“Reyhaneh Jabbari, a 26-year-old woman, was hanged for the 2007 murder of former Iranian intelligence official and doctor who she claims attempted to rape her. The execution was immediately condemned by various organizations and governments who had previously asserted the case was not properly investigated. Now, Iranian activist have distributed Jabbari’s final message to her mother, and it’s absolutely heartbreaking.”
Read more from Jezebel here: http://jezebel.com/reyhaneh-jabbaris-final-message-before-her-execution-is-1652094292
Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/anakasparian) Jimmy Dore (http://www.twitter.com/jimmy_dore) and Gina Grad (http://www.twitter.com/ginagrad) of The Young Turks discuss. The panel discusses the story and read a transcript of her final message to her family. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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Well I just want to refer my view about what the guy sitting on the couch said… When a person is executed in a religious state ,by the govt for a crime which is not even considered a crime in rest of the world , you should probably know that its happening only because of the religion .. Also i want to tell the panelist tht it is not because her family cldnt prove that she killed him for the self defense so she was executed… Even if they wld have proved that still she wld have got executed because rape isnt a big crime in Islamic state that u require to kill some one in self defense …. finally i agree that the there are people who wldnt be happy with this execution in Iran . but the no of those people wld be way less… I myself live in a Muslim majority state of india which is supposedly occupied by indian (infidel ) forces according to the local kashmiris … Here if a girl is raped by army , they condemn the incident and protest on the road .. but if a girl is raped by local Mujahedin (militants) they dont say a word and still support them .. So u understand what mentality they(Muslims) perceive ? .. i am not saying all Muslims as there are educated ones also but a huge majority appreciates these decisions and barbarianism
The problem is that the general public doesn’t hold individuals responsible for injustices. Evil hides behind corporations, groups, systems:
The rapist’s family members are vindictive people. They should be named. The judges and lawyers that prosecuted the case are vindictive people. They should be named. It took specific people to execute this crime against humanity. Hold those specific people accountable. and the Same standard should apply in the US.
I am not sure if rapist family should always be named. But if they defend him then yes name them. I think that is what you were saying anyway.
She did the right thing, even if she had to die for it. Who know how many other women were saved. They killed a hero. She will be the martyr in the afterlife, not any of those suicide bomber losers.