ابراز نگرانی عفو بين الملل
از اعدام قريب الوقوع فاطمه
حقيقت پژوه
راديو فردا: سازمان عفو بين الملل نگرانی خود را از
اعدام قريب الوقوع يک زن ۳۳ ساله به نام فاطمه حقيقت پژوه که در دفاع از دختر خود
شوهرش را به قتل رسانده اعلام کرد و طی يک درخواست اضطراری از مردم ايران خواست از
مقامات جمهوری اسلامی تقاضا کنند اين زن اعدام نشود.
فاطمه
حقيقت پژوه، همسر صيغه ای خود را در سال ۷۶ به اين دليل کشت که وی قصد داشت به
دختر ۱۵ ساله اين زن تجاوز کند. محمد علی دادخواه ، حقوقدان در تهران، در مصاحبه
با راديوفردا می گويد که متهم در لحظه دفاع رسمی در دادگاه وکيل تعيينی نداشته و
دادگاه در همان لحظه مبادرت به احضار يکی از وکلايی که هيچ آشنايی، پيشينه و اطلاعی
از پرونده نداشته و حتی موکل را در زندان ملاقات نکرده بوده می کند که در دادرسی
دخالت کند. وی می گويد که نبايد حکم اعدام اجرا شود و پرونده بايد مجددا مورد
رسيدگی قرار گيرد.
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
7 October 2004
UA 281/04 Imminent execution
IRAN: Fatemeh Haghighat-Pajouh
(f) aged 33
Fatemeh Haghighat-Pajouh
has reportedly been sentenced to death for the murder of her husband, who
allegedly tried to rape her then 15 year old daughter from a previous marriage.
She is reportedly at risk of imminent execution.
According to a 6 October report in the Iranian newspaper E'temad,
Fatemeh Haghighat-Pajouh
murdered her husband in 1997. At her trial she alleged that her husband,identified as a 30 year
old man named Bahman, was a drug addict, who had been
overtly interested in her 15-year-old daughter. She also told the trial judge
that Bahman had said he had lost the girl in a
gambling match. When she later discovered that he had tried to rape the girl,
she killed him.
It is not known when Fatemeh Haghighat-Pajouh
was arrested. According to the report in E'temad, the
sentence has been upheld by the Supreme Court, although it is not known when.
In Iran, all
death sentences have to be approved by the Supreme Court before they can be
implemented. The E'temad report states that her
execution is expected to take place in the next few days.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Amnesty International opposes the death penalty as the ultimate cruel, inhuman
and degrading punishment, in violation of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to
which Iran is a
state party. Article 6 of the ICCPR states: ''In countries which have not
abolished the death penalty, sentence of death may be imposed only for the most
serious crimes''.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible:
- stating that Amnesty International recognizes the rights and responsibilities
of governments to bring to justice those suspected of criminal offences, but
strongly opposes the death penalty as the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading
punishment;
- urging that the death sentence imposed on Fatemeh Haghighat-Pajouh be commuted immediately;
- seeking trial details of the case against Fatemeh Haghighat-Pajouh, including details of any appeals against
her convictions;
- urging the authorities to ensure that the victim's family is made aware of
its right, under Islamic law, to pardon the condemned;
- reminding the Iranian authorities of their commitment to the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, in particular Article 3: ''Everyone has the right
to life, liberty and security of person.''
APPEALS TO:
Leader of the Islamic Republic:
His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed 'Ali Khamenei
The Presidency
Palestine Avenue
Azerbaijan Intersection
Tehran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Fax: 011 98 21 649 5880 (please mark 'For the
attention of the Office of His Excellency,
Ayatollah al Udhma Khamenei,
Qom)
Email: info@wilayah.org OR
webmaster@wilayah.org
(on the subject line write: For the attention of the Office of His Excellency,
Ayatollah al Udhma Khamenei,
Qom)
Head of the Judiciary:
His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Ministry of Justice
Park-e Shahr
Tehran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: irjpr@iranjudiciary.org
(mark 'Please forward to HE Ayatollah Shahroudi')
President:
His Excellency Hojjatoleslam val
Moslemin Sayed
Mohammad Khatami
The Presidency
Palestine Avenue
Azerbaijan Intersection
Tehran
Islamic Republic of Iran
E-mail: khatami@president.ir
(please resend your message if it does not get through the first time)
Salutation: Your Excellency
Iranian Interests Section
Embassy of Pakistan
2209 Wisconsin Ave NW
Washington DC 20007
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