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UN rights experts urge states to repeal criminal adultery laws
October 18, 2012 by Brandon Gatto
The UN Working Group on discrimination against women on Thursday urged governments around the world to repeal laws that criminalize adultery and give rise to severe penalties which include flogging, death by stoning and hanging. While the working group conceded that "adultery may constitute a.... [more]
UN rights chief condemns Mali violence
September 17, 2012 by Michael Haggerson
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay condemned human rights violations in Mali on Monday and called for international action to address the problems. Pillay stated that two militant Islamic groups, Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and Ansar Dine, are recruiting.... [more]
HRW calls on Bulgaria to denounce anti-gay violence
June 27, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday sent a letter to Bulgarian Justice Minister Diana Kovacheva urging her to denounce calls to violence by anti-gay groups in anticipation of a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride parade in Sofia, Bulgaria, on June 30. HRW noted that religious.... [more]
Sudan stoning death violates international laws: HRW
June 1, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the Sudanese government to reform its discriminatory laws and abolish both the death penalty and all corporal punishment after a young Sudanese woman was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. Intisar Sharif Abdallah, who is believed to be under the.... [more]
Iran chief judge limited public executions [this day at law]
January 30, 2012 by Cynthia Miley
On January 30, 2008, Iran's chief judge issued a ban against all public executions not specially permitted by the head of the judiciary. Ayatollah Mahmound Hashemi Shahroudi also banned the publication of pictures and videos of executions and ordered state prosecutors to enforce the bans..... [more]
Lawyer in Iran stoning case seeks asylum in Turkey
August 4, 2010 by Daniel Richey
An officer for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees said Wednesday said that lawyer Mohammad Mostafei, who is defending a woman sentenced to death in Iran, is seeking asylum in Turkey after fleeing Iran following alleged harassment by Iranian officials. Mostafei is.... [more]
Iran's end to stoning is welcome, but adultery should be decriminalized [comment]
August 8, 2008 by Andrew Wood
Farzana Hassan and Hasan Mahmud: The Iranian government's decision to commute its earlier stoning sentence against four adults convicted of adultery is the right decision and a welcome move. It is also encouraging news that Iran has put a moratorium on such punishments, however, the natio....... [more]
Iran stops use of stoning as method of execution
August 6, 2008 by Devin Montgomery
Iran has commuted the sentences of four people scheduled to be executed by stoning and has suspended the use of the punishment, local media reported Wednesday. Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi, the head of the country's judiciary, had originally placed a moratorium on the punishment in 2002....... [more]
Iran chief judge limits public executions
January 30, 2008 by Deirdre Jurand
Iran's chief judge issued a ban Wednesday against all public executions not specially permitted by the head of the judiciary. Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi also banned the publication of pictures and videos of executions and ordered state prosecutors to enforce the bans. Commentators said....... [more]
Iran urged to end stoning executions
January 15, 2008 by Mike Rosen-Molina
Amnesty International Tuesday called on Iran to abolish executions by stoning, an execution method that Iran denies is still in official use. Amnesty decried stoning as a grotesque and horrific practice designed to inflict maximum suffering on condemned adulterers; it pointed to languag....... [more]
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