Human Rights activist appeals to President of Iran

[Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International]

Ansar Burney appeals to Iran to stop the stoning to death
sentence to a woman:

KARACHI:  Mr Ansar Burney, Chairman of the human rights
organization 'Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International'
has appealed to the President of Iran to forgive a 38
years old, reportedly innocent women from Tehran, who
was sentence of stoning to death in Iran.

Ansar Burney said, an Iranian women (name not disclosed)
is to be stoned to death under Iran's Islamic Shariya
laws forallegedly murdering her husband. An accomplice,
a 24-year-old man,will be hanged for the killing of the
woman's 42-year-old husband, who was killed in Karaj,
a town close to the capital Tehran.

�Men who are stoned to death are buried waist-deep in
the ground and if they manage to escape, they can go
free, women are buried deeper to stop stones hitting
their breasts�, Ansar Burney added.

"We are not in favour of criminals but she could be
punish in other way which is less cruel and less
painful instead of stonning to death to save her
from the severe pain of hitting of stones", He
further added.

END.

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ANSAR BURNEY WELFARE TRUST INTERNATIONAL
(Human and Civil Rights Organization)
6 Hassan Manzil, Arambagh Road, Karachi - Pakistan
Phone:  + 92 212623382, 2623383   Fax:  2623384
Mobile:  + 92 3008243459
Email:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
website:  http://www.ansarburney.org
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