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URGENT: Sakineh will be executed on Nov 3 - Join us to save her lifeNews & Letters recieved the following appeal for action: From: m.namazie@ukonline.co.uk ACT NOW PLEASE NOTE: WE WILL BE GATHERING AT THE EMBASSY OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN IN PARIS AT 2PM (4 Avenue d'Iˇna 75116 Paris) AND MARCHING TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN BRUSSELS. JOIN US. WE MUST SAVE SAKINEHÕS LIFE AND SECURE HER FREEDOM AND THAT OF HER SON, LAWYER AND THE TWO GERMAN JOURNALISTS. AND WE MUST END STONING NOW! According to news received by the International Committee against Stoning and International Committee against Execution on 1 November 2010, the authorities in Tehran have given the go ahead to Tabriz prison for the execution of Iran stoning case Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. It has been reported that she is to be executed this Wednesday 3 November. We had previously reported that the casefile regarding the murder case of Ms AshtianiÕs husband had been seized from her lawyerÕs office, Houtan Kian, and found missing from the prosecutorÕs Oskoo branch office so as to stitch Ms Ashtiani up with trumped up murder charges. [Another man has already served a prison sentence and is now free for her husbandÕs murder.] Ms AshtianiÕs son, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, and her lawyer, Houtan Kian, have warned of the regimeÕs plan to do so on many occasions. With the arrest of Ms AshtianiÕs son and lawyer on 10 October and her not having had any visitation rights since 11 August and after fabricating a new case against her, the ŅHuman Rights CommissionÓ of the regime has announced that: Ōaccording to the existing evidence, her guilt has been confirmed.Õ In fact, the regime has created a new scenario in order to expedite her execution. In other news, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh and Houtan Kian have been severely tortured in order to obtain confessions against Sakineh and themselves since their arrests on 10 October along with two German journalists. The initial interrogations by the Ministry of Intelligence have now been completed and the casefile sent to the National Prosecutor General and Judiciary Spokesperson, Mohsen-Ejehi, in Tehran rather than being handled in Tabriz. Their families are concerned for their wellbeing. When attempting to secure lawyers for the two, authorities have said that the two men did not need legal representation. Sajjad and Houtan KianÕs only ŌcrimeÕ has been to defend Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and proclaim her innocence with facts and evidence. That their contact with Mina Ahadi is considered a crime is absurd given that Ahadi has been contacted by death row prisoners and their families and lawyers for many years now, including directly from prison. This is because of her many years of work against stoning and executions. The International Committees against Stoning and Execution call on international bodies and the people of the world to come out in full force against the state-sponsored murder of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. Ms Ashtiani, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, Houtan Kian and the two German journalists must be immediately and unconditionally released. ACT NOW! 1. Contact government officials, MPs, MEPs, and the UN asking them to intervene urgently. Governments must immediately summon the Islamic Republic of IranÕs ambassadors and demand that Sakineh Mohammadi AshtianiÕs execution be stopped and that she along with her son, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, and lawyer, Houtan Kian, and the two German journalists be immediately released. 2. Send letters of condemnation to the Islamic regime of Iran right away: Head of the Judiciary Sadeqh Larijani Head of the Judiciary in East Azerbaijan Province Ali Khamenei Secretary General, High Council for Human Rights 3. Please urgently donate to the Save Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani campaign by making your cheque payable to ŌCount Me In -- IranÕ and sending it to BM Box 6754, London WC1N 3XX, UK. You can also pay via Paypal (http://countmein-iran.com/donate.html). For more information, contact: Mina Ahadi, International Committee against Execution and International Committee against Stoning: minaahadi@aol.com; Tel: +49 (0) 1775692413, http://stopstonningnow.com, http://notonemoreexecution.org Maryam Namazie, Iran Solidarity, iransolidaritynow@gmail.com, +44 7719166731, www.iransolidarity.org.uk, iransolidarity.blogspot.com |
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