Consider the source of the story. There is more to this.
Posted on 12/06/2007 12:37:34 PM PST by Salman
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has learned that Makvan Mouloodzadeh, a 21-year old Iranian citizen of Kurdish origin from the city of Paveh, in the Western province of Kermanshah, has been sentenced by the government to execution. Makvan has been convicted of multiple counts of anal rape and sentenced to execution for crimes allegedly committed when he was 13 years old. IGLHRC calls for an international response to stop this scheduled execution.
Imposing the death penalty for crimes committed by juveniles is prohibited under international law as well as by the Iranian legal system. In addition, IGLHRC calls on the international community to condemn the use of the death penalty as a punishment for any sex or morality-related crime, whether consensual or non-consensual, as unnecessarily extreme. In this case, since none of the alleged victims ever claimed to have been raped, and all of them admitted to the court that their initial accounts of sexual intercourse with Makvan were false and had been acquired under coercion, the imposition of the death penalty is especially objectionable.
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There are no gays in Iran according to Pres. Imadinnahjacket.
Writing a letter to a regime that understands nothing but brute force is a futile effort. Silly leftists.
“IGLHRC calls on the international community to condemn the use of the death penalty as a punishment for any sex or morality-related crime”
why?
Ummmm...I’m with Iran on this one.
They’ll organize letter writing. Have a rally. Then hold a candlelight vigil when he’s executed. It will make them feel better.
Sorry, I have to support the Iranian regime in this one.
Since most male sodomites were molested as children, and pederasty is rampant in islamic cultures, why are we surprised by any of this?
And the down side of putting this slimebag down is??????
See my post #8
You’re right. Writing a letting to the Iranians won’t solve anything. They should protest en masse in person.
Perhaps, you are an ignoramous? Just wondering.
Interesting that gays will come out and defend one of their own in an Islamic regime.
Women, however, here in the US in organizations like NOW, won’t lift a finger for their sisters.
So does this mean that kidnapping, abuse, rape, et al would be exempt from the death penalty?
Consider the source of the story. There is more to this.
that’s what is wrong in this country now
Yes. Their motto must be "Never leave your friends' behind"
ROFL! That’s a good one!
You said; “Sorry, I have to support the Iranian regime in this one.”
..because the Iranian regime would never fabricate false charges in order to execute a political prisoner. They are always honest and treat Kurds as fairly as they would anyone else, right?
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