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ВАРВАРСТВО В ИРАНЕ
ВАРВАРСТВО В ВЕК ИНТЕРНЕТА (www.newsru.com/world/12jul2010/sangsar.html)
Приведение в исполнение приговора 43-летней иранке Сакине Мохаммади Аштиани приостановлено. Об этом сообщил иранскому информационному агентству ИРНА представитель судебной власти в провинции Восточный Азербайджан Малек Аждар Шарифи.
По его словам, "приговор пока не будет приведен в исполнение из гуманистических соображений", однако экзекуция может состояться в любой момент "по решению руководства судебной власти ИРИ, невзирая на пропаганду западных средств массовой информации", передает ИТАР-ТАСС.
Сакине Мохаммади Аштиани была приговорена в 2006 году к "сангсар" - редко применяемому в современном Иране, однако предусмотренному исламским законодательством виду высшей меры наказания. Это особо жестокий способ казни - забрасывание камнями насмерть.
Как правило, такой приговор выносится лицам, уличенным в супружеской измене. Значительно чаще "сангсар" применяется к виновным в прелюбодеянии женщинам, нежели мужчинам.
В минувшую пятницу, 9 июля, официальный представитель Госдепартамента США Марк Тонер выступил с осуждением практики осуществления смертной казни через избиение камнями.
Отмены приговора Сакине Мохаммади Аштиани потребовали международные правозащитные организации, ряд западных средств массовой информации, известные деятели культуры, в частности, США и Франции.
По данным иранских источников, Аштиани была признана судом виновной "во внебрачных связях, убийстве и других преступлениях".
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The only country to execute minors
Darabi's execution, and the similar fate expecting Azar Bagheri (who is facing death by stoning) have reintroduced to the international agenda the fact that Iran is the only country that still executes juvenile offenders, despite being a state party to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which forbids the execution of those who were younger than 18 when committing the offence. There are currently more than 100 youths in Iran facing the death sentence; the youngest is Ahmad Norouzi, who was sentenced to death at the age of 13.
During 2008 at least eight such juvenile offenders have been reportedly executed in Iran, but human rights organizations believe the actual figures are higher, as many cases are not formally reported. Reports indicate that since 1990, 27 youths have been executed in Iran, with 11 of them less than 18 years old at the time of the execution; others are being kept imprisoned until they are 18, and executed then. Other countries where juvenile execution has been reported are Pakistan, China and Sudan; however, between 2007 and 2009 Iran has been the only country in the world executing minors.
Age of Majority in Iran: 9 for girls, 15 for boys
Article 49 of the Iranian penal code exempts children from punishment, with their rehabilitation being the responsibility of their parents, or of a government correctional facility (by court decree). The definition of a child in Iran is one "who has not reached the Age of Majority according to Islamic law"; the Age of Majority in Iran is 9 for girls and 15 for boys. This means that according to Iranian law, children of these ages can be executed.
Several Iranian ministers, as well as some figures in the judiciary, support changing this law, which is based on the Islamic Sharia, but progress has been slow, and there have been no changes so far. A bill proposed in 2001 will pave the road to the total repeal of juvenile executions, but it is still under Majlis consideration; the Majlis has been discussing the proposal since then, but is yet to reach a decision – practically enabling the ongoing execution policy. At the end of 2008 the head of the judiciary ruled that death sentences for juvenile offenders should be avoided, but this ruling has no formal legal status.
In some cases, human rights activists have succeeded in preventing the execution through negotiations with the families of the victims, who in Islamic law have the right to spare a murderer's life in exchange for blood money (diya) from his family. However, the criminal is still facing a prison sentence.