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Stoning. Amnesty International
And this from Amnesty International which I felt was not directly relevant but certainly all part of the same issue that this photograph represents. Amera Ziganii Rao
In Iran, stoning a person to death is not against the law. Using the wrong stone is.
Bound, wrapped in shrouds and buried in a pit with head and shoulders above ground, the victims are likely to survive for between 20 minutes and two hours from when the first stone thrown draws blood.
The reason they survive so long can be found in the chillingly clinical wording of Article 104 of the Iranian Penal Code:
'The size of the stone used in stoning shall not be too large to kill the convict by one or two throws and at the same time shall not be too small to be called a stone.'
Amnesty International
Amera Ziganii Rao is a philosophical writer, essayist, social commentator, prose writer, dramatist and photographer artist as well as a consciousness explorer, self actualiser and emotional healer. She is a former journalist who is now turning professional with her art forms and indeed, her healing forms, after a long journey of inner searching, self teaching and exploring many layers and areas of both craft and wisdom. She is now working on her first book of philosophy and esoteric thought, and social and cultural commentary. She is also showing her first photography collections. And last but most definitely not least, she is building a business to share her consciousness and empowering explorations to reach as many people as possible across the world. She is 46 years old and currently lives in London.
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