HANGING OF IRAN GAY TEENS
The Iran Student News Association has just released a new photo of the two gay teens -- one 18, one 17 -- hanged in the Iranian city of Mashad on July 19 as part of the Islamic Republic of Iran's lethal crackdown on gay people. This new photo, below, is even more gruesome and shocking than the previous photos of the two boys on the scaffold, and here it is:
You can see a larger version of the photo above by clicking on it.
The two boys were charged by the Islamic Republic of Iran with "rape" -- but multiple testimonies from inside the city of Mashad and from gay Iranian activists and journalists inside Iran received and reported by me make it clear that the "rape" charge against these two hanged boys was trumped up by the government as part of its lethal anti-gay pogrom against gay people. Iran's hanging of these two youths was illegal under international law, because the alleged "rape" with which they were charged is supposed to have occurred when both boys were under 18 -- and Iran is signatory to two international treaties by which it is committed not to execute minor children. Moreover, the two boys were held in prison for over a year, tortured, and probably raped by prison guards and police before their execution.
This anti-gay crackdown is part of the crusade against "moral corruption" promised by Iran's newly-elected President Ahmadinejad in his election campaign. This wave of anti-gay repression includes torture, forced confessions, beatings, lashings -- and a wide-ranging campaign of Internet entrapment of gay Iranians, extensively described in my September 20 interview with Amir -- a 22-year-old gay Iranian torture victimclicking here. who escaped to Turkey in August. In it, Amir recounts his arrest in a far-flung government Internet entrapment campaign targeting gays, his beating and torture at the hands of the police and the 100 lashes he was sentenced to just for being gay (this interview also includes stomach-turning photos of Amir's injuries). You can read this interview, which has now been republished world-wide, by
For background on the new wave of anti-gay repression in Iran, see my previous articles:
July 21 -- Iran Executes Two Gay Teenagers
(Updated); August 11 -- Iran Sources Question Rape Charges in Teen Executions; August 12 -- Two New Gay Executions Scheduled in Iran, Says Iranian Exile Group; August 17 -- Iran's Deadly Anti-Gay Crackdown:
With Two More Executions Scheduled,
the Pace of Repression Steps Up.
With Two More Executions Scheduled,
the Pace of Repression Steps Up.
September 8 -Iran and the Death of Gay Activism.
PESHAWAR, May 25: In an Unprecedented case here on Tuesday, a man and a Transvestite arrested on charges of eachother Were remanded Marrying Into the custody of local police for a single day by a local court. Forty Five Other persons, “including a box around transvestites, Charged by police for holding in the alleged marriage ceremony, Were sent to prison by the court or judicial magistrates, Syed Shaukatullah Shah.The arrested persons denied the charge and Stated That a birthday party or One of the transvestites were in progress When Police Raided it.
Their counsel had not Said That They Committed Any offense & the Entire incident took place Because of Some vested interest of the Concerned SHO, Shaukat Ali.The Said Were 47 persons arrested by officials or police station late on Monday Faqirabad from a plaza. Police alleged That They Received Report That marriage of the man, Malik Iqbal, about 45, and The Transvestite, Identified as Kashif alias Kiran, about 20, ate Would Take Place Malik Plaza, Situated on Dalazak Road.
The SHO, who was complainant in the case, claimed That When The marriage ceremony was in progress They Raided the place of occurrence and arrested 47 persons “including the Said the So-Called bride groom and the bride.
The Accused Charged are under section 3 and 4 of Dancing Act 1974, section 377 (Unnatural offense), 511 (attempts to commit offense), 294 (obscene acts and songs in public), 148 (rioting) and 149 (Unlawful assembly) or Pakistan Penal Code, read with section 13 of the Arms Ordinance.
“I have not Entered Writing Any Wedlock. This is a lie, “said Kashif alias Kiran. He added police had disrupted a function That and arrested on fabricated charges theme.
The advocates appearing for the detained persons Requested the court not to allow physical custody of the couple and alleged Also discharge all the arrested persons of the charge. They Said That Police had misused Innocent The laws and detained persons. They Requested the court to Quash Said the FIR.
The public prosecutor, Nisar Khan, cont That ended the case was in initial stages and only after the Investigation Could Be Accused persons discharged. He added the court or judicial That Magistrate had no authority to Quash an FIR.
In sheer disregard to the orders of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry Pakistan That the transvestites and transgender persons Should Be Treated with respect, the local police Turned Them Into a laughing stock. Some of the policemen arrested Were seen Pinching the transvestites, who Were attired in colorful dresses female.
Police, who Normally Any Avoid giving information to journalists, gift easy access to the crews and private television channels as well as photographers and newspapers to film the persons detained at the police station as well as on the Way to Judicial Complex.The Were boarded detainees Brought into a bus and to the Judicial Complex. Despite scorching heat They Were Kept in the bus for many hours till the continuation of the court proceedings.
Large number of people “including lawyers and court officials thronged the court room to catch a glimpse of the couple as well as alleged Other transvestites arrested. They Were passing sarcastic remarks on theme.
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