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Iranian Woman Faces Stoning for Adultery
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two,
convicted of adultery in Iran, may be stoned to death
unless a last-minute campaign saves her.
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LIST OF WOMEN STONED TO DEATH FROM 1986 - 1997
Iranian Woman Faces Stoning for Adultery
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two,
convicted of adultery in Iran, may be stoned to death
unless a last-minute campaign saves her.
FOR THE LATEST NEWS ON THE CASE CLICK HERE
updated July 10, 2010 - Please click to sign petition
Posted July 7, 2010
From Newsweek
by Ravi Somaiya
According to Amnesty International, the Iranian penal code specifies that "stones are large enough to cause pain, but not so large as to kill the victim immediately." Article 102 of the Penal Code states that men should be buried up to their waists and women up to their breasts for the purpose of execution by stoning. Article 104 states, with reference to the penalty for adultery, that the stones used should "not be large enough to kill the person by one or two strikes; nor should they be so small that they could not be defined as stones." Iran executed 388 people last year, mostly by hanging, leaving it second only to China in the number of people put to death, according to Amnesty International. READ IN FULL
From Newsweek
by Ravi Somaiya
According to Amnesty International, the Iranian penal code specifies that "stones are large enough to cause pain, but not so large as to kill the victim immediately." Article 102 of the Penal Code states that men should be buried up to their waists and women up to their breasts for the purpose of execution by stoning. Article 104 states, with reference to the penalty for adultery, that the stones used should "not be large enough to kill the person by one or two strikes; nor should they be so small that they could not be defined as stones." Iran executed 388 people last year, mostly by hanging, leaving it second only to China in the number of people put to death, according to Amnesty International. READ IN FULL
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PHOTO CREDIT OF WOMAN BEING STONED: An Iranian woman at a protest in Brussels highlights the barbarity of death by stoning, in which women are buried up to their necks in front of a crowd of volunteers. Photograph: Thierry Roge/Reuters