Brussels, 15/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - In a declaration on behalf of the EU, published on Tuesday 13 January, the Czech Presidency urged Iran to halt the practice of execution by stoning. This statement follows the Iranian judicial authorities' confirmation of the stoning to death of two men at the end of December in the North-East of the country.
The Czech Presidency of the EU also calls on the Islamic Republic of Iran to “abolish the cruel and inhuman punishment of stoning from its...