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Iran Leads the World in Executing Children

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Sunday June 24, 2007 22:07

by Gregori Chicherin

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New Executions Highlight Arbitrary Nature of Iranian Justice

No, its not just the Great Satan - the USA who executes those convicted of crimes committed while they were under 18, Iran does so as well. The difference is that Iran actually executes children aged under 18. Not just murderers, if you have sex outside of marriage or are gay it doesnt matter what age you are: The Mullahs will hang you or stone you to death.

Iran’s highest judicial authorities have repeatedly upheld death sentences handed down to juvenile offenders charged with committing crimes when they were as young as 15. Such sentences violate Iran’s international treaty obligations, which prohibit the death penalty for crimes committed by people under 18. In some cases, the death sentences also violate Iranian domestic law requiring that children under 18 be tried before special juvenile courts.

“Iran holds the deplorable distinction of leading the world in juvenile executions, and the authorities should end this practice at once,” said Clarisa Bencomo, children’s rights researcher on the Middle East at Human Rights Watch. “The Iranian government needs to stop sending children to the gallows and start living up to its international obligations by issuing clear legislation to ban the juvenile death penalty.”

Iranian authorities executed 17-year-old Sa'id Qanbar Zahi in Zahedan on May 27. According to press accounts, Zahi’s arrest, confession, trial, sentencing, and execution took place in the space of a few weeks. If true, these factors raise serious doubts that the 17-year-old was able to mount a meaningful defense, and raise further serious concerns about whether other basic fair trial standards were met.

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Comments (57 of 57)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	How many are we talking about here?	Feudal castrato	Mon Jun 25, 2007 00:10
2	UN Rights Council Fails Victims in Iran, Uzbekistan	Chicherin	Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:43
3	Rock and a hard place	Shep	Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:36
4	JIm	Chicherin	Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:37
5	THE WHOLE TRUTH	Jim O'Sullivan	Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:55
6	Human rights abuse in Iran	pinkie	Mon Jun 25, 2007 13:03
7	Shooting the messenger?	Val	Mon Jun 25, 2007 13:51
8	Val	Chicherin	Mon Jun 25, 2007 13:58
9	Justice for all	Jim O'Sullivan	Mon Jun 25, 2007 14:00
10	Israel executes them too	Eamon	Mon Jun 25, 2007 14:12
11	Way off.	Val	Mon Jun 25, 2007 14:25
12	Mask has slipped.	JimO'Sullivan	Mon Jun 25, 2007 14:25
13	Iran: No more empty promises – no more child executions	Chicherin	Mon Jun 25, 2007 14:25
14	Very strange	Val	Mon Jun 25, 2007 14:40
15	Still stunned and still laughing!	pinkie	Mon Jun 25, 2007 14:49
16	Jim	Chicherin	Mon Jun 25, 2007 14:54
17	Val	Chicherin	Mon Jun 25, 2007 15:00
18	The rants of a 2 year old.	Val	Mon Jun 25, 2007 15:05
19	Utter Bolix	Val	Mon Jun 25, 2007 15:11
20	Write to Iranian Ambassador	Chicherin	Mon Jun 25, 2007 15:17
21	Val	Chicherin	Mon Jun 25, 2007 15:25
22	To Chicherin	davekey	Mon Jun 25, 2007 15:34
23	Clearly unhinged and not playing with the full deck.	Val	Mon Jun 25, 2007 15:48
24	Val	Chicherin	Mon Jun 25, 2007 15:55
25	To Chicherin	davekey	Mon Jun 25, 2007 16:43
26	davekey	Chicherin	Mon Jun 25, 2007 17:16
27	Word twisting	Jim O'Sullivan	Mon Jun 25, 2007 17:22
28	US imperialism doesn't justify Iranian oppression	Aragon	Mon Jun 25, 2007 17:25
29	2005 - 2006 comparison links	someone else	Mon Jun 25, 2007 17:31
30	Jim	Chicherin	Mon Jun 25, 2007 17:38
31	C	Val	Mon Jun 25, 2007 18:36
32	Val	Chicherin	Mon Jun 25, 2007 18:44
33	To Chicherin	davekey	Mon Jun 25, 2007 18:51
34	Davekey	Chicherin	Mon Jun 25, 2007 19:01
35	davekey	chicherin	Mon Jun 25, 2007 19:13
36	To Chicherin	davekey	Mon Jun 25, 2007 19:23
37	Davekey	Chicherin	Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:09
38	Herd mentality	paddytheplank	Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:46
39	Stick to your own analysis, if you can	paddytheplank	Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:53
40	Paddy	Chicherin	Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:26
41	Pakistan executes the youngest children	Saoirse	Tue Jun 26, 2007 14:15
42	Saorise	Chicherin	Tue Jun 26, 2007 14:30
43	Not possible	paddytheplank	Tue Jun 26, 2007 14:30
44	Paddy	Chicherin	Tue Jun 26, 2007 14:37
45	Point in case. 'Shut up and go away' he says	paddytheplank	Tue Jun 26, 2007 14:47
46	Paddy	Chicherin	Tue Jun 26, 2007 15:05
47	paddythepllank	davekey	Tue Jun 26, 2007 15:10
48	very relevant	paddytheplank	Tue Jun 26, 2007 15:13
49	Paddy /davekey	Chicherin	Tue Jun 26, 2007 15:18
50	To Chicherin	davekey	Tue Jun 26, 2007 15:30
51	davekey	Chicherin	Tue Jun 26, 2007 15:41
52	To Chicherin	davekey	Tue Jun 26, 2007 15:58
53	Statement	Chicherin	Tue Jun 26, 2007 16:08
54	Sorry, have to reply	davekey	Tue Jun 26, 2007 16:36
55	davekey	Chicherin	Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:09
56	Temporary reprieve for Iranian child offender	Chicherin	Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:20
57	Good New For Sina	Chicherin	Wed Jul 25, 2007 16:21

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