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Update:
Iran: Mokarrameh Ebrahimi Released From Prison
19/03/2008: We are delighted to announce the release of Mokarrameh Ebrahimi and
her son Ali from Choobin Prison, in Takistan, Qazvin, in Iran, where she has
been awaiting execution by stoning for adultery for the past ten years.
On 17 March 2008 Mokarrameh Ebrahimi and her 4-year-old son were released from
prison by the Iranian authorities in Tehran. Mokarrameh was sentenced to be
stoned to death ten years ago, along with her partner, Jafar Kiani, who met his
death on 5 July 2007. While in prison, she gave birth to their son Ali who
remained in custody with his mother.
Mokarrameh’s release was the result of a long and difficult struggle by the Stop Stoning Forever (SSF) campaign in Iran, the commitment of her lawyer, Shadi Sadr, and the increasing pressure put upon the Iranian government by the international community.
Another factor in Mokarrameh’s amnesty verdict may have been the fatwas (religious opinions) issued by three significant ayatollahs (clerics) in recent months. These fatwas all stated that stoning Mokarrameh to death would be against the shari’a.
For the time being, Mokarrameh has been discouraged from speaking to the media, but she and her son Ali are safe with her elder son and are staying with family, hoping to build a new, independent life for herself and her two sons.
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The Islamic Republic of Iran IS a State Party to the International Convention on Civil & Political Rights - ICCPR - http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/newhvstatbytreaty?OpenView&Start=1&Count=250&Expand=3.2#3.2
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The Islamic Republic of Iran IS
NOT a State Party to/has not ratified:
*UN Convention Against Torture
*UN CEDAW Convention
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UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE
REPORT 2008 - Women & Torture
Including
Reference to Stoning
II.STRENGTHENING THE PROTECTION OF
WOMEN FROM TORTURE.
A. Introduction towards
a gender-sensitive interpretation of torture.
B. What constitutes
torture?
l. Torture and ill-treatment of women in the public sphere
2.Torture and ill-treatment in the private sphere: Violence within
the
family and community
3.Women in the refoulement or refugee context
C. Justice for women
survivors of torture
l. Access to justice
2. Rehabilitation and reparation for women survivors of torture
40. (page 12 of Report)
Between 2004 and 2007 the Special Rapporteur sent 13 joint
communications concerning 21 women sentenced to death by stoning and 2
sentenced to flogging under sharia law. Stoning is a method of capital
punishment
primarily used for crimes of adultery and other related offences, of which
women
are
disproportionately found guilty, which is inconsistent with the prohibition of
discrimination on the basis of sex enshrined in all major human rights
instruments
including
the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women
(CEDAW). The Special Rapporteur on Torture, the Human Rights
Committee,
the Committee Against Torture, and the Commission on Human Rights
have
reiterated that any form of corporal punishment is contrary to the prohibition
of torture
and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Full Report is Attached.
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Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/7/3 15 January
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Seventh Session
Agenda Item 3
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON
TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT, MANFRED
NOWAK
Full Report is Attached.
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