Iran is the only country in the world that 'officially' executes children. According to the United Nations, a child is a person under the age of 18. Despite the fact that Iran has signed International Covenants that forbid them to execute anyone who has allegedly committed an offence before the age of 18, they continue to do so. Since 1990, Amnesty International has recorded 30 executions of child offenders and over the last couple of years the rate is increasing. Currently, there are at least 95 minors on death row in Iran. Time is of the essence. Together we will make them STOP the execution of minors!
I hope the comments by the European Union today helps the cause. The situation must be getting worse because it's even out in the mainstream media now.
Hey there! The following message was sent to me by Randy, and I'd like to forward it to you with my best greetings, wishes and thanks!! Josef Randy says: Howdy, you all! I know I'm not doing any blogs right now due to my ap-peals, but bear with me and one day soon I shall return - hopefully with a new lease on life. I'm not silenced. That's for sure. I'm just focusing and trying to get past all of the junk going on right now. My heart is with everyone and it's just awesome knowing there's so many people who care. I have sincere love for everyone. I have, since my time on death row, tried to live by three principles: love, compassion and forgiveness. Well, and two others: peace and faith, also. June marks my five year point on death row and hopefully also the end. I'll continue to give updates, but for now I just wanted to send love and let everyone know how grateful I am for this community. We're all brothers and sisters, striving for the ultimate goal: ending the death penalty. It's in our grasps. I know it. Peace, Randy
Dear friend, I cannot thank you enough for your kind support and friendship! Welcome to our ever growing family of friends. I'm really happy you have decided to become friends of the Wake Up (to child abuse) MySpace Music page. Just by adding us to your friends you have already demonstrated that you have a good heart and are willing to take a step towards ending the hidden suffering of so many.
We also dare to hope you will be able to persuade some of your other MySpace friends to join our just fight against child abuse by adding us to their friends too. The larger our family of friends becomes, the more people we will be able to reach and educate about this terrible ‘disease’ sweeping across the world which blights the lives of more children than you may imagine. Please take a moment to read some of the statistics on child abuse highlighted on our profile and within our blogs. I am sure you will be just as shocked and appalled as we are when you find out the full extent of this scourge.
The innocent children suffering such terrible abuse need all the help they can get. Increased awareness of this foul concealed crime will help to prevent more children living through the agonising torment which I was forced to experience.
I hope you have a great day and look forward to hearing from you soon with your views and comments on this important issue,
Every time I read your blog, I start to cry. As a mother, as a woman, as a HUMAN, I can not understand this. Children being MURDERED, slaughtered like animals, for what? I sign every petition, send emails, and forward the information you post. You ARE making a difference, because you have made this known to so many, and to me. Thank you..just for being a voice of reason above the insanity, please know that you cry is being answered, and joined. Love and PEACE.
Hello friend, As warriors we stand a fight for what we believe to be right...and that makes some people resent us. But we must keep up the good fight even when others try and drag us down, because if we don't stan.....who will? Anythime you feel weak and tired from the stuggle...I am here for you. Anytime you need a friendly ear or shoulder to cry on...I am here, I have broad shoulders and can understand your pain. With much love and respect
"If you love me (as a friend or more) you will read the whole thing. What would you do if for every moment you were truly happy, there would be 10 moments of sadness? What would you do if your best friend died tomorrow and you never got to tell them how you felt?
So, I just wanted to say, even if I never talk to you again in my life, you are special to me and you have made a difference in my life. I look up to you, respect you, and truly cherish you.
Send this to all your friends, no matter how often you talk, or how close you are, and send it to the person who sent it to you.
Let old friends know you haven't forgotten them, and tell new friends you never will. Remember, everyone needs a friend.
Don't ever leave the one you love for the one you like, because the one you like will leave you for the one they love.
If you wake up in a red room with no windows and doors, DON'T panic.. you're just in my heart!!! Send this to all the friends you want to keep forever...
Today is Best friend Day. Send this to all of your friends, and me if I am one.
And no matter how many you get back know that YOU are LOVED!!!
Thank you for adding me as your friend and supporter, and also for your applaudable efforts at educating people about the injustices and child executions in the Middle East. I look forward to learning more via your page.
Death Penalty Focus 870 Market St. Ste. 859 San Francisco, CA 94102 Tel. 415.243.0143 - Fax 415.243.0994 - www. deathpenalty. org
Urgent Action Needed Please take 30 seconds to email the Sacramento Bee!
In the last week, the Sacramento Bee has published several op-eds on the death penalty, multiple news stories, and their most compelling editorial to date on the issue.
They have now called for submissions on the death penalty for next week's forum. It is very important we seize this opportunity to submit as many anti-death penalty letters as possible. Letters should be short and simple - no more than 300 words! Even letters that include nothing more than the statement, "I am opposed to the death penalty. " will be helpful!
The Sacramento Bee posed this question: Should California continue to impose the death penalty for the most serious crimes?
E-mail your answers to
forum@sacbee.com
and include your name, phone number, and address (your phone number and address will not be published, but will be used to confirm that you are a real person.).
Please take just 30 seconds to send a letter! Thank you!
