"beaten 228 times before being hung at 10pm"

[The_acidhouse]

http://direland.typepad.com/direland...xecutes_2.html


IRAN EXECUTES 2 GAY TEENAGERS (updated)
Two gay Iranian teenagers -- one 18, the other believed to be 16 or 17, were executed this week for the "crime" of homosexuality, the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) reported on July 19. (The ISNA report is in Farsi, and was translated into English by the British gay rights group OutRage!, which released its report today--ISNA also provided the terrifying photos of the teens' last moments you see on this page. You can see an enlarged version of each photo by left-clicking on them) The two youths -- identified only by their initials as M.A. and A.M., were hanged on July 19 in Edalat (Justice) Square in the city of Mashhad in north-eastern Iran, on the orders of Court No. 19. The hanging of the teens was also reported by the National Council of Resistance of Iran.

And the website Iran Focus not only confirms the story but provides more details, reporting that "Members of Iran’s parliament from the north-eastern city of Mashad, where a minor and an 18-year-old man were publicly hanged yesterday, vented their anger on Wednesday on foreign and domestic news outlets for reporting the ages of hanged prisoners...Ultra-conservative deputy Ali Asgari said that the two deserved to be hanged in public, adding, 'Whatever sentence is decreed by an Islamic penal system must be approved, unless proven otherwise.' Asgari complained of foreign and domestic reporting that the two were mere boys. 'Instead of paying tribute to the action of the judiciary, the media are mentioning the age of the hanged criminals and creating a commotion that harms the interests of the state,' the member of the Majlis Legal Affairs Committee said. 'Even if certain websites made a reference to their age, journalists should not pursue this. These individuals were corrupt. Their sentence was carried out with the approval of the judiciary and it served them right.' "

Consensual gay sex in any form is punishable by death in the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the website Age of Consent, which monitors such laws around the world, in Iran "Homosexuality is illegal, those charged with love-making are given a choice of four deathstyles: being hanged, stoned, halved by a sword, or dropped from the highest perch. According to Article 152, if two men not related by blood are discovered naked under one cover without good reason, both will be punished at a judge's discretion. Gay teens (Article 144) are also punished at a judge's discretion. Rubbing one's penis between the thighs without penetration (tafheed) shall be punished by 100 lashes for each offender. This act, known to the English-speaking world as 'frottage,' is punishable by death if the 'offender' is a non-Muslim. If frottage is thrice repeated and penalty-lashes have failed to stop such repetitions, upon the fourth 'offense' both men will be put to death. According to Article 156, a person who repents and confesses his gay behavior prior to his identification by four witnesses, may be pardoned. Even kissing 'with lust' (Article 155) is forbidden. This bizarre law works to eliminate old Persian male-bonding customs, including common kissing and holding hands in public." And Outrage, in its release about the gay teens' execution, noted that, "according to Iranian human rights campaigners, over 4000 lesbians and gay men have been executed since the Ayatollahs seized power in 1979. Last August, a 16-year-old girl , [Atefeh Rajabi] was hanged [in the Caspian port of Neka] for 'acts incompatible with chastity,' [i.e., sex before marriage]."

In the case of the two teens hanged in Mashhad, "They admitted having gay sex (probably under torture) but claimed in their defense that most young boys had sex with each other and tdhat they were not aware that homosexuality was punishable by death," according to the ISNA report as translated by OutRage. "Prior to their execution, the gay teenagers were held in prison for 14 months and severely beaten with 228 lashes. The length of their detention suggests that they committed the so-called offenses more than a year earlier, when they were possibly around the age of 16."

"Ruhollah Rezazadeh, the lawyer of the younger of the two boys, had appealed that he was too young to be executed and that the court should take into account his tender age (believed to be 16 or 17). But the Supreme Court in Tehran Ordered him to be hanged." As a state party to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Iran has undertaken not to execute anyone for an offence committed when they were under the age of 18 -- which means that by hanging the two youths Iran is in violation of international law.The Iranian authorities are putting out a cover story that the two boys had participated in the rape of a 13-year-old, but OutRage affirms from its sources that this accusation is a smokescreen for inhuman conduct and is without foundation. However, the Murdoch press (e.g., the Times of London) is putting about the Iranian government's story as a virtual statement of fact. But there is no mention of this Iranian government accusation in the original ISNA report, otherwise quite detailed.-- which rather suggests it's a recent invention. Furthermore, it is hardly surprising that, at the very moment at which Iran is engaged in the most delicate negotiation with the Western powers over nuclear materials -- the outcome of which will have a profound impact on the Iranian economy --the Iranian government, when caught in a heinous act of barbarity that is also a violation of Iran's commitments under international law -- should try to find a new excuse for the inexcusable.

Left-click on the third photo above and look at the enlarged version, which shows the younger of the two adolescents weeping as he's carried off in a police van to the end of his young life. Then, if you would like to protest the barbaric hanging of these two lads to whom nature gave same-sex hearts, follow the suggestion of the Human Rights Campaign which -- citing this blog -- has written to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice demanding that she formally protest these executions, which you should do as well. If you want to protest directly to the Iranian government, be aware that, while the U.S. has no diplomatic relations with Iran, there is an Iranian embassy in Canada. You may write, telephone, or fax the Iranian ambassador in Canada:Ambassador Seyed Mouhammad Ali Moosavi, Embassy of Iran, 245 Metcalfe St., Ottawa, Ontario .K2P 2K2 Canada Telephone (OO1-613- 235-4726, 233-4726; Fax, 233-5712

[justa~gurl]

boy am i glad my friends' parents smuggled them out of that country!


thats horrible

[J o e l]

wow...Im glad we dont have public hangings

[Goat]

Without meaning to sound like a total fuckhead, life is unfair.
There's a lot of fucked up things in the world.
You know what's just as fucked up?
People broadcasting others misery through television and the internet to boost ratings, build an audience, and profit from it.
Furthermore. If it's so outrageous, why did no one stop it from happening in the first place; people, collectively, don't give a shit.
That's fucked up.

[Bitchin]

holy fuck.

[Hot Karl]

sad really. just sad.

[Anjew]

So if any of you bother trying to get the rest of the story.

The original story was posted by a group that the US actually claims is a terrorist group.
The government of Iran is stating that the two boys took part in the rape of a 13 year old boy.

Of course now there's two stories but even gay communities who protested this hanging have taken their protest back.

[Pennywise]

that is brutal
simply brutal

[Clayton.]

I wonder what they do to ravers.

[Pennywise]

good question??!

[The_acidhouse]

Originally Posted by Anjew

So if any of you bother trying to get the rest of the story.

The original story was posted by a group that the US actually claims is a terrorist group.

Yeah, the state controlled Iranian media?

Originally Posted by Anjew

The government of Iran is stating that the two boys took part in the rape of a 13 year old boy.

Of course now there's two stories but even gay communities who protested this hanging have taken their protest back.

I havn't heard of one gay organization that has 'taken their protest back' i'd really like to know where you are getting your information.

In fact, I've heard quite the opposite.. Consider this source:
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid19167.asp

"Gay rights and Iranian opposition groups have suggested that the rape charges against Asgari and Marhoni were meant to undermine public sympathy for the two and noted that executing minors violates the International Convention on the Rights of the Child."

Besides, after being tortured and beaten for 14 months.. do you really think their 'confession' is for real?

In the highly unlikey event that this 'gang rape' charge is actually true, it still doesn't detract from this fact: homosexual acts in Iran are illegal and routinely punished by death.

[Anjew]

Originally Posted by The_acidhouse

In the highly unlikey event that this 'gang rape' charge is actually true, it still doesn't detract from this fact: homosexual acts in Iran are illegal and routinely punished by death.

Yeah this fact is true, that gays get to choose to get hung, stoned, dropped and there was one more, oh yes split in half. Well, what do you know, I guess they are democratic they have the right to choose!

All the other stuff I posted is read from the same website only with updated entries.
I would go back for a rebuttal but I truly don't care.
I'd rather focus my attention on starving children then gay children.

[Silverwinged]

Originally Posted by Anjew

I would go back for a rebuttal but I truly don't care.
I'd rather focus my attention on starving children then gay children.

You must spread some Karma around before giving it to Anjew again.

[cerah]

Originally Posted by Anjew

I would go back for a rebuttal but I truly don't care.
I'd rather focus my attention on starving children then gay children.

At the risk of being blunt... fuck you you fucking homophobic piece of shit asshole.

A life is a fucking life regardless of whether or not that person is gay, straight, bisexual, starving, or fed.

You wanna focus your attention on starving children... well then why don't you contact one of those Christian aid groups and adopt one. Better yet why don't you visit some of the empovrished areas of east Van and give some starving people there food and money and shelter?

I feel just as bad for the starving kids of Africa as much as I do for all the unjustly treated people of the world.

I can't believe you could have such a close minded attitude and not care about "the gay children"... it's a travesty and injustice. Whether or not the story is actually true is not the point... it's that this is an ongoing issue and people are constantly being killed and why? Because of pieces of shit like you that don't value a homosexual life as much as a hetrosexual life.

[Liqwid]

Originally Posted by Goat

Without meaning to sound like a total fuckhead, life is unfair.
There's a lot of fucked up things in the world.
You know what's just as fucked up?
People broadcasting others misery through television and the internet to boost ratings, build an audience, and profit from it.
Furthermore. If it's so outrageous, why did no one stop it from happening in the first place; people, collectively, don't give a shit.
That's fucked up.

i doubt its for boosting rateing goat...

i think its for raising awarness

this is horrible...

~Dalyn

[wum]

Originally Posted by Anjew

So if any of you bother trying to get the rest of the story.

The original story was posted by a group that the US actually claims is a terrorist group.
The government of Iran is stating that the two boys took part in the rape of a 13 year old boy.

Of course now there's two stories but even gay communities who protested this hanging have taken their protest back.

I've heard differing accounts too. Not sure which is the right one.

[Anjew]

Originally Posted by cerah

At the risk of being blunt... fuck you you fucking homophobic piece of shit asshole.

A life is a fucking life regardless of whether or not that person is gay, straight, bisexual, starving, or fed.

You wanna focus your attention on starving children... well then why don't you contact one of those Christian aid groups and adopt one. Better yet why don't you visit some of the empovrished areas of east Van and give some starving people there food and money and shelter?

I feel just as bad for the starving kids of Africa as much as I do for all the unjustly treated people of the world.

I can't believe you could have such a close minded attitude and not care about "the gay children"... it's a travesty and injustice. Whether or not the story is actually true is not the point... it's that this is an ongoing issue and people are constantly being killed and why? Because of pieces of shit like you that don't value a homosexual life as much as a hetrosexual life.

lol cerah - It's not that I hate gays or anything like that. I accept them for what they are so I woudln't say i'm homophobic. I have a close mind?
Actually I have quite a few gay friends.
I like how you are so passionate over this.

If you know anything about me which I know you don't. You would know that I donate to Africa, I donate my free time to big brother whenever they call for me. I've donated more then you probably ever will in your life time. I simply believe that people who are starving / don't have anything are more inclined for help then people who have choice.

And that's my view.

You state that you feel just as bad for people in Africa then all the unjustly people in the world?

ok, I don't.


NOW, should I go off on you because I believe that people who are starving have it worse then the two people who got hung?
no i'm not going to do that because I respect your views.

Instead of attacking? why don't you ask?

Diffrent people have diffrent views.

Maybe I should have explained myself further.

As for the starving people on Hastings, well i'm afraid of needles so no I will not be visiting them.

I apologize if I sounded very insecure but this is my view. Hopefully you can understand.

[cerah]

Originally Posted by Anjew

lol cerah - It's not that I hate gays or anything like that. I accept them for what they are so I woudln't say i'm homophobic. I have a close mind?
Actually I have quite a few gay friends.
I like how you are so passionate over this.

Then you may want to think about how you word things in the future because it sure as hell came off like you didn't give a shit about gay people.

If you know anything about me which I know you don't. You would know that I donate to Africa, I donate my free time to big brother whenever they call for me. I've donated more then you probably ever will in your life time.

Ya... you're right... I don't know you. Just like you don't know me... or know that I donate a lot of stuff to BB, DD & CD. Or that after I graduate from my mech. engineering program I'm going to go to Africa and spend a few years helping all those I can.

I simply believe that people who are starving / don't have anything are more inclined for help then people who have choice.

Are you implying that being homosexual is a "choice" if you are I can assure you you're wrong. Also I don't think a lot of people in Iran have very many possesions or proper food. As far as people getting help goes... starvation already gets a fair amount of help (ya they still need more... everyone always needs more) just look at the countless ads on TV and all the various organizations setup to help them. Now compare that to other people in the world who don't have a lot... or are being treated unjustly... they really don't get much do they?

You state that you feel just as bad for people in Africa then all the unjustly people in the world?

ok, I don't.

Well that's just lovely... lets chose to only help one aspect of our world... because you know that'll get us far as a soceity.

NOW, should I go off on you because I believe that people who are starving have it worse then the two people who got hung?
no i'm not going to do that because I respect your views.

This isn't about the two people who got hung... it's about the countless people who're unable to live their lives for fear of death. It's about the thousands already killed... and the thousands to be killed. It's about all the homosexual people the world over who're constantly being persecuted for nothing more then the person they chose to love.

Instead of attacking? why don't you ask?

Diffrent people have diffrent views.

Maybe I should have explained myself further.

Sorry but when I see someone spouting off closed minded attitudes about not caring about gay children it gets to me... and I bitch. Just like I'd bitch about anything else that hits close to home for me... or anything I feel strongly for. I stand up for my opinions and make them clear and not vague like you did so as to not to be misinterpretted.

So ya... maybe you should've explained yourself further because I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one that was offended or thought that was a pretty harsh thing to say.

As for the starving people on Hastings, well i'm afraid of needles so no I will not be visiting them.

I apologize if I sounded very insecure but this is my view. Hopefully you can understand.

You don't have to visit them but you can donate money to places like Covenant House and the various other shelters around the city.

You help your starving people... I'll chose to help the world.

[Anjew]

^^

Wonderful =)

[Tayfoon]

Dont do the crime if you cant do the time :)

[Goat]

Of course now there's two stories but even gay communities who protested this hanging have taken their protest back.

Whatever the story. Gay or straight, rape or no rape, commited lobby'ists revoking the protest of a fucked up execution is a joke.

[Dead Mike]

rough.

[Sariel]

In Iran Homosexuality is illegal, those charged with love-making are given a choice of four deathstyles: being hanged, stoned, halved by a sword, or dropped from the highest perch.

Those are some pretty fucking brutal choices.....

[~god~]

^ those are bullshit.
The only choice you get is to be hung, pretty much. And this is deffinately not all true for gay sex.

So many things in this article is false. for one thing, my brother had a few classmates in Iran who had had gay sex.. and they were only suspended from school for a week.
that 16 year old girl was stoned, not hung. There is a long ass story behind that too.

And for the kissing part?! all the guys fucking kiss eachother for greetings. that one is just straight up horsecrap! you might as well kill everyone in the country.

These articles just put their fingers on a very small pixel of a giant picture, and photoshop it to death.

[~god~]

Originally Posted by cerah

Also I don't think a lot of people in Iran have very many possesions or proper food. As far as people getting help goes... starvation already gets a fair amount of help (ya they still need more... everyone always needs more) just look at the countless ads on TV and all the various organizations setup to help them. Now compare that to other people in the world who don't have a lot... or are being treated unjustly... they really don't get much do they?

Uum, I've never came across an ad on tv that is trying to raise money for Iran. and there probably aren't all that many.. why? because it's a fucking rich country!
I've been there recently, and I've lived there for enough years to know this. This country is full of billionaires. Many of the starving people are the ones who would lose all their money/posessions in a day! because nothing is set solid in that country. rarely does anyone "starve to death" in there.

What that country has is a whooole shitload of the "Higher class".. and a lot of "lower class". there are pretty much no middle class families. Nothing is a secret.. the government/rich people are stealing all the country's income. The poor won't see a dime!
good luck raising money for them...