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In Iran mullahs' henchmen publicly hanged two young boys in Edalat (Justice) Square in Mashhad
In shocking crime, mullahs’ henchmen hang an 18-year-old, and a juvenile under 18 years of age
Iranian Resistance urges EU to cut off all dialogue with the religious fascism ruling Iran.
The clerical regime’s henchmen publicly hanged two young boys in Edalat (Justice) Square in Mashhad (northeast Iran). One was 18 and the other below 18 years of age.
Before hanging the victims, the henchmen flogged each of them 228 times. The executioners wore masks fearing reprisals and anti-riot forces put the entire area under their control to prevent outbreak of public protests.
The victims were charged with disrupting public order among other things. They had been imprisoned since 14 months ago, meaning that they were 16 years old at the time of the alleged offences.
The dramatic rise in public executions, including those of under-18 juveniles, comes as the European Union has refused in the past three years to table a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Commission to condemn the violations of human rights in Iran. Instead, it has engaged in “human rights dialogue” with the murderous mullahs. The execution of juveniles is a by-product of this shameful dialogue.
The barbaric executions occurred exactly 24 hours prior to the start of negotiations between the mullahs’ representative and the EU-3 in London. Silence vis-à-vis this hideous crime and the continuation of talks with this regime is tantamount to trampling on all values for which European nations fought for centuries and offered many sacrifices.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) underscores that these executions were a blatant violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and most international covenants. It calls for the censure of the mullahs’ regime and the appointment by Human Rights Commission of a special rapporteur to monitor the situation of human rights in Iran. The NCRI urges the European Union to immediately stop any dialogue with this medieval regime and not allow the mullahs to use such contacts to legitimize their atrocities.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 20, 2005
Over 4000 lesbians and gay men have been executed since the Ayatollahs seized power in 1979.
What are your thoughts ? Should the EU stop any dialogue with the Iranian regime or should they undertake some other action to stop these crimes ?
Is it a good idea to appoint a special UN rapporteur to monitor the situation of human rights in Iran ?
Should any action be undertaken at all ?
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Secretary Rice Urged To Condemn Iran Gay Executions
by Doreen Brandt 365Gay.com Washington Bureau
Posted: July 22, 2005 5:00 pm ET
(Washington) The nation's largest LGBT civil rights organization Friday urged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to condemn the execution of two gay teens in Iran.
Thursday news emerged that the Iranian government had executed the two teens after a religious court found them them guilty of homosexuality. (story)
One of the teens was 18, the other, according to the Iranian Students News Agency, is believed to have been 16 or 17.
The English language Iran In Focus also reported the executions saying the teens were hanged in public in the city square in the northeastern city of Mashhad on July 19.
"This crime warrants an immediate and strong condemnation from the Department of State," said the Human Rights Campaign in a letter Friday to Rice.
"Atrocities committed by foreign governments against all people must be condemned swiftly and forcefully by the world’s greatest democracy. We urge you to do so.
"The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was signed by the UN General Assembly in 1948, declares that every human should be guaranteed the fundamental right to life, liberty, and security of person and every human should be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Tragically, this guarantee of basic human rights does not exist for GLBT individuals in certain regions of the globe."
The letter, signed by HRC President Joe Solmonese goes on to say that research done by organizations such as the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and Amnesty International, shows that human rights abuses are perpetrated against the GLBT community in all corners of the globe.
"As we have seen in recent weeks, the barbarous punishments for sexual acts in these countries run contrary to the letter and the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For that reason, these acts must be condemned," the letter from Solmonese said.
The State Department said that it had not seen the letter and would not comment on it until it had been studied.
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Originally posted by ivanhoeGood to see you're supporting gay rights, at least in Iran. I expect that you'll soon be posting in favor of allowing gays to be married in the US.
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Secretary Rice Urged To Condemn Iran Gay Executions
by Doreen Brandt 365Gay.com Washington Bureau
Posted: July 22, 2005 5:00 pm ET
(Washington) The nation's largest LGBT civil rights organization Friday urged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to condemn the execution of two gay teens in I ...[text shortened]... had been studied.
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Is there an independent source for this story besides an Iranian Resistance group? If it is true, it should certainly be condemned though the under 18 angle would be a bit hypocritical for the US administration, members of which attacked the "activist" judges of the Supreme Court for ruling the executions of juveniles unconstitutional. Still, the execution of people for their sexual preference is contemptible and a violation of fundamental human rights.
Originally posted by sasquatch672Agreed. But there's even more going on in the world than those 3 things. People hacking each other up with machetes, starving to death, killing children simply because they're unwanted or because they're female, blowing each other up because of religious differences of squabbles over land, etc...
1. Stop executing people for being homosexuals.
2. Stop burying women up to their shoulders and throwing rocks at their heads when their husband accuses them of adultery.
3. Stop training, harboring, and financing people who are going to come to my country to blow up my countrymen.
All three of those things go hand in hand.
It's not as simple as the three items you listed. Nothing wrong with the criteria you listed, but that just scratches the surface.
And even if we use just your three we'd still be imposing our values and beliefs on other countries and cultures. Some religions may believe killing homosexuals is perfectly acceptable because gays are godless, evil freaks. Maybe it says that in *their* bible that they've re-written? I'm sure they'd disagree with lots of statements in our bibles.
Originally posted by sasquatch672And you know that how? You barely know anything about this country, let alone Iran. There are plenty of atrocities going on in the US, but you just don't want to see them. One of the things the article found so reprehensible was that it was juveniles being executed, yet it was only early this year that the US Supreme Court ended this barbaric practice in the US. People are being held without charges for years now in the US; most of your "Core" countries would find that appalling. The US has more people in prison than any other country except China, many of them for possessing drugs; most of the "Core" countries find this absurd. Maybe France, Germany and a few other places should invade the US and install a more humane government (better report to the Feds right away that I "support" a French invasion of the US since you're in Wacko Informant mode).
I know, wib, and there really are terrible things that we're not doing anything about, but there just aren't enough hours in the day to do them all at the same time.
Deep down, I feel as an American that we're right. Britain should feel the same way. As should France, Germany, and a few other places besides. You can come to our countries and ...[text shortened]... and defend it? Because on the whole, there's one hell of alot less suffering here than there.