Sakineh mohammadi ashtiani killed by train

Hundreds of people have held rallies across the world in support of an Iranian woman sentenced to death for adultery. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was originally told she would be killed by stoning but the sentence was put on hold following an international outcry. In London, campaigners protested against what they described as "medievalism and barbarity".

In London's Trafalgar Square, campaigners called on the international community to "make the world stand still". In Sweden's capital Stockholm, protesters signed a large petition calling for Ashtiani's release. She has already received 99 lashes for what Iranian officials called an illicit relationship outside marriage. Then, following the trial of a man charged with murdering her husband, the year-old mother of two was found guilty of adultery - a crime punishable by death.

These people have also benefitted from the changing attitude towards stoning from both the authorities and the public in Iran mentioned above. Some of the others initially facing stoning, such as Abdollah Farivar, were instead killed by hanging. Skip to main news content Skip to news search Skip to news navigation Skip to Channel 4 navigation.

By Jennifer Rigby. At risk of being stoned to death The latest estimates from both Amnesty International and the Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women is that at least 10 people still face the punishment. Here are some of their stories: Khayrieh was sentenced to death for being an accomplice to murder and to execution by stoning for adultery.

She reportedly suffered violence at the hands of her husband and began an affair with a relative of her husband, who then murdered her husband. Khayrieh confessed to adultery but denied any involvement in the murder. The sentence was upheld, and the case has reportedly been sent off for permission to carry out the execution. Ms Ashtiani was originally convicted in May , when a criminal court in East Azerbaijan province found her guilty of having had an "illicit relationship" with two men following the death of her husband.

She was given 99 lashes. But that September, during the trial of a man accused of murdering her husband, another court reopened an adultery case based on events that allegedly took place before her husband died. Despite retracting a confession she said she had been forced to make under duress, Ms Ashtiani was convicted of "adultery while being married" and sentenced to death by stoning.

Officials suspended her stoning sentence in July, and reports of a murder trial then emerged. Iran's dilemma over stoning. On August 12, , Ashtiani was televised from Tabriz prison on an Iranian state-run television program which showed her confessing in native Azerbaijani language to adultery and involvement with the murder of her husband once again.

Her lawyer alleged she had been tortured for two days prior to the interview. On August 28, Ashtiani was given hour notice that she was to be hanged at dawn the next day. She wrote her last will and testament just before the call to morning prayer at AM local time, when she expected to be led to the gallows at Tabriz Prison. However, the sentence was stayed.

It may have been a mock execution. On September 8, , Ramin Mehmanparast , a spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, confirmed that the government had suspended the stoning sentence, pending a review of her husband's murder case. He said that releasing murderers should not be made into a human rights issue and called on countries criticizing Iran to release all their murderers as well.

Iran Human Rights also expressed concerns over Mehmanparast's statement about "Sakineh's murder charge being investigated for the final verdict". Commenting on this statement, the spokesperson of Iran Human Rights , Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam , says: "The fact that the authorities are mentioning murder charges now could mean that Ashtiani is in danger of being sentenced to death for murder".

Her lawyer, Houtan Kian, was arrested in October Ashtiani's two children began a campaign to overturn their mother's conviction. In June , they wrote a letter to the world asking for help to save their mother, which was first published on June 26, , by Mission Free Iran's International Committee against Stoning. Ashtiani to Brazil, where she would be granted asylum.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton mentioned Mrs. Ashtiani in a declaration on August 10, , urging Iran to respect the fundamental freedoms of its citizens. In late August , the Iranian newspaper Kayhan called Carla Bruni-Sarkozy , the First Lady of France, a "prostitute" who "deserved death" after she condemned the stoning sentence against Mrs.

Bruni-Sarkozy's as a "crime" and "against Islam". A resolution by the European Parliament on September 8, , declared that "a sentence of death by stoning can never be justified. She had spent nine years on death row. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects.

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Sakineh mohammadi ashtiani killed by train

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