Presidency condemns Iran executions
Published: 6 Aug 09 12:31 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/21144/20090806/
Following a series of EU criticisms regarding Iran's nuclear ambitions and human rights practices, the Swedish EU presidency has spoken out against Iran's recent execution of 24 people by hanging.
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The Swedish presidency "is concerned about the continued large-scale use of the death penalty in Iran, including the repeated incidence of collective executions during the past month", the statement continued.
"The Presidency continues to call on the Iranian authorities to abolish the death penalty completely and, in the meantime, to establish a moratorium on executions," it added.
Last week Iran hanged 24 convicted drug traffickers in a prison in Karaj, according to a deputy Tehran prosecutor.
The latest hangings bring to at least 219 the number of people executed in the Islamic republic so far this year, according to an AFP count based on news reports.
They were the second such executions in about a month in the same prison, where the Iranian authorities hanged 20 drug traffickers on July 4.
In July last year, Iran hanged 29 people who had been convicted of various crimes, including murder, rape and drug trafficking. It was the largest mass execution in recent years.
In 2008, Iran executed 246 people, second only to China.
Tehran says the death penalty is a necessary tool for maintaining public security and is only applied after exhaustive judicial proceedings.
Murder, rape, armed robbery, drugs trafficking and adultery are all punishable by death in Iran.
In late July, senior European politicians raised concerns about human rights in Iran and repeated demands for the release of a French woman lecturer jailed on charges of espionage.
Sweden assumed the EU's rotating presidency from the Czech Republic last month.
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http://www.expressen.se/kultur/1.1662067/negar-josephi-dubbla-budskap
.... "the four most populous countries in the world (the People's Republic of China, India, United States and Indonesia) apply the death penalty and are unlikely to abolish it at any time soon" ... (wiki (may be its true))
and probably the above for countries have four different religions.
whats the point in bringin religion into this ??/
I am sick of this propaganda against Iran, there is hell worst going on around the globe and nobody cares, but since uncle sam is against Iran these days the puppets all over the world are makin noise as much as they can.
11 August 2009 on Independent Day of Balochistan in Sweden (Stockholm)
A request to all Baloch people in Sweden (bothers, sisters, elders, leaders et) to stand together in demonstration on Baloch National Day. In order to remind the international communities about enslaved Baloch Nation that once holding an Independent sovereign state of Balochistan (on 11 August 1947) is now under force occupation of foreign forces such as Irani and Pakistani Armies, purpose of this demonstration also mean to highlight the ongoing barbaric brutalities and the human rights violations by Pakistani army and Irani fanatic regime such as extra judicially torturing, kidnapping, assassination of Baloch innocent people, women, students, political activist and massive exploitation of Balochistan.
Location: Odenplan, Stockholm ( Green Metro line).
Timing: 11 August Tuesday 12:00 to 14:00
http://baloch-community-sweden.blogspot.com/
whats the point in bringin religion into this ??/
Qur'an 4:15 "If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, take the evidence of four witnesses from amongst you against them; if they testify, confine them to houses until death [by starvation] claims them."
well since thier laws are based on the quran. is there a hanging penalty for having sex (adultery) in any of the countries you listed. well maybe indonesia.
Propaganda what a joke. we need more info about these types of laws. come on how many dead over a cartoon? look up the ratio of death penalty per cap. 246 in half a year dam thats a lot. there is not much worse going on than the cont. war on islam. we have been at war for a looooong time. time to end it and bring freedom to all esp. women
some a$$ hole was executed in iran for drug trafficking and you brought in the punishment defined in kuran for unfaithful woman ?? is there a corelation ?
wont dont you get about women and men being hung for having sex.(adultery) is wrong. period. i looked it up i can't find no other religion who does this. and a lot of times it is the father or brother who does the killing honor killing that is. all honor killings are women being killed by family for having SEX or somtimes only kissing or talking to a infidel. heaven forbid. the stone women to death in the streets of saudi have you ever seen a video of a women being stoned to death with a white sheet over there body so you can see the blood. i think it is up to stronger nations to protect people who can not protect themself. by force if need be. thats the worst thing about sweden is it not better to spend money on making the contries better than to take refugees? i sure most would rather stay home if it was safe. War is the only thing that will restore peace. just like WWI, WWII, kosovo, sir lanka.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions-united-states-2008
look it up LIAR.
Of course religion is brought up. it is the "ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN" where a preacher is SUPREME LEADER