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THANK YOU SWEDEN !

To date more than 91 members (26%) of Swedish Parliament have voiced their support for the Stop Child Executions Campaign. Here is the list of additional MP signatures since our last reports:

 

 

4404. Peter Jeppsson Sweden Member of Parliament
4434. Lars Mejern Larsson Sweden Parlamentarian
4454. Hans Rothenberg Sweden Member of Parliament
4459. Veronica Palm Sweden Member of Parliament, Soc.dem.
4465. Ulla Löfgren Sweden MP
4464. Inger Jarl Beck Sweden MP
4473. Betty Malmberg Sweden Agronomist
4508. Lars-Ivar Ericson Sweden member of parliament
4507. Annie Johansson Sweden Member of Parliament (c)
4526. Lennart Pettersson Sverige Riksdagsledamot (c )
4533. Fredrik Malm Sweden Member of parliament
4747. Hillevi Larsson Sweden MP
4754. Désirée Pethrus Engström Sweden Mp
4770. Stefan ATTEFALL SWEDEN Member of Parliament in Sweden
4798. Inger Davidson Sweden Member of Parliament (Christian Democrat)
4802. Karin Pilsäter Sweden Member of Parliament
4823. Jan Ertsborn Sweden Member of Parliament
4830. Marianne Berg Sweden Member of parliament
4834. peter hultqvist sweden member of parliament
4837. Emma Henriksson Sweden Member of Parliament
4843. Torbjörn Björlund Sweden Member of Parliament
4861. Désirée Liljevall Sweden MP
4860. Lars Tysklind Sweden Member of Parliament
4866. Nina Larsson Sweden MP, Liberal party
4865. Jennifer Hacker Sweden
4874. Ulf Holm Sweden Member of Parliament
4879. Mr. Ola Nilsson Sweden Political Advisor, Parliament of Sweden
4878. LiseLotte Olsson Sweden Member of Parliament
4886. Hans Linde Sweden Member of Parliament
5056. Lena Hallengren Sweden MP, soc.dem
5091. Hans Backman Sweden Member of Parliament
5097. Josefin Brink Sweden Member of parlament for the left party (Vänsterpartiet)
5108. Maryam Yazdanfar Sweden MP, Social Democratic Party
5119. Fredrick Federley Sweden Member of parliament
5237. Allan Widman sweden MP
5239. Mikael Johansson Sweden MP member of swedish parliament
5288. Johan Pehrson Sweden MP

 

5454 Signatures and growing

BBC News Brazil (Portuguese language) wrote about SCE campaign

BBC News Brazil (Portuguese language) wrote a long article about Child Execution in Iran:
Ever since the number of petition signatures in Brazil has substantially increased.
A word of thanks to BBC news for their recent contacts with SCE campaign and their coverage and thank you Brazil for all the recent signatures and support of the campaigns.
Obrigado Brasil para as assinaturas e sustentação do Campanha Stop Child Executions (Pare com Execuções de Crianças).  
  
5372 signatures and growing

Delara's sister signed the petitions

Last month Ghazal Darabi , 19 year old sister of Delara Darabi signed the stop child executions petition. 

2367. ghazal iran student

 Yesterday she also signed Delara’s petition. 

13272. ghazale man khahare delara hastam mikham ke ono beshnasid va motevaje bigonahish beshin khahesh mikoanm!

she wrote: I am Delara’s sister. I wish that you get to know her and please be aware that she is innocent.

Letter to Swedish foreign minister about Delara Darabi and other children facing execution in Iran.

In a letter to Foreign Minister of Sweden, Birgitta Ohlsson , member of the Swedish Parliament , after addressing Delara’s situation and Iran’s obligation to adhere to International laws against execution of children, she asked the Swedish Foreign minister : What is the policy and plan of Government of Sweden in stopping execution of Delara Darabi and others in Iran who were under 18 at the time of alleged crime?

 den 2 mars
Fråga
2006/07:789 Stoppande av avrättningen av D Darabi
av Birgitta Ohlsson (fp)
till utrikesminister Carl Bildt (m)

17 år gammal greps den iranska flickan Delara Darabi för ett mord hon inte begått. Två år senare inväntar hon nu dödsstraff trots att ingen brottsutredning har gjorts. Den 16 februari 2007 offentliggjorde Högsta domstolen i Iran att Delara Darabi ska avrättas genom hängning inom kort. Mordet hon anklagas för begicks när hon ännu inte fyllt 18 år.

FN:s Kommitté för Barnens Rättigheter uppmanade 2005 Iran att ”omedelbart inställa verkställandet av alla dödsstraff för personer som begått brott när de var under 18 år”, vilket föreskrivits i artikel 37 i Konventionen om Barnens Rättigheter.

Dödsstraffet kränker rätten till liv och förhindrar inte brott. Det är inhumant, skapar martyrer och strider mot rätten till liv, vår allra mest grundläggande mänskliga rättighet.

Vad avser statsrådet att vidtaga för åtgärder så att den iranska staten häver dödsdomen mot Delara Darabi samt stoppar alla dödsstraff utfärdade för individer som anklagas för brott begångna innan de fyllt18 år?

 

English translation of letter:

 

Question

Stopping the execution of D Darabi

by Birgitta Ohlsson (fp)

to Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt

When she was 17 years old the Iranian girl Delara Darabi was arrested for a murder she did not commit. Two years later she is awaiting execution though there has been no crime scene investigation. The Supreme Court in Iran announced February 16, 2007 that Delara will be executed shortly by hanging. The murder she is accused of happened before she turned 18 years.

The UN committee on the Rights of the Child asked Iran in 2005 to “immediately end the use of death penalty against people who committed crimes before they turned 18 years”, as prescribed by article 37 in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The death penalty violates the right to life and do not act as an deterrent to crime. It is inhuman, creates martyrs and denies the right to life, the most fundamental of all human rights.

What measures does the minister intend to take to make the Iranian state overturn the death sentence against Delara Darabi, and end the use of death penalty for individuals accused for crimes committed before they turned 18 years?
 

Inkom: 2007-03-02

نامه بیریگیتا اولسون نماینده حزب مردم در پارلمان سوﺌد به وزیر امور خارجه سوﺌد درباره دلآرا دارابی و اعدام کودکان و نوجوانان درایران!

در پی تماسهای نماینده گان کمیته بین المللی علیه اعدام با بیرگیتا اولسون و تقاضای دخالت ایشان در شرایط دلارا دارابی، توقف اعدام کودکان و لغو مجازات اعدام در ایران، ایشان در نامه اش به کارل بیلد می نویسد:

دلآرا دارابی، زمانی که 17 سال بیشتر نداشت به جرم قتلی که مرتکب نشده است، بازداشت شد. دو سال بعد قرار است وی اعدام شود در حالیکه هیچ گونه تحقیقات جنایی در رابطه با این قتل صورت نگرفته است. شانزدهم فوریه دادگاه عالی ایران، اعلام کرد که حکم دلآرا تأیید شده است و به زودی به دار آویخته خواهد شد. قتلی که او به انجام آن متهم است در زمانی اتفاق افتاده است که وی به سن قانونی یعنی 18 سالگی نرسیده بود. کمیسیون حقوق کودکان سازمان ملل در سال 2005 بر اساس بند 37 کنوانسیون حقوق کودک، اخطار داد که اعدام کسانی که در زمان اجرای جرم، زیر 18 سال بوده اند را بیدرنگ متوقف کند،.

مجازات اعدام نه تنها از تکرار جنایت و قتل جلوگیری نمی کند بلکه حق حیات را سلب می کند. این عملی ضد انسانی و خلاف حق زندگی است، این ابتدایی ترین و پایه ای تری حقوق بشر.

برنامه دولت برای لغو حکم اعدام دلارا و اشخاص دیگری که در زمان وقوع جرم زیر 18 سال بوده اند در ایران چیست؟ 

Europe speaking up

The Iranian foreign minister visited  Sweden on Monday where he gave a speech at the Swedish Institute of Foreign Affairs. He also met with Swedish deputy prime minister Maud Olofsson and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt.

Bildt on Tuesday told Swedish radio that during the meeting he had discussed human rights concerns, including the extensive use of the death penalty in Iran.  In Sweden, Iranian and human rights groups criticized Mottaki’s visit and staged protests.  Responding to critics, Bildt said that it was necessary to engage in a dialogue in order to have any means of influencing Iran and that the talks were part of joint European Union efforts to send a ‘coordinated message’ to Tehran. 

The Norway visit also generated attention to Iran’s human rights violation records. The news on Norway’s TV2 had stoning and suppresion of  women as one of their main cases. There were also a demonstration outside while the Iranian foreign minister had a meeting with Jonas Gahr Støre, the Norwegian foreign minister.

Unexpeted by Iranian officials, human rights became one of the main subjects of the meeting. Støre protested 
execution of minors, women’s situation and Holocaust denial. 

On another news more Parliament members from Sweden signed the Stop Child Executions petition which brings the total of  Swedish MPs to 51 to date:

3993.

 

Solveig Zander

 

Sweden

 

MP

 

3981.

 

Agneta Berliner

 

Sweden

 

Member of Parliament

 

3861.

 

staffan danielsson

 

Sweden

 

member of parliament

 

3959.

 

Per Lodenius

 

Sweden

 

MP

 

3940.

 

Mildred Thulin

 

Sweden

 

Member of Parliament

 

3935.

 

Morgan Johansson

 

Sweden

 

MP

 

4306.

 

Anita Brodén

 

Sweden

 

MP

 

4294.

 

Karla Lopez

 

Sweden

 

Member of the swedish parlament

 

4378. Lars Lilja Sweden MP
4404. Peter Jeppsson Sweden Member of Parliament
4389. Karin Svensson Smith Sweden Member of Parliament
4392. Eva-Lena Jansson Sweden mp

source: SVD Inrikis, SR Radio

European support of SCE campaign multiplies

As Nazanin Afshin-Jam enters the United Kingdom on her last media campaign stop, the number of signatures on the SCE petition exceeded 4000 with a surge in signatures from UK. Today Mr. Peter Hulme Cross, member of city of London Assemly signed the petition.

4068. Peter Hulme Cross United Kingdom Member of the London Assembly

While in London, in a meeting with Amnesty International UK, Nazanin discussed more joint cooperation between SCE campaign and Amnesty International.

Stop Child Executions campaign also received substantial public support from the French. While in France Nazanin took every media and TV opportunity to raise awareness about the Child Executions in Iran.

On another front the growing support from Swedish Parliament members has been extraordinary (40 to date). Nazanin Afshin-Jam and SCE campaign thank the honorable members of the Parliament of Sweden for their continuous unparallel support:

3717. Siv Holma Sweden parlamentarian
3784. Eva Selin Lindgren Sweden MP
3783. Per Bolund Sweden Member of Parliament
3762. Gunvor G Ericson Sweden member of parlament
3825. Birgitta Sellén Sweden MP
3993. Solveig Zander Sweden MP
3983. Eva Flyborg Sweden MP
3969. Maria Lundqvist-Brömster Sweden Member of parliament
3968. Maria Kornevik Jakobsson Sweden Riksdagsledamot
     
3965. Christer Winbäck Sweden Member of parliament
3946. Kristin Oretorp Sweden MP
4012. Holger Gustafsson Sweden Member of parliament (MP)
4010. Solveig Hellquist Sweden Member of Parliament
4063. Tina Acketoft Sweden MP
4095. Tina Ehn Sweden Member of Parliament
4145. barbro westerholm Sweden Member of Parliament
4143. Max Andersson Sweden Member of Parliament
4104. Bodil Ceballos Sweden MP

 

More European politicians supporting the SCE campaign

SCE Camapign wish to thank honorable members of Swedish Parliament Mats Pertoft and Helena Leander for their kind support and signing the Stop Child Executions Campaign Petition.

 

 

 

3573. Helena Leander Sweden Member of Parliament
3572. Mats Pertoft Sweden Member of Parliament

We additionally extend our appreciation to the Secretary general and treasurer of the Lebertarian party of France for their support.

3502. Anne Blanc France Tresorier du Parti Libertarien
3612. JEAN-MARCEL CREMONA FRANCE Secretaire General du Parti Libertarien

 

SCE Campaign support widens

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stop Child Executions Campaign thanks three more Swedish Praliament members who have joined their colleagues in signing the SCE petition. To date, 20 Parliament members and politicians have supported the campaign.

2366. Ulrika Carlsson Sweden Member of Parliament
2413. Göran Lindblad Sweden MP
2473. Kerstin Engle Sweden MP

The petition signatures surpassed 3000 on May 1st. The signers are from different countries, backgrounds and ages such as 16 year old Kelly Campbell of US:

2880. KELLY CAMPBELL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 16 YEAR OLD

Campaign supporters such as Hazel Sawyer (UK) have organized events and obtained signatures for SCE and Delara Darabi petitions:

Hazel also created an artwork dedicated to Delara Darabi which is now placed at saatchi gallery competition. You can vote for her art to help raise awareness about Stop Child Executions and Delara Darabi.

 

 

 

Swedish Politicians' support of SCE petition multiplies.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stop Child Executions Campaign greatly appreciate the overwhelming support of Swedish Parliamentary members:

2025. gudrun utas sweden

Member of Parliament

2028. Jenny Fors Sweden political secretary on environment

Member of Parliament

2051. Egon Frid Sweden Member of the parliment
2053. Mats Einarsson Sweden Councillor, Left Party

member of Parliament

2054. Gunilla Wahlén Sweden MP

Member of Parliament

2070. Eva Olofsson Sweden Member of parlament
2080. Elina Linna Sweden Member of Parliament
2095. Lars Ohly Sweden President of the Left Party, MP

Member of Parliament

2101. Anki Ahlsten Sweden Party secretary
2100. Rossana Dinamarca Sweden Member of Parliament
2108. Mats Sander SWEDEN Member of Parliament
2116. Åsa Kemppi Sweden

Member of Parliament

2126. Ulla andersson Sweden

Member of Parliament

2142. Ewa Larsson Sweden Chair of the Green Women

Former Member of Parliament

SCE encourage our campaign supporters to contact your country leaders & politicians, your local members of parliament and your minister of foreign affairs asking them to join the other worlld politicians in signing the SCE petition demanding the Government of Iran to stop child executions as well as asking the UN offices to demand Iran to comply with signed treaties. . (US Officials can be found here)

A word of thanks to Pia and Manocher for their continuous lobbying efforts in Sweden.

#2043 signer on Stop Child Executions Petition : Nazanin Fatehi !

During a phone conversation, Nazanin Fatehi asked Nazanin Afshin-Jam to add her name to the Stop Child Executions petition.

Nazanin Fatehi was sentenced to death for murder of a man in self defense who attempted to rape her and her 15 year old niece. After an international campaign initiated by Nazanin Afshin-Jam and support of more than 350,000 people worldwide and much international pressure,  and after spending two grueling years in prison Nazanin Fatehi was spared from her original death sentence and released from prison on Janurary 31st 2007. 

2043. NAZANIN FATEHI IRAN I was a minor on death row