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- Pregnant Woman Sentenced to Death by Court
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
1. Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be
protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.
2. In countries which have not abolished the death penalty, sentence of death may be imposed only for the most serious crimes in accordance with the law in force at the time of the commission of the crime and not contrary to the provisions of the present Covenant and to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This penalty can only be carried out pursuant to a final judgement rendered by a competent court.
3. When deprivation of life constitutes the crime of genocide, it is understood that nothing in this article shall authorize any State Party to the present Covenant to derogate in any way from any obligation assumed under the provisions of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
4. Anyone sentenced to death shall have the right to seek pardon or commutation of the sentence. Amnesty, pardon or commutation of the sentence of death may be granted in all cases.
5. Sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons below eighteen years of age and shall not be carried out on pregnant women.
6. Nothing in this article shall be invoked to delay or to prevent the abolition of capital punishment by any State Party to the present Covenant.
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http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/ratification/4.htm
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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Iran
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Jun 1975 |
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Monday 1 December 2008
[English] [فارسى]
See online : http://www.iscanews.com/fa/ShowNews...
Iran Human Rights, December 1: A pregnant woman and her husband were sentenced to death convicted of drug trafficking, reported the state run news agency ISCA news.
According to the report, the couple identified as "Shahla" (wife) and "Shahram B." are convicted of keeping 800 grams of heroin, and were sentenced to death by the revolutionary court in the town of Roudan, south of Iran.
Under interrogations, they have confessed that poverty was the reason why they wanted to sell drugs, said the report.
The prosecuter of Roudan, Jafar Hamzei told ISCA news:"The court has sentenced them to death according to the law, but we have asked the judiciary to reduce their punishment to life in prison, due to their poverty and bacause they had not succeeded to sell any drugs yet"
"Another reason why we have asked for reduction of the punishment is because the woman is pregnant" he added.
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