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Thursday August 12, 2010 08:18 by children_of_lir
Update: Iranian Stoning Woman Case 12.08.2010
From Guardan Newspaper Article: "The Iranian woman whose sentence to death by stoning sparked an international outcry is feared to be facing imminent execution, after she was put on a state-run TV programme last night where she confessed to adultery and involvement in a murder." http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/12/sakineh-moh...-iran
"Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani 'confesses' to murder on Iran state TV
Lawyer says Ashtiani was tortured before interview recorded in Tabiz prison, and fears execution imminent
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. Her lawyer said she was tortured for two days before she agreed to appear on TV. Photograph: AP
The Iranian woman whose sentence to death by stoning sparked an international outcry is feared to be facing imminent execution, after she was put on a state-run TV programme last night where she confessed to adultery and involvement in a murder.
Speaking shakily in her native Azeri language, which could be heard through a voiceover, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani told an interviewer that she was an accomplice to the murder of her husband and that she had an extramarital relationship with her husband's cousin. Her lawyer told the Guardian last night that his client, a 43-year-old mother of two, was tortured for two days before the interview was recorded in Tabriz prison, where she has been held for the past four years.
"She was severely beaten up and tortured until she accepted to appear in front of camera. Her 22-year-old son, Sajad and her 17-year-old daughter Saeedeh are completely traumatised by watching this programme," said Houtan Kian.
He added that there were now fears that the Iranian authorities would act quickly to carry out the death sentence, which was reportedly commuted to hanging after an international outcry last month. The sentence was initially for "having an illicit relationship outside marriage" but some Iranian officials have claimed she was also found guilty of murdering her husband and should still face death by stoning.
The interview was broadcast on a show called 20:30, a day after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Tehran to honour treaty obligations to respect the rights of citizens and halt executions.
Observers suggested one of the signs she was speaking under duress was that in the interview she blamed the western media for interfering in her personal life.
In an interview last week with the Guardian through an intermediary, Mohammadi Ashtiani accused the Iranian authorities of lying about the charges against her to confuse the media in order to pave the way to execute her in secret. "I was found guilty of adultery and was acquitted of murder," she said.
Amnesty International condemned the "so-called" confession and said the independence of Iran's judiciary was "tattered" by the broadcast. "This makes a complete mockery of the judiciary system in Iran," said Drewery Dyke of Amnesty's Iran team. "Iran is inventing crimes ... it is an unacceptable practice that flies in the face of justice."
Mina Ahadi of the Iran Committee against Stoning (ICAS) said: "It's not the first time Iran has put an innocent victim on a televised programme and killed them on the basis of their forced confessions – it has happened numerously in the first decade of the Islamic Revolution."
Iran's state-run TV suggested international attention over Mohammadi Ashtiani was "western propaganda" aimed at forcing Iran to release three American hikers who have been held since last year."
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Iran to world: Stoning? What stoning?
We never, and so do you.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10956520
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Ashtiani “confessed” on Iranian state tv
Sure she did.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jHbiu...26P80
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtian is shown on Iran State TV as railing against her lawyer:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jHbiu...26P80
" "Why did he televise the case? Why did he discredit me before my family members and relatives who didn't know I'm in jail?" she said. "Now, I have a complaint against him." "
The above script does not ring true. As if any of her family members and relatives did not know her current circumstances.
Iran has now rejected the offer of asylum from Brazil:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/13/2982038.h...world
Latest News: Ophelia Benson.
A violent attack on Leo Igwe’s family
By Leo Igwe, August 12, 2010
They descended on my aging father and started beating him
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2010/a-violent-atta...mily/
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I urge indymedia commenter's to read devastating article regarding very brave Nigerian Journalist. His parents suffered horrendous abuse (at hands of demented thugs) in his pursuit for justice.
Amnesty International has a proforma Appeal letter to Mohammad Javad Larijani - Secretary General, High Council for Human Rights in Iran, to stop the execution of Sakineh.
Related Link: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=706
Courtesy of Ophelia Benson & B&W
http://www.pinktriangle.org.uk/press/2010_08_13.html
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2010/a-violent-atta...mily/
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The public outcry is what has kept Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani alive so far.
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2010/they-think-the...omen/
“They think they can do anything to women”
By Maryam Namazie, August 17, 2010
Courtesy of Ophelia Benson, Moderator of http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org
honour killing is part of sharia law,and international laws are frequently ignored,human rights is not an issue in iraq or any of these muslim countries with sharia law,sharia law is heavily entertwined with their faith..there are parts of the world(muslim) where you can walk and see some people who have thier limbs cut off and tounges missing..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZu7B6eIX2U
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--> The most recent update that I've heard reportedly from her son is that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been punitively lashed/scourged for baring her face in the photo published by the mainstream media. According to her son, this was not the face of his mother: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. It was a photo of a well known female activist.
It's interesting that only her son and other close relatives would really know what she looked like, as she is required to cover her face.
I hope this news story isn't true. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is being hanged for murder today according to International Committee Against Stoning (Icas) website:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/02/iran-stonin...tiani
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/iran-lashes-...67604