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بدنبال تماسهاى ناهيد رياضى با سازمان عفو بين الملل در دانمارک و در جريان قرار دادن اين سازمان از وضعيت ليلا م. دختر ى که هم اکنون به جرم «زنا» حکم اعدام دريافت کرده است، خانم بياگيت ليندال از مسئولين عفو بين الملل در دانمارک در پاسخ به درخواست ناهيد رياضى مبنى بر پيگيرى مسئله شلاق زدن و صدور حکم اعدام ليلا در ايران، به اطلاع او رساند که عفو بين الملل بعد از تحقيقات در اين زمينه، اعلام فراخوانى براى نجات جان ليلا داده است.
ليلا که دو بار در سن ٩ و ١٤ سالگى و در حاليکه حامله بود، هر بار ١٠٠ ضربه شلاق خورده بود، اکنون منتظر اجراى حکم اعدام خود است.
ما براى نجات جان ليلا از همه مردم آزاديخواه دعوت مى کنيم که به همراه ما و به همراه عفو بين الملل به کمپين نجات جان ليلا بپيوندند.
همانطور که قبلا هم اعلام کرده ايم، ما براى به محاکمه کشاندن عاملين صدور حکم شلاق و اجراى آن براى ليلا، ژيلا و افشين، که در سن کودکى ضربه هاى شلاق بدن نحيفشان را زخمى نمود و حتى منجر به مرگ افشين ١٤ ساله شد، همه تلاش خود را خواهيم کرد. عاملين صدور حکم شلاق براى اين سه کودک بايد در يک دادگاه بين المللى بر اساس قوانين بين المللى مربوط به حقوق کودک محاکمه شوند تا هرگز جرات شلاق زدن و زندانى و شکنجه و اعدام کودکان را پيدا نکنند.
پروژه اعلام جرم و به محاکمه سپردن مسئولين خشونت عليه ليلا، ژيلا و افشين
١١ دسامبر ٢٠٠٤
مسئول پروژه: ناهيد رياضى ، ٠٠٤٥٤٠٥٤٣٩٩٢ آدرس ميل: [email protected]
ديانا نامى: دستيار و مسئول روابط عمومى پروژه ٠٠٤٤٧٨١٦١٠٧٤٤٧
سليمان قاسميانى: سخنگوى پروژه از دفتر مرکزى نهاد بين المللى «اول کودکان» ٠٠٤٦٧٠٤٤٤١٥٧٨
براى دريافت اطلاعات بيشتر درباره اين پروژه به سايت : www.zhiLaa.com مراجعه نماييد.
PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 13/048/2004
10 December 2004
UA 332/04 Fear of imminent execution/fear of flogging
IRAN Leyla M (f), aged 19
"Leyla M", who has a mental age of eight, is reportedly facing imminent execution for "morality-related" offences arising from her being forced into prostitution as a child. According to a Tehran newspaper report of 28 November, she was sentenced to death by a court in the central Iranian city of Arak while she was 18, and the sentence has now been passed to the Supreme Court for confirmation.
According a 5 May 2004 report in the daily newspaper Khorasan, Leyla M was sentenced to death on charges of "acts contrary to chastity" (a?mal-e khalaf-e ?ofat) by controlling a brothel, having intercourse with blood relatives (eteham-e zena ba maharem) and giving birth to an illegitimate child (tavallod-e bache-e haram). She is to be flogged before she is executed. She had apparently "confessed" to the charges. This report stated that there would be an appeal, and the 28 November report indicates that this process is now at an end.
‑[1]According to the 28 November report, social workers have repeatedly tested her mental capacities, and each time they have found her to have a mental age of eight. However, she has apparently never been examined by the court-appointed doctors, and was sentenced to death solely on the basis of her explicit confessions, without consideration of her background or mental health.
‑[1]Leyla M was forced into prostitution by her mother when she was eight years old, according to the 28 November report, and was raped repeatedly thereafter. She gave birth to her first child when she was nine, and was sentenced to 100 lashes for prostitution at around the same time. At the age of 12, her family sold her to an Afghan man to become his "temporary wife". His mother became her new pimp, "selling her body without her consent". At the age of 14 she became pregnant again, and received a further 100 lashes, after which she was moved to a maternity ward to give birth to twins. After this "temporary marriage", her family sold her again, to a 55-year-old man, married with two children, who had Leyla's customers come to his house.
The newspaper report makes no mention of her family or the men to whom she was married. In Iranian law, in a case of "intercourse with a blood relative" both parties are considered culpable, but only Leyla M has been referred to in the reports of which Amnesty International is aware.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Iranian law recognises two types of marriage, "permanent" and "temporary" (for any defined period from 24 hours to 99 years). A man can have up to four "permanent" wives and numerous temporary ones.
As a party to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, Iran has undertaken not to execute anyone for an offence committed when they were under 18 years old. The Iranian authorities are now considering legislation (the draft law on the Establishment of Children?s Courts) that would prohibit the use of the death penalty for offences committed under the age of 18. Article 41 of this law requires the authorities to have child offenders examined by psychiatrists and social workers.
‑[1]Iran has executed at least three child offenders in 2004. In addition to this, on 12 November 2004, a 14-year-old boy died after receiving 85 lashes for eating in public during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. According to unconfirmed reports, the metal cable used to flog him struck the back of his head, causing a brain haemorrhage.
‑[1]RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible, in English, Arabic, French, Persian or your own language:‑[1]- expressing concern at reports that Leyla M has been sentenced to death for offences committed when she was a child, pointing out that she has been found to have a mental age of eight and urging the authorities to carry out an urgent review of her case;
- calling on the Supreme Court to ensure that Article 41 of the draft law on the Establishment of Children?s Courts has been implemented, which requires social workers and psychiatrists to examine defendants such as Leyla M;
- reminding the Head of the Judiciary that passing a death sentence on Leyla M would violate the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, to which Iran is a state party;
- asking for details of the trial proceedings and any appeals related to her case;
- seeking assurances that the authorities will uphold their obligation to ensure that Leyla M is represented by a lawyer who is able to act in her best interests;
- calling for Leyla M to be granted access to any medical treatment that she may need;
- stating your unconditional opposition to the death penalty, as the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and violation of the right to life;
- expressing concern and dismay that Amnesty International has recorded 10 executions of child offenders in Iran since 1990, three of them in 2004, and calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately halt further executions of child offenders.
APPEALS TO:
Leader of the Islamic Republic
His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ?Ali Khamenei
The Presidency, Palestine Avenue, Azerbaijan Intersection, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Fax: + 98 21 649 5880 (please mark ?For the attention of the Office of His Excellency, Ayatollah al Udhma Khamenei, Qom)
Email: [email protected]
(on the subject line write: For the attention of the Office of His Excellency, Ayatollah al Udhma Khamenei, Qom)
Salutation: Your Excellency
Head of the Judiciary
His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Ministry of Justice, Park-e Shahr, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: [email protected] (mark 'Please forward to HE Ayatollah Shahroudi')
Salutation: Your Excellency
COPIES TO:
Article 90 Commission
Chairperson, Article 90 Commission (Komisyon-e Asl-e Navad)
Majles-e Shura-ye Eslami, Imam Khomeini Avenue, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Fax + 98 21 646 1746 (can be difficult to reach, please be patient)
Email: [email protected]
and to diplomatic representatives of Iran accredited to your country.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the International Secretariat, or your section office, if sending appeals after 21 January 2005.
