No Government Executes Children, Do They?

Iran’s missile testing and supposed nuclear ambitions have been big news lately. You could even hear special audio of the sound of the Iranian missile actually blasting off on radio news programmes this week! It sounded … well, like a missile blasting off.

However, there’s another story the Iranian authorities are less keen to get out.

That’s the one about how they hang child offenders (those less than 18 at the time of the alleged offence) in defiance of international law.

Iran’s got nearly 140 child offenders on death row (and that’s just the number we know about). Since 1990 they’ve executed at least 30 child offenders, including seven last year and two so far this year.

Now four more are at imminent risk.

Behnoud Shojaee, Mohammad Feda’i, Salah Taseb and Sa’eed Jazee are facing execution in the next few days [link: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17819]


Please spread the word about this scandal.Take action to try to stop these executions by sending an email direct to the Iranian Head of Judiciary [link: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=465]

We’ve been told that “every voice makes a difference” in these cases and that Iran is beginning to listen to internal and external pressure on this issue.
And please check back again to get an update on Behnoud and Mohammad’s fate and this disgraceful situation.