{"id":2549618,"date":"2008-01-20T11:30:10","date_gmt":"2008-01-20T04:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/?p=2549618"},"modified":"2023-04-13T05:19:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T05:19:25","slug":"amnesty-international-urgent-action-to-stop-execution-of-saeed-jazee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/2008\/01\/20\/amnesty-international-urgent-action-to-stop-execution-of-saeed-jazee\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International: URGENT ACTION to stop execution of Saeed Jazee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amnesty International issued a worldwide urgent action request regarding the imminent execution of Saeed Jazee in Iran. SCE campaign has also issued an<\/em> urgent call<\/em><\/a> to stop Saeed’s execution on December 31, 2007.<\/em><\/p>\n

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL       URGENT ACTION<\/font>:
\n09 January 2008     UA 08\/08 Death Penalty
\nIRAN Saeed Jazee (m), aged 21, sculptor, child offender<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sculptor Saeed Jazee was convicted of a murder committed when he was 17, and is now believed to be at risk of execution.<\/p>\n

Saeed Jazee was convicted of the murder of a 22-year-old man, which took place in 2003, and sentenced to qesas (retribution). The Supreme Court upheld his death sentence and his case has been sent for final approval to the
\nHead of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi.<\/p>\n

According to reports, the killing took place after Saeed Jazee had gone to a friend\u2019s sandwich shop, helped himself to a sandwich and started eating it. The 22-year-old man, who had just started working at the shop and did not know Saeed, started arguing with him about the sandwich and attacked him with a kitchen knife. During the scuffle, the knife fell to the floor and Saeed picked it up at the same time as the man charged at him and was wounded in the process. Saeed Jazee and the other employees in the shop tried to help him. During the trial, the shop\u2019s other employees stated that the killing had been accidental. Saeed Jazee has repeatedly stated that the killing was not intentional. His lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, is appealing for a retrial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\nUnder Article 206 (b) of Iran\u2019s Criminal Code, murder is classed as premeditated \u201cin cases where the murderer
\nintentionally makes an action which is inherently lethal, even if [the murderer] does not intend to kill the person.\u201d<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a state party to both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on
\nthe Rights of the Child (CRC), Iran has undertaken not to execute child offenders, those convicted of crimes
\ncommitted when they were under 18. However, since 1990 Iran has executed at least 28 child offenders, six of them
\nin 2007. At least 79 child offenders are now on death row in Iran. This number may be even higher as at least a
\nfurther 15 Afghan child offenders have reportedly been sentenced to death.
\nFor more information about executions of child offenders in Iran, please see: Iran: The last executioner of children (June
\n2007), http:\/\/web.amnesty.org\/library\/index\/engmde130592007<\/a><\/p>\n

RECOMMENDED ACTION:<\/strong> Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible:<\/p>\n

– expressing concern that Saeed Jazee is at risk of execution for a crime committed when he was under 18;
\n– calling on the authorities to commute his death sentence;
\n– reminding them that Iran is a state party to both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
\nand the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which prohibits the use of the death penalty against those
\nunder the age of 18 at the time of offense, and that the execution of Saeed Jazee would therefore be a violation of
\ninternational law;
\n– urging the authorities to pass legislation to abolish the death penalty for offences committed by persons under the
\nage of 18, so bringing Iran\u2019s domestic law in line with its obligations under international law;
\n– stating that Amnesty International acknowledges the right and responsibility of governments to bring to justice
\nthose suspected of criminal offences, but unconditionally opposes the death penalty.<\/p>\n

APPEALS TO:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leader of the Islamic Republic<\/strong>
\nHis Excellency Ayatollah Sayed \u2018Ali Khamenei
\nThe Office of the Supreme Leader, Islamic Republic
\nStreet – Shahid Keshvar Doust Street
\nTehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
\nEmail: info@leader.ir<\/a>
\nSalutation: Your Excellency<\/p>\n

Head of the Judiciary
<\/strong>Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
\nHowzeh Riyasat-e Qoveh Qazaiyeh \/ Office of the
\nHead of the Judiciary
\nPasteur St., Vali Asr Ave., south of Serah-e Jomhouri,
\nTehran 1316814737, Islamic Republic of Iran
\nEmail: info@dadgostary-tehran.ir<\/a>
\n(In the subject line write: FAO Ayatollah
\nShahroudi)
\nSalutation: Your Excellency<\/p>\n

COPIES TO:<\/p>\n

President<\/strong>
\nHis Excellency Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
\nThe Presidency, Palestine Avenue, Azerbaijan
\nIntersection,
\nTehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
\nEmail: dr-ahmadinejad@president.ir<\/a>
\nvia website: www.president.ir\/email<\/a><\/p>\n

Director, Human Rights Headquarters of Iran<\/strong>
\nHis Excellency Mohammad Javad Larijani
\nHowzeh Riassat-e Ghoveh Ghazaiyeh
\n(Office of the Head of the Judiciary)
\nPasteur St.,
\nVali Asr Ave., south of Serah-e Jomhuri,
\nTehran 1316814737 Islamic Republic of Iran
\nFax: 011 98 21 3390 4986
\n(Please keep trying)
\nEmail: fsharafi@bia-judiciary.ir<\/a>
\n(In the subject line: FAO Mohammad Javad
\nLarijani)
\nint_aff@judiciary.ir<\/a>
\n(In the subject line: FAO Mohammad Javad
\nLarijani)<\/p>\n

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the AIUSA Urgent Action office if sending appeals after 20 February 2008<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amnesty International issued a worldwide urgent action request regarding the imminent execution of Saeed Jazee in Iran. SCE campaign has also issued an<\/em> urgent call<\/em><\/a> to stop Saeed’s execution on December 31, 2007.<\/em><\/p>\n

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL       URGENT ACTION<\/font>:
\n09 January 2008     UA 08\/08 Death Penalty
\nIRAN Saeed Jazee (m), aged 21, sculptor, child offender<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sculptor Saeed Jazee was convicted of a murder committed when he was 17, and is now believed to be at risk of execution.<\/p>\n

Saeed Jazee was convicted of the murder of a 22-year-old man, which took place in 2003, and sentenced to qesas (retribution). The Supreme Court upheld his death sentence and his case has been sent for final approval to the
\nHead of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi.<\/p>\n

According to reports, the killing took place after Saeed Jazee had gone to a friend\u2019s sandwich shop, helped himself to a sandwich and started eating it. The 22-year-old man, who had just started working at the shop and did not know Saeed, started arguing with him about the sandwich and attacked him with a kitchen knife. During the scuffle, the knife fell to the floor and Saeed picked it up at the same time as the man charged at him and was wounded in the process. Saeed Jazee and the other employees in the shop tried to help him. During the trial, the shop\u2019s other employees stated that the killing had been accidental. Saeed Jazee has repeatedly stated that the killing was not intentional. His lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, is appealing for a retrial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[9,13,52,10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2549618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5196035,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549618\/revisions\/5196035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2549618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2549618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2549618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}