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World News tagged with child executions

Amnesty International USA: Child Execution in Iran
World  (tags: child executions, Iran war )

Birdie
- 18 days ago - amnestyusa.org
Amnesty International recently issued a major report Iran: the last executioner of children, As of May 2009, there were at least 137 known juvenile offenders awaiting execution in Iran.
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URGENT: 7th Child Offender in a Month Facing Imminent Execution
World  (tags: child executions, death penalty )

Zahra
- 699 days ago - blog.myspace.com
82 child offenders are now recorded by SCE to be on death row in Iran. This number may be even higher as according to reports, at least a further 15 Afghan child offenders may be under sentence of death.
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Iran Halts Sina Paymard's Execution, But Others Continue to Be Carried Out
World  (tags: iran, child executions, one execution halted, many continue. children's rights, human rights )


- 865 days ago - france24.com
Iran on Wednesday halted the execution of a teenager who murdered a drug dealer while still a minor, giving his family 10 days to reach a financial settlement with the victim's kin, his lawyer said.
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In An Unprecedented Ruling, 15 Year Old Deemed To Lack Requisite Mental Maturity To Be Executed for Murder
World  (tags: good news, child executions, iran, hope for others on death row )


- 869 days ago - savedelara.com
The issuance of this unprecedented ruling has given new hope to human and children's rights lawyers and advocates, who have been struggling for the past decade to end the execution of minors and children in Iran.
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Urgent Petition For Another Child:Save Moslah Zamani From Execution
World  (tags: child executions, iran, human rights, petition for urgent action )


- 869 days ago - petitiononline.com
We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned for Moslah Zamani, a 17-old year boy who was sentenced to death by an Iranian court for "adultery" after spending over four years in prison. We respectfully ask you to commute the death sentence .
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GREAT News: A Child Offender Was Spared the Death Penalty in Iran for Mental Immaturity!!
World  (tags: iran, child executions, human rights, rights of the child, good news )


- 872 days ago - etemaad.com
GREAT News: A Child Offender Was Spared the Death Penalty in Iran for Mental Immaturity!! You can read the Farsi version here.
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URGENT: World Wide Appeal To Save Reza Alinejad From Execution
World  (tags: Reza Alinejad, child executions, iran, human rights violation, urgent appeal )


- 877 days ago - care2.com
We hereby object vehemently to Reza's death sentence and declare that the sentence of death issued in this case flies in the face of international laws and violates established norms of civilized societies.
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A Stunning Exhibit Of The Paintings Of Delara Darabi
World  (tags: delara darabi, paintings, child executions, iran, human rights violations, prisoner of colors )


- 879 days ago - myspace.com
I do not know which path you have taken to arrive at my paintings. Frankly, it is not important. For I know that it is LOVE that has led you here.
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Delara Darabi Asks The World For Help As She Faces Execution
World  (tags: delara darabi, child executions, human rights, iran, worldwide appeal for assistance )


- 879 days ago - care2.com
Advocates are steaming over an Iran Supreme Court's decision to uphold the death sentence of a young woman named Delara Darabi.
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Iran: Amnesty Criticizes 'Child Executions' | Huliq: Breaking News
World  (tags: iran, Amnesty International, child executions, children's rights, Human Rights Violations, un )

Cheryl Su
- 880 days ago - huliq.com
June 27 Amnesty Intl. report, in Iran, defendants younger than 18 are being hanged after quick decisions and hurried procedures.: the actual number of executions is higher because many death-penalty cases in Iran go much higher
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Amnesty UK Urgent Action: Stop The Execution Of Delara Darabi
World  (tags: iran, child executions, amnesty international, delara darabi, reza )


- 885 days ago - amnesty.org.uk
The use of the death penalty against child offenders is clearly prohibited under international law, yet a handful of countries, including Iran, persist with child executions.
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Human Rights Watch: Iran Leads the World in Executing Children
World  (tags: children, iran, child executions, human rights violations, crime )


- 891 days ago - payvand.com:80
Iran is known to have executed at least 17 juvenile offenders since the beginning of 2004 - eight times more than any other country in the world. Such sentences violate Iran's international treaty obligations,..
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Delara Darabi Has Lost All Hope, Begs to Be Executed or Released
World  (tags: Delara Darabi, prison, child executions )


- 894 days ago - savedelara.com
20 year old artist prisoner, Delara Darabi is under so much emotional, psychological, and physical pressure and pain in prison that she has asked her lawyer to make sure that she is either executed or released. She will be transferred soon.
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Amnesty International Are Asking People To Take A Moment To Sign A Petition To Save Delara Darabi From Execution
World  (tags: amnesty international, savedelara.com, human rights, child executions )


- 918 days ago - oxfordmail.net:80
Amnesty members in Headington, Oxford, are asking people to spare a moment to help save a young woman facing execution in Iran: Delara Darabi.
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL JOINED FORCES WITH THE SAVE DELARA CAMPAIGN IN POLAND TO PROTEST OUTSIDE THE IRANIAN EMBASSY
World  (tags: mnesty international, savedelara, child executions, iran, demonstration in warsaw )


- 921 days ago - care2.com
On Sunday, May 20, Amnesty International joined forces with the SaveDelara campaign by putting its Human Rights Bus into action in Warsaw, Poland...
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