I have just been informed that a Dutch MP of the Socialist Party, Harry van Bommel, has successfully submitted a resolution in the Dutch parliament calling for the Dutch government to instigate an initiative during the 67th UN General Assembly with the goal of an international condemnation and prohibition of stoning. The resolution has been accepted.
Clearly, we need other parliaments doing the same as we need to end stoning now.
The lives of tens of women and men depend on it.
In Iran, at least 22 people await death by stoning sentences. [Maryam Namazie] Read more
