death penalty

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• UK: Hullabaloo Over Satanic Verses
  19 August 2014, by siawi3

  This film documents the rise of Muslim fundamentalism and the resistance on the part of women at the time of the Rushdie affair..

• Iran: Hassan Rouhani’s charm offensive is just plain offensive
  5 February 2014, by siawi3

  During the “election”, Rouhani “promised” that “all Iranian people should feel there is justice”. They are certainly feeling it – his version of it at least – with 40 executions in the first two weeks of January and over 300 executions since he took office. Iran remains one of the main execution capitals of the world despite all claims of “moderation”. When Rouhani said “We must do something for all these prisoners to be released”, he must have meant in body bags.

• Iran: A former child-bride execution delayed
  5 February 2014, by siawi3

  Academic studies indicate women charged with the murder of their spouses are often forced to marry as children between 13 and 18 years of age. Many of those in Iran are unable to flee domestic violence due to cultural and legal barriers to divorce.

• HRW: Afghanistan penal code working group proposes stoning for adultery
  26 November 2013, by siawi3

  The Afghanistan Justice Ministry has proposed new provisions to the nation’s penal code that allow for stoning as punishment for adultery.

• Afghanistan: Proposed law: Married adulterers may face stoning, along with flogging unmarried offenders
  26 November 2013, by siawi3

  Possibly restoring a punishment in force during the Taliban regime, said justice ministry.

• Indian Supreme Court upholds death sentences in Delhi gang rape
  5 May 2017, by siawi3

  “The overall response to women’s safety is rooted in protectionism — keep them at home, keep them safe — rather than create spaces that are safe and equal.”

• Pakistan: 16-year-old burnt to death for helping a friend to elope
  10 May 2016, by siawi3

  Notorious for abusing the concept of justice through their illegal verdicts, the proliferation of jirgas is of grave concern. 16-year-old Ambreen Riasat, who had helped a school-friend elope, was tied in a car and burnt to death by a local Jirga.

• France : Traitement média des accusations de blasphème : entre amnésie et confusion
  11 avril 2018, par siawi3

  Il valait la peine de montrer l’important travail idéologique opéré par les dévots du christianisme durant la période de 1960 à 1980 ; ensuite de rappeler qu’ au cours années 1998 à 2001 — huit jours avant les attentats du 11 septembre 2001 — l’ONU avait commencé à transférer aux religions l’universalité de la Déclaration des droits de l’homme, et donc son autorité. On a pu alors voir des gens qui, depuis bientôt deux siècles, vomissaient la Déclaration des droits de l’homme en réclamer soudain les bénéfices — notamment celui de l’égalité — afin que leurs « sensibilités religieuses blessées »soient enfin reconnues par les magistrats. Ainsi, en passant d’une accusation de « blasphème » à une accusation d’« atteinte aux sensibilités religieuses », le dévot procède à un échange de victimes. Il déclare de façon implicite à son adversaire : la victime de votre blasphème, ce n’est pas Dieu, puisque vous n’y croyez pas, puisque vous n’y tenez pas ; la victime immédiate, c’est moi, puisque je crois en Dieu, et que j’y tiens de tout mon être. En ce qui concerne l’islam, les activistes sont engagés dans leurs partis transnationaux, qui proclament à la fois la fusion du politique et du religieux, et le refus des libertés individuelles : la période qui a débuté en 1988, par la sortie des Versets sataniques, et qui s’est achevée en 2015, aboutit donc à la généralisation à tous les « mécréants » des massacres au nom de la religion.

• Afghan Atheist Granted UK Asylum On The Grounds His Lack Of Religion Could Result In A Death Sentence
  22 February 2015, by siawi3

  “We argued that an atheist should be entitled to protection from persecution on the grounds of their belief in the same way as a religious person is protected“.”We believe that this is the first time that a person has been granted asylum in this country on the basis of their atheism”. “The decision represents an important recognition that a lack of religious belief is in itself a thoughtful and seriously-held philosophical position.”

• Stop executing “apostates” and “blasphemers” and release them now!
  24 February 2015, by siawi3

  “Apostates” and “blasphemers” have not committed any crime and should be immediately released. The real crime is imprisoning and executing people for their beliefs and expression. Clearly, there is no place in the 21^st century for such medieval laws. Apostasy and blasphemy laws must end. And they must end now. Apostasy and blasphemy are punishable with death in Saudi Arabia and also in a number of other countries, including Iran and Mauritania.

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