Solsticewitch13's BOS: Iran: Stop the Stoning of Sakine Ashtiani

Friday, July 2, 2010

Iran: Stop the Stoning of Sakine Ashtiani

Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/sakine-ashtiani/

Human rights activists around the world are condemning the Islamic
Republic of Iran court's decision to stone Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani
for adultery. We condemn this barbaric and inhuman practice and demand
that the U.S. government and international justice and human rights
groups speak out on this. We demand that the Islamic Republic of Iran
ENDS this inhuman practice of stoning.

Protests are being held
in Washington
DC and London on July 2 and in Toronto and Cologne Germany on July
4. The international point of contact is http://www.realcourage.org/wp-admin/maria.rohaly@gmail.com

The Washington DC protests on July 2 beginning at 6 PM will be held
at the Islamic Republic of Iran Interest area of the Pakistan Embassy at
2209 Wisconsin Ave N.W., Washington DC. The protest organizers state
that the event will include "Walk to DuPont Circle to read demands and
share information with the community about Sakine Mohammadi, Zeinab
Jalalian, and removing the Islamic Republic from the UN Commission on
the Status of Women."

: Iran: Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani to be Stoned for
Adultery

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Protest Statement for Washington DC Event

Friday July 2 at 6pm in front of the Islamic Republic's Interests
Section of the Pakistani Embassy (2209 Wisconsin Ave NW, Wash DC).

The children of Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani have reached out to the
world with a heart-rending appeal: Protest against our mother’s stoning!

Mission Free Iran is organizing Washington DC's participation in the
global protest to respond to the appeal of Sakine's children and demand a
stop to the barbaric execution of Sakine by stoning.

We will meet in front of the Islamic Republic’s Interests Section of
the Pakistani Embassy at 6pm on Friday, July 2, 2010 to tell the Islamic
Republic that we will not stay silent while one more woman is stoned to
death in Iran. We will later walk to DuPont Circle and raise awareness
of Sakine’s situation in the community.

Please feel free to bring your own signs with messages protesting the
barbaric and criminal stoning act that the Islamic Republic has planned
for our sister, Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani.

* We will demand freedom for Sakine.

* We will demand an end to stoning, and to all executions in Iran.

* We will demand removal of the Islamic Republic from the UN Commission
on the Status of Women.

* We will demand that the Islamic Republic be put on trial in
international court for its crimes against humanity.

There will be an open mike so that anyone who wishes to speak may
express themselves.

"He said his mother was an outspoken critic of the regime and
especially Khomeini from day one. She was a teacher and had spoken
against the regime and authorities at work. “One day when we were all
having lunch, they stormed in and took my mother with them … it all
happened so quickly. It didn’t even take two weeks when, one day, they
announced in the town 'come and witness a women being stoned.' That
woman was my mother."

He said that with fear and in a state of shock, he went and from a
distance witnessed his mother being stoned to death... he believes
though that his mother was still alive when buried. This man has sent me
his indictment against the savage thuggery of this anti-human, fascist
regime, to be introduced to an international court.”

– Rescue Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani, Prosecute Leaders of the Islamic
Republic! by Mina Ahadi

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-- International
Committee Against Stoning Protest Letter

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News Media Reports:

CNN:
Iran: Death by stoning imminent for Iranian woman, attorney says

-- CNN: "Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, a mother of two, is waiting to
die in Iran by a method of execution described by her lawyer as
'barbaric' -- stoning."

-- "She will be buried up to her chest, deeper than a man would be, and
the stones that will be hurled at her will be large enough to cause
pain but not so large as to kill her immediately, according to an
Amnesty International report that cited the Iranian penal code."

-- "The 42-year-old woman from the northern city of Tabriz was convicted
of adultery in 2006, and her execution is imminent, said prominent
human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei."

-- "Ashtiani was forced to confess after being subjected to 99 lashes,
Mostafaei said Thursday in a telephone interview from Tehran."

-- Daily
Mail: 'Help us save our mother': Pleas from the children of
'adulterous' Iranian woman who faces death by stoning

-- Radio
Free Europe / Radio Liberty: Fear For Iranian Woman Facing Death By
Stoning

--- RFE/RL: "According to Article 83 of the Laws of Islamic
Punishment in Iran, ratified in 1991, the penalty for adultery is death
by stoning."

-- Ynet
- Iran: Children appeal for help in saving mother from execution

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Other Global Protests

LONDON, England: Friday July 2, 18:00-21:00 outside the Islamic
Republic Embassy, 16 Prince’s Gate, London SW7 1PT, تلفن اطلاعات:
07515732665

KÖLN (Cologne), Germany: Sunday July 4, Mourning Mothers will gather
at the Church Door in the City Center at 11am to protest the threatened
executions of Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani and Zeinab Jalalian.

TORONTO, Canada: Sunday July 4, Community Fair at the Toronto Pride
Week festivities; activities will consist of handing out fliers and
talking to the community about stopping the stoning of Sakine. (more
details forthcoming)

: Iran: Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani to be Stoned for
Adultery

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Washington DC Protests Logistics Information

The Washington DC protests on July 2 beginning at 6 PM will be held
at the Islamic
Republic of Iran Interest area of the Pakistan Embassy at 2209
Wisconsin Ave N.W., which is in the vicinity of the Dupont
Circle or Woodley
Park/Adams Morgan subway stops (Red Line); however, note this may
be a significant walk.

The protest organizers state that the event will include "Walk to
DuPont Circle to read demands and share information with the community
about Sakine Mohammadi, Zeinab Jalalian, and removing the Islamic
Republic from the UN Commission on the Status of Women."

Google
Street Map Area of 2209 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Washington DC