the past, through our intensive
work and international support we have managed to stop stoning in
We have organized an international campaign to disclose such barbarity and crime against women and put an end to stoning. We urge you all to join us in our efforts to defend Human rights and save women’s lives.
Stoning is execution by torture, an act of sheer barbarism and a hideous crime against humanity. Stoning is practiced by Islamic governments and groups imposing the Islamic Sharia law.
Such savagery and barbarism must not be tolerated. Stopping stoning must be a priority for all humanitarian organizations and individuals throughout the world. We must put an end to this barbaric act once and for all.
We urge the United Nations, European Union,
and other international bodies to take strong actions against Islamic Republic
of Iran for inhumane and illegal treatment of the Iranian.We demand that:
Immediate abolition of stoning and all other forms of
punishment for extra-marital relations and all other Shari'ah
laws.
Immediate release of Soghra and all those imprisoned for extra-marital
relations.
We support the efforts of the International
Committee against Stoning and the Organization for Women’s Liberation for
ending stoning in
For more Information please contact
to Farshad Hoseini at 0031613940534 or farshadhoseini@yahoo.com
or Mina Ahadi at MinaAhadi@aol.com
Recommended actions:
1. sign
this petition against stoning of Soghra in
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/934277766.
* Immediate abolition of stoning and all other forms of punishment for
extra-marital relations and all other Sharia laws;
* Immediate release of Soghra and all those imprisoned for extra-marital
relations;
Email: ahmadinejad@president.ir
Fax: 0098 21 649 5880
Please send your letters to us:
Mina Ahadi Email: minaahadi@aol.com
Farshad Hoseini: farshadhoseini@yahoo.com
Tel: 0031630414073
International Committee against Stoning
http://www.stopstoningnow.ath.cx/
17 October 2005