URGENT ACTION; STOP the OUTRAGEOUS punishment of "blindness in both eyes" by dripping ten drops of sulphuric acid into his eyes

URGENT ACTION; STOP the OUTRAGEOUS punishment of "blindness in both eyes" by dripping ten drops of sulphuric acid into his eyes

Pubblicata da Anette Meyer il giorno giovedì 12 maggio 2011 alle ore 12.07

A man will be punished by dripping acid into his eyes in Tehran on Saturday May 14

Thursday 12 May 2011

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of Iran Human Rights (IHR) strongly condemned what he called a barbaric and grotesque punishment and said:”The international community must not let this barbaric punishment happen". He added: "Leaders of the Iranian regime should be held responsible for the barbaric and grotesque punishment of dripping acid in Majid’s eyes. By letting Ameneh conduct the punishment the Iranian authorities want to put the blame for this inhumane act on her shoulder".

Majid Movahedi has been found guilty of throwing acid to the face of Ameneh Bahrami, a young woman he was supposed to marry. This was in 2004.

As a result of her wounds, Ameneh became blind. One of her eyes has completely lost its sight and the other is in a very poor condition too. She went through many surgical operations.

in 2008, a tribunal in Tehran, condemned Majid to be treated the same way and to be blinded. He also had to pay a compensation to Ameneh.

According to reports, it will be Ameneh herself who will be dropping the acid into Majid's eyes.

Specialist will be present to make sure that everything will be done in due form and also to perform the sentence in case Ameneh can not do it herself.

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Majid Movahedi a été reconnu coupable d'avoir jeté de l'acide au visage d'Ameneh Bahrami , une jeune femme qu'il envisageait d'épouser et qui avait repoussé ses demandes . Ceci en 2004 .

En conséquence de ces blessures, Ameneh a perdu la vue sur un oeil et pratiquement sur l'autre aussi . Elle a du subir également de nombreuses opérations chirurgicales.

En 2008, un Tribunal de Téhéran a condamné Majid à subir le même traitement et à perdre la vue de ses deux yeux, ainsi qu'à une compensation financière pour Ameneh.

La Cour Suprême iranienne a approuvé cette sentence en 2008 : dix gouttes d'acide sulfurique seront versées dans chaque oeil de Majid !!!

D'aprés les dépêches, c'est Ameneh elle-même qui versera l'acide dans les yeux de Majid .

Des spécialistes seront présents pour assurer la bonne exécution de la sentence si Ameneh refusait de le faire !!

Please copy & paste the letter below ( English or French )

ENGLISH ;

We strongly condemn this barbaric and inappropriate sentence. The Talien law (eye for an eye, teeth for teeth) has no credibility in a so-called modern society or country.

By ordering Ameneh to conduct the sentence herself, they are also condemning her to carry the burden of this inhuman act.

We hold Iranian authorities responsible if such an atrocious act take place. By favouring discriminatory laws against women, those authorities encourage acts of violence.

We strongly demand that such an action would not take place this coming Saturday or anytime in the future!

p.s. The punishment is supposed to take place this Saturday, May 14, 2011

FRENCH ;

Nous condamnons avec la plus vive véhémence ce châtiment barbare et inadapté . La loi du Talion (oeil pour oeil , dent pour dent ), n'a aucune place dans une Société et un pays qui se veulent modernes !

En ordonnant à Ameneh à appliquer elle-même ce châtiment , ils la condamnent de surcroît à porter le fardeau de cet acte inhumain !

Nous tiendrons les autorités iraniennes pour responsables si un tel acte barbare devait se produire .

En favorisant les lois discriminatoires envers les femmes, les autorités iraniennes encouragent la violence à leur égard .

Nous demandons avec force que ce traitement cruel, barbare et inhumain ne soit pas usité, ni ce samedi, ni aprés !

Ps: la punition de Majid doit avoir lieu ce samedi 14 mai

Contact information for the Iraninan government ;

Leader of Islamic Republic

His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ‘ Ali Khamenei

The Office of the Supreme Leader, Soahada Street

Qom, Islamic Republic of Iran

Fax: + 98 251 7 774 2228

(mark "FAO The Office of His Excellency,

Ayatollah al Udhma Khamenei")

Email: info@leader.ir

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President

His Excellency Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinezhad

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Fax: +0098 21 649 5880

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Salutation: Your Excellency

Subject line: Majid Movahedi

Head of Judiciary

His Excellence Ayatollah Mahmood Hashemi Shahroudi

Ministry of Justice, Park-e Sahr

Tehran

Islamic Republic of Iran

(Mark "Please forward to His Excellency Ayatollah Shahroudi)

http://www.iranjudiciary.org/contactus-feedback-fa.html

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Speaker of Parliament

Gholamali Hadded Adel

Majles-e Shoura-ye Eslami

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Tehran, Islamic republic of Iran

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Kamal Kharazi,

Shekh Abdolmajid Keshk-e Mesri Ave.

Terhran, Iran

Fax # 98 21 674 790

Secratary, Islamic Human Rights

Mr. Mohammad Hassan Ziai-Far,

P.O. Box 13165-137

Tehran, Iran

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Ministry of the Interior

Moussavi Lari,

Dr Fatemi Avenue

Tehran, Iran

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And copies to:

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High Council for Human Rights

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Email: info@humanrights-iran.ir (subject line: FAO Majid Movahedi )

Salutation: Dear Sir

PLEASE CALL OR FAX the Iranian EMBASSIES in YOUR country and DEMAND that they will stop this ! ;

( If your country is not in this list below plz find it here; http://bit.ly/iSswNw )

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Thank you for helping out with this note ;

French ; Corinne Dagos

French - English ; Katy Shaybani

Background ;

Iran Human Rights, May 12:Acid will be dripped into the eyes of an Iranian man sentenced by a court in Tehran to qesas (retribution) onSaturday May 14th.

According to reports from the Iranian media Majid Movahedi who was sentenced to retribution by blindness in both eyes after he in 2004 blinded Ameneh Bahrami, the woman who spurned his marriage proposals, will be punished at Dadgostari hospital of Tehran on Saturday. According to these reports Ameneh herself is going to drip acid into Majid’s eyes and there will be specialists present to conduct the punishment if Ameneh denies doing so.

A court in the Iranian capital Tehran sentenced Majid to "blindness in both eyes" by dripping ten drops of sulphuric acid into his eyes, in November 2008.

The sentence was approved by the Iranian Supreme Court in February 2009.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of Iran Human Rights (IHR) strongly condemned what he called a barbaric and grotesque punishment and said:”The international community must not let this barbaric punishment happen". He added:”Leaders of the Iranian regime should be held responsible for the barbaric and grotesque punishment of dripping acid in Majid’s eyes. By letting Ameneh conduct the punishment the Iranian authorities want to put the blame for this inhumane act on her shoulder".

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam asked the doctors to denie taking part in the barbaric punishment and said that by doing so they will be breaking their professional oath.

Commenting the discriminatory laws against the women in Iran, Amiry-Moghaddam said:”By being a woman, Ameneh is also a victim of the Iranian regime’s gender apartheid politics. Iranian authorities encourage violence against the women. According to the Iranian laws a woman who is not covered properly can be lashed up to 74 times, so the authorities are also responsible for the growing violence against the women in the Iranian society, as in Ameneh’s case".

Background:

Majid Movahedi is convicted of pouring acid on the face of Ameneh Bahrami (27), a girl with whom he allegedly wished to marry. This happened in 2004.

As a result of the injuries Ameneh lost the sight on one eye and most of the sight on the other eye. Ameneh has been going through several surgical operations on her face and eyes.

In 2008, a court in Tehran sentenced Majid to eye for eye retribution. He was sentenced to lose the sight in both his eyes as well as economic compensation to Ameneh.

Iranian Supreme Court approved the sentence in February 2009. According to the sentence issued by the court, ten drops of acid sulphuric will be dripped into each of Majid’s eyes!

The punishment will be conducted on Saturday May 14th.

Source ; Iran Human Rights

Source ;

http://iranhr.net/