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 Worthwhile petitions to show our support against terrorism April 23, 2006 9:32 PM

Dear friends,
please sign this petition to try to save a girl's life - if you can, please forward and spread this message to your friends and groups:
"MUSLIM GIRL CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HER RAPIST DURING ATTACK"
Society & Values (pub. 33 minutes ago - www.nazanin.ca/...)
On Jan 3 2006 an 18 year old girl named Nazanin was sentenced to death for fatally stabbing one of three of her male attackers in Tehran. There is still time to possibly save her. Please go to the petition on the site. It is an international petition.
http://www.petitiononline.com/Nazanin/
The petition-text clearly states the case - the girl who was attacked faces hanging, not even her being only 17 when this happened seems to save her - the petition is directed to Kofi Annan at the UN and several others. Iran is still far from Equal Rights for Women, if she hadn't defended herself she could have been stoned for having had sex outside marriage - yes, I know: it's so horrifying you won't believe your eyes - but please, do sign the petition - it really can make a difference!

To:  The Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan,The United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights, Louise Arbour,The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, and The Head of the Judiciary of IRI Ayatollah Mahmoud Has

We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned for 18-year-old Nazanin who faces execution by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

On January 3, 2006, 18-year-old Nazanin was sentenced to death for murder by court in Iran after she reportedly admitted fatally stabbing one of three men who attempted to rape her and her 16-year-old niece in a park in Karaj (a suburb of Tehran) in March 2005. She was seventeen at the time. Her sentence is subject to review by the Court of Appeal, and if upheld, to confirmation by the Supreme Court.

According to reports in the Iranian newspaper E’temaad, Nazanin told the court that three men had approached her and her niece, forced them to the ground and attempted to rape them. Seeking to defend her niece and herself, Nazanin stabbed one man in the hand with a knife that she possessed. As the men continued their attack, she stabbed another of the men in the chest, which eventually caused his death. She reportedly told the court “I wanted to defend myself and my niece. I did not want to kill that boy. At the heat of the moment I did not know what to do because no one came to our help”. She was nevertheless sentenced to the maximum punishment possible under the law, death by hanging.

Urgent action is needed to help save a young life whose only crime was an attempt to defend herself. Nazanin and many like her are caught between two undesirable options. On one hand, Iranian Penal Code severely limits the possibility of using ‘self-defense’ as a legitimate defence to aggression. On the other hand, if Nazanin had allowed the rape to take place, she could still be imprisoned, flogged or stoned for having sex outside of marriage unless four male witnesses to the actual rape would testify on her behalf.

Moreover, Iran is a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and is therefore under obligation NOT to impose the death penalty on those under the age of 18. Nevertheless, Amnesty International has recorded 18 executions of child offenders in Iran since 1990. In 2005 alone, at least eight executions of child offenders were recorded. Nazanin was 17 years old at the time of commission of the offense and therefore Iran is in breach.

We urge that the death sentence imposed on Nazanin be commuted immediately;
We urge the authorities to carry out a thorough review of the case, in particular the limits of self-defense as detailed in the Iranian Penal Code;
We urge the authorities to ensure that the victim’s family is made aware of its right, under Islamic law, to request a pardon of the condemned;
We appeal to the Islamic Republic of Iran to honor its commitment to the ICCPR and ICC, to which they are a state party.


Sincerely,



Perhaps we can make a difference. It is time organizations and governments stopped misusing Islam to promote their own agendas.

Please add other petitions to this thread as you find them.

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Woodrow April 23, 2006 10:43 PM

shukran brother for the info-i just read and signed it...am keeping this girl in my duas may Allah intervene...

love & blessings A'isha

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Outrageous April 24, 2006 7:03 AM

I was sent this e-mail by another yesterday. I was so outraged by this news, I had to somewhat hold mt typing back. I can't believe that any woman could be treated in such a manner. I even asked then if it were one of their own, would this still be OK with them. I'm so damn sick of what's allowed to occur in todays times. The perpitrators deserve to be raped and then put into a very humilitating situation themselves, then be put in prison to have so many different things happen to them. I'm beyond upset that these practices are allowed to be done. I'm so ashamed at these things occuring. I wonder if they even have a deccent heart, or if it's so tainted that it's full of pure poision. God help them, I sure wouldn't!!!! Italia  [ send green star]  [ accepted]
 
Here's another petition April 26, 2006 5:30 AM

which I've set up a while ago.
I had made an error when entering the date, so it was set to 1999 as goal, which is probably, why only very few sigs have been collected so far.

I have now - THANKS CARE2!!! - corrected the error:

Justice for muslim pilot Lotfi Raissi

Career of Muslim pilot destroyed based on false accusations; compensation of any kind is refused!
Target: Tony Blair, Prime Minister, Government of the United Kingdom

Mr. Lotfi Raissi, an Algerian pilot was wrongly accused of training the September 11 hijackers.
He spent five months in prison before a judge threw out the “tenuous” [sic.] case against him and ordered his release.
There is clear evidence, that the British authorities overreacted, and did not respond in an appropriate fashion to research requests filed by the American FBI.
The latter distanced from New Scotland Yard's response as an overreaction.

More information on the case:
Police blunder after 9/11 'destroyed pilot's career'



Thanks and Peace!
Andy
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anonymous  May 15, 2006 10:03 AM

Sorry didn't know you already had a thread for petitions.  [report anonymous abuse]  [ accepted]
 
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