Iran ( Man who survived hanging to be pardoned - He will not be Hung )

Man who survived hanging to be pardoned

Thursday, 24 October 2013

The Iranian judiciary has announced that the executed man who has survived his hanging will not be subjected to another execution.

 

Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani

Mohabat News - Sadegh Larijani, the head of Iran’s judiciary, announced on Wednesday October 23 that the drug convict is to be granted a pardon.

The 37-year-old drug trafficking convict was arrested three years ago for possession of one kg of crystal meth and was held on death row in Bojnoord Prison. He was subjected to a hanging last Wednesday but was found alive 24 hours later at the morgue.

The judge in his case previously had said that he would have to be executed again after he recovered from his condition in the hospital.

The announcement triggered criticism from several Iranian religious authorities and was also denounced by Amnesty International.

An identified source has told Khorasan Daily that the executee has now recovered from an earlier coma and progressing toward complete recovery./R zamaneh

Iran ( Several young men Get 3 yrs in Prison for - Attending a Christian house -Church )

Thursday, 24 October 2013   

An appeals court upheld prison sentences for six Christian prisoners in Shiraz. An initial court had sentenced them to 20 years in total.

According to Mohabat News, Shiraz appeals court upheld sentences for six Christians totaling 20 years of imprisonment. These prisoners are currently being held in "Ebrat" ward of Adel-abad prison.

The trial was held in Branch 15 of Shiraz Judicial Courts, and chaired by Judges Hosseini and Barati.

An initial court had sentenced Misters Mojtaba Seyyed Alaedin Hossein, Mohammad-Reza Partoei (Koroush), Vahid Hakkani, and Homayoun Shokouhi to prison.

The decision of the appeals court was delivered orally to their lawyer. This verdict is final and cannot be appealed.

(Three of the Christian Prisoners behind a visiting booth in Adel-Abad Prison (from left to right: Mojtaba Seyyed-Alaedin Hossein, Homayoun Shokouhi, Mohammad-Reza Partoei)

The initial court, which was held on June 10 in Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz, convicted these Christian men for attending a house-church, spreading Christianity, having contact with foreign ministries, propaganda against the regime and disrupting national security. They had each been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison.

Mrs. Fariba Nazemian and her son, Nima Shokouhi, each received two years of suspended sentences as well. Mrs. Fariba Nazemian is Mr. Homayoun Shokouhi's wife. She spent eight months in custody before being released on bail on October 18, 2012. Their 17 year old son, Nima Shokouhi, was also released after 36 days in custody and posting bail of 100 million Toman (then approximately 100,000 USD).

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Panama ( COPS shoot and Kill 2 yr old boy and wound girl at a Check Point )

PANAMA CITY – Panama’s National Police said Thursday that three of its officers are under investigation for a shooting incident that left a 2-year-old boy dead and a teenage girl badly wounded.

“We are waiting for scientific results on the various indicators, such as shell casings and bullets, which will be compared with the (officers’) firearms,” homicide division chief Rafael Santiago told a press conference.

The shooting occurred Wednesday at a police checkpoint on the Panamerican highway some 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of Panama City.

For reasons unknown, some officers at the checkpoint fired shots at a car carrying a couple from India and their two children.

The boy died, while his 15-year-old sister remains in serious condition at Santo Tomas Hospital in the capital.

Initial findings indicate the shots were fired by plainclothes officers, Santiago said, adding that no weapons were found inside the Indian family’s car.

The internal police probe is being conducted in parallel with an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office, National Police director Julio Molto said.

The checkpoint was set up based on an “alert involving an automobile with similar characteristics” to the one driven by the Indian family,” Molto said.

Mexico ( 15 yr old boy - Killed for cell phone and sneakers "waiting at bus stop " )

MEXICO CITY – Authorities in the Mexican capital expressed indignation Wednesday about the killing of a 15-year-old boy who refused to hand over his cellphone to an assailant.

“It is a deed that really shocks and outrages,” Maricela Contreras, chief of the Mexico City borough of Tlalpan, told MVS radio.

Miguel Angel, who had bought the cellphone last week with money earned working in his uncle’s landscaping business, died Tuesday of a knife wound to the chest.

The young man was accosted at 6:30 a.m. while waiting for a bus to take him to school.

After stabbing Miguel, the assailant took the phone and the teen’s sneakers.

Miguel Angel died just 50 meters (164 feet) from his home in Tlalpan and the family learned of his death from a sidewalk vendor who witnessed the crime.

Investigators have no leads on the identity of the killer, Contreras told MVS.

The borough administration in Tlalpan has been working to improve safety for young people, but results are slow in coming, Contreras said.

While this sprawling metropolis of 20 million promotes itself to potential visitors as a “Safe City,” the Mexican capital has been rocked in recent months by high-profile crimes, including the kidnapping and subsequent murder of 12 people and the killing of a Colombian man by police.

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Iran ( 80 lashes each for drinking wine during a communion service - OMG ) Passion of Christ Movie ????

ICN- A court in the Iranian city of Rasht has sentenced four members of the Church of Iran denomination to 80 lashes each for drinking wine during a communion service.
The verdict, dated 6 October, charges Behzad Taalipasand, Mehdi Reza Omidi (Youhan), Mehdi Dadkhah (Danial) and Amir Hatemi (Youhanna) with drinking alcohol and possession of a receiver and satellite antenna. They received the verdict on 20 October and have ten days to appeal the sentence.

Behzad Taalipasand and Mehdi Reza Omidi (Youhan) were detained on 31 December 2012 during a crackdown on house churches by the Iranian government.
Mervyn Thomas, Chief Executive of Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), said: “The sentences handed down to these members of the Church of Iran effectively criminalise the Christian sacrament of sharing in the Lord’s Supper and constitute an unacceptable infringement on the right to practice faith freely and peaceably. We urge the Iranian authorities to ensure that the nation's legal practices and procedures do not contradict its international obligation under the International Convent on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) to guarantee the full enjoyment of freedom of religion or belief by all of its religious communities.”