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Ali Mahin Torabi is expected to be free and released from prison soon
Mr. Mohammad Mostafaei, child rights lawyer to Ali Mahin-Torabi has just released the great news that he has been exonerated of “intentional murder” to a lesser sentence. With the payment of blood money to the family of the victim, it is expected that he will be released soon. We will provide more updtes as they…
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علی مهین ترابی از مرگ نجات یافت
بالاخره حکم علی مهین ترابی صادر شد. این کوکل جوانم از قتل عمل تبرئه و به اتهام قتل شبیه عمد به پرداخت دیه محکوم شد. علي مهين ترابي كه در سن شانزده سالگي به اتهام قتل عمد مرحوم مزدك دستگير و در حال حاضر هشت سال است كه در زندان به سر مي برد.…
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Taliban execute 8 year-old
An outrage even by Afghan standards Source: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/06/23/1319649/an-outrage-even-by-afghan-standards.html#ixzz0rhN82Lav By MOHAMMAD ILYAS DAYEE – The Institute for War & Peace Reporting KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban’s execution of an 8-year-old accused of “collaborating” with foreign forces has proved too much even for Afghans hardened by three decades of fighting. “Islam does not permit anyone to sentence…
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Iran to review policy of child executions
U.S. envoy says Iran increasingly isolated Source: Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE65912U.htm By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, June 10 (Reuters) – Iran agreed on Thursday to review its widely condemned policy of executing juvenile criminals and pledged to uphold freedoms of expression, media and assembly, Western officials said. Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary-general of the Iranian high council for human…
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Taliban accused of executing 7-year-old Afghan boy on charges of spying
Stop Child Executions have not been able to personally verify the news, however this was reported today in the Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World-South-Asia/Taliban-execute-seven-year-old-Afghan-boy-accused-of-spying/articleshow/6028704.cms?loc=interstitialskip KABUL: Suspected Taliban militants executed a seven-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan after accusing him of spying for the government, a provincial official said Wednesday. The child was captured by the militants in…
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3 Juveniles stentenced t death in the UAE
UAE: 3 JUVENILE OFFENDERS AT RISK OF EXECUTION. A woman and three men sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for murder have had their appeals against the sentences rejected by the Supreme Court. At the time of the crime three of the four individuals convicted were under the age of 18. A woman…
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Yemen Juvenile Hafez Ibrahim SAVED
Yemen: Child Offender Saved from Death Row in Yemen, visits Amnesty International Researcher to express thanks Hafez Ibrahim, who had been sentenced to death in Yemen for a crime that happened when he was a juvenile offender, gives his personal thanks to Amnesty International for efforts that he credits with saving his life. Hafez Ibrahim…
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President of SCE addresses Canadian Parliamentarians.
In a room full of Canadian Members of Parliament, Sentaors, Diplomats and public, SCE President Nazanin Afshin-Jam addressed Iran’s human rights abuses including child executions and providing policy recommendations. She helped organize this panel through the office of Government member of parliament John Weston. She was accompanied on the panel by Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi, International Human…
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An Evening in Chicago in Support of Stop Child Executions (May 8th 2010)
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گفتگوی خواندنی مریم یوشی زاده با صابر شربتی نوجوان محکوم به مرگ
: گفتگوی خواندنی مریم یوشی زاده با صابر شربتی نوجوان محکوم به مرگ گفتگوي خواندني مريم يوشي زاده با صابر شربتي، نوجوان محکوم به مرگ عنوان مطلب : مشروح مطلب : صابر شربتي محکوم به اعدامي است که در سن 15 سالگي مرتکب جرم شد و حکم اعدامش توسط شعبه 74 دادگاه کيفري استان به…
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More States Rethinking Life Sentences for Teens
State lawmakers start to heed brain development studiesby Tresa Baldas Source: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202446216111&More_States_Rethinking_Life_Sentences_for_TeensThe National Law Journal Their lawyers have long urged juries to give juvenile defendants a second chance. Now a growing number of states are rethinking the wisdom of sentencing teenagers to life in prison. Two states have recently passed — and at least 11…
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Mehdi Sadeghlou at imminent risk of execution
Source: http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=14363 According to Harana News, a juvenile named Mehdi Sadeghlou, is at imminent risk of execution for killing another youth named “By” in 2008. Human rights activists and his lawyer have not yet been able to convince the family of the deceased for forgiveness.
