SAVE INNOCENT CHILDREN IN IRAN AND BEYOND
NEWS
MAY 2015
Nigeria urged to act as child bride languishes on death row
Abdulmumini was 13 when her husband, Ibrahim, burned to death in their marital home. For the five months they were married, their relationship was characterised by systemic abuse, according to Abdulmumini’s lawyers. In response to questions posed by the Guardian and asked through her legal team, Abdulmumini herself said that her husband was “violent” to her in the the time they were married and suffered from a mental illness.
After a legal process dragged on for five years, Abdulmumini was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in December 2012. Read more
After a legal process dragged on for five years, Abdulmumini was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in December 2012. Read more
140 children are waiting on death row in Iran
40 in Nigeria
6 in Saudi Arabia
3 in Sudan
(Source: Stop Children Execution)
There are 5 juveniles facing a death sentence in Yemen
(Source: Human Rights Watch)
In 2006, 40 children were also reported in Pakistan in death cells
(Source: FIDH)
From 2005 through 2008, five countries - Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan, and Yemen - were known to have executed juvenile offenders.
This is despite its commitment under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and
the Convention on the the Rights of the Child (to which Iran is state party).
Iran’s highest judicial authorities have repeatedly upheld death sentences handed down to juvenile offenders charged with committing crimes when they were as young as 15. Such sentences violate Iran’s international treaty obligations, which prohibit the death penalty for crimes committed by people under 18. In some cases, the death sentences also violate Iranian domestic law requiring that children under 18 be tried before special juvenile courts.
“Iran holds the deplorable distinction of leading the world in juvenile executions, and the authorities should end this practice at once,” said Clarisa Bencomo, children’s rights researcher on the Middle East at Human Rights Watch. “The Iranian government needs to stop sending children to the gallows and start living up to its international obligations by issuing clear legislation to ban the juvenile death penalty.”
Read more about all the tragic cases of juveniles on death row in Iran
READ TRAGIC STORY OF RAZIEH EBRAHIMI WHO FACED EXECUTION IN 2014 FOR KILLING THE MAN SHE WAS FORCED TO MARRY
"I married our neighbour's son when I was only 14 because my dad insisted," Ebrahimi was quoted as telling officials working on her case, according to Mehr. "My dad insisted I should marry him because he was educated and was working as a teacher.
I was 15 when I gave birth to my child." Her child is believed to be now six years old.
"My husband mistreated me. He used any excuse to insult me, even attacking me physically."
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FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CHILDREN ON DEATH ROW WORLDWIDE
More innocent children are killed everyday in countries which do not uphold acceptable standards of human rights. READ the stunning story of teenager executed in China, found innocent 18 years after his execution.
More innocent children are killed everyday in countries which do not uphold acceptable standards of human rights. READ the stunning story of teenager executed in China, found innocent 18 years after his execution.
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