Girl, 16, hanged in public.On Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. , August 15, a 16-year-old girl in the town of Neka, northern Iran Northern Iran includes the Southern Caspian regions of Iran, and represents Hyrcania: Gilan and Mazandaran, Gorgan and to some extend Golestan (former East Mazenderan). , was executed. Ateqeh Sahaleh was hanged in public on Simetry Street off Rah Ahan Street at the city centre. The sentence was issued by the head of Neka's Justice Department and subsequently upheld by the mullahs' Supreme Court and carried out with the approval of Judiciary judiciary Branch of government in which judicial power is vested. The principal work of any judiciary is the adjudication of disputes or controversies. Regulations govern what parties are allowed before a judicial assembly, or court, what evidence will be admitted, what Chief Mahmoud Shahroudi. In her summary trial, the teenage victim did not have a lawyer, and efforts by her family to recruit one were to no avail. Ateqeh personally defended herself. She told the religious judge, Haji Rezaii, that he should punish pun·ish v. pun·ished, pun·ish·ing, pun·ish·es v.tr. 1. To subject to a penalty for an offense, sin, or fault. 2. To inflict a penalty for (an offense). 3. the main perpetrators of moral corruption, not the victims. The judge pursued Ateqeh's death sentence beyond all normal procedures and finally gained the approval of the Supreme Court. After her execution Rezaii said the girl's punishment was not meant to be execution, but that he had her executed for her "sharp tongue Noun 1. sharp tongue - a bitter or critical manner of speaking tongue - a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue" " (www.activistchat.com/blogiran, August 20, 2004; Jason, August 24, 2004). Comment: One wonders where this kind of behaviour comes from. Is it from a backwards culture, of is Islam responsible for this? Some students of Islam seem to think it may be the Islamic religion itself. |
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