{"id":2553113,"date":"2008-01-21T09:40:53","date_gmt":"2008-01-21T02:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/?p=2553113"},"modified":"2023-04-13T05:19:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T05:19:25","slug":"amnesty-internationals-urgent-action-to-save-amir-amrollahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/2008\/01\/21\/amnesty-internationals-urgent-action-to-save-amir-amrollahi\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International's urgent action to save Amir Amrollahi"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last week Stop Child Executions Campaign informed Amnesty International of the imminent execution of Amir Amrollahi<\/a> which resulted in a world wide URGENT ACTION statement by Amnesty International to save Amir from execution:<\/em><\/p>\n

URGENT ACTION \/ AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
<\/strong>18 January 2008
\nUA 15\/08 Death Penalty\/imminent execution\/unfair trial
\nIRAN Amir Amrollahi (m), aged 17 or 18
<\/strong>
\nChild offender Amir Amrollahi is in imminent danger of execution for a murder committed when he was 16 years old<\/strong>. His execution order has been approved by the Supreme Court and passed to the Office for the Implementation of Sentences, which organizes executions.<\/p>\n

The murder took place in November 2006 during a fight with another boy, who was fatally stabbed. According to his lawyer, who took up his case very recently, Amir Amrollahi stabbed the other boy in the chest because he thought the other boy was about to attack him, and then panicked and ran off. Then, according to eyewitnesses, there was a delay of at least half an hour before any medical assistance reached the victim of the stabbing, by which time his wound had proved fatal.<\/p>\n

His family is poor, so Amir Amrollahi could not afford competent legal representation at his trial. According to a lawyer who recently took over his case, the court did not hear that the killing had been unintentional, or that he was prescribed heavy doses of sedatives while in prison awaiting trial. His mental state at the time of the incident was not properly considered.\n<\/div>\n

\n
\nBACKGROUND INFORMATION
<\/strong>
\nInternational law strictly prohibits the use of the death penalty against child offenders, those convicted of crimes committed when they were under 18. Iran is a state party to both the International Covenant on Civil and Politica
\nRights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and so has undertaken not to execute child offenders. However, since 1990, Iran has executed at least 30 child offenders, at least six of them in 2007. There are now at least 86 child offenders on death row in Iran. This number may be even higher as at least a further 15 Afghan child offenders have reportedly been sentenced to death.
\nFor more information about Amnesty International\u2019s concerns regarding executions of child offenders in Iran, please see: Iran: The last executioner of children (June 2007) http:\/\/web.amnesty.org\/library\/index\/engmde130592007<\/a><\/p>\n

RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible:
\n– calling on the authorities to halt the execution of Amir Amrollahi immediately;
\n– expressing concern that he was sentenced to death for a crime committed when he was under 18;
\n– calling on the authorities to commute his death sentence;
\n– reminding the authorities that Iran is a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which prohibit the use of the death penalty against people convicted of crimes committed when they were under 18;
\n– stating that Amnesty International recognizes the right and responsibility of governments to bring to justice those
\nsuspected of criminal offenses, but is opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances.<\/p>\n

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

Head of the Judiciary
\nHis Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi
\nShahroudi
\nMinistry of Justice, Panzdah Khordad (Ark) Square,
\nTehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
\nEmail: info@dadgostary-tehran.ir<\/a>
\n(In the subject line: FAO Ayatollah Shahroudi)
\nFax: 011 98 21 3390 4986
\n(please keep trying. If a voice answers, say, \u201cFax
\nplease.\u201d)
\nSalutation: Your Excellency<\/p>\n

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

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

President
\nHis Excellency Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
\nThe Presidency
\nPalestine Avenue, Azerbaijan Intersection
\nTehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
\nFax: 011 98 21 6 649 5880
\nEmail: dr-ahmadinejad@president.ir<\/a>
\n(via website) http:\/\/www.president.ir\/email\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Director, Human Rights Headquarters of Iran
\nHis Excellency Mohammad Javad Larijani
\nC\/o Office of the Deputy for International Affairs
\nMinistry of Justice,
\nMinistry of Justice Building, Panzdah-Khordad (Ark)
\nSquare,
\nTehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
\nFax: 011 98 21 5 537 8827
\n(please keep trying)\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week Stop Child Executions Campaign informed Amnesty International of the imminent execution of Amir Amrollahi<\/a> which resulted in a world wide URGENT ACTION statement by Amnesty International to save Amir from execution:<\/em><\/p>\n

URGENT ACTION \/ AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
<\/strong>18 January 2008
\nUA 15\/08 Death Penalty\/imminent execution\/unfair trial
\nIRAN Amir Amrollahi (m), aged 17 or 18
<\/strong>
\nChild offender Amir Amrollahi is in imminent danger of execution for a murder committed when he was 16 years old<\/strong>. His execution order has been approved by the Supreme Court and passed to the Office for the Implementation of Sentences, which organizes executions.<\/p>\n

The murder took place in November 2006 during a fight with another boy, who was fatally stabbed. According to his lawyer, who took up his case very recently, Amir Amrollahi stabbed the other boy in the chest because he thought the other boy was about to attack him, and then panicked and ran off. Then, according to eyewitnesses, there was a delay of at least half an hour before any medical assistance reached the victim of the stabbing, by which time his wound had proved fatal.<\/p>\n

His family is poor, so Amir Amrollahi could not afford competent legal representation at his trial. According to a lawyer who recently took over his case, the court did not hear that the killing had been unintentional, or that he was prescribed heavy doses of sedatives while in prison awaiting trial. His mental state at the time of the incident was not properly considered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[53,9,13,10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553113"}],"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=2553113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5196032,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553113\/revisions\/5196032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2553113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2553113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2553113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}