Norwegian protest to Iran
Laptop Battery Tuesday, 21st December 2004
The Norway Post
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen has condemned the planned execution of the mentally retarded 19 year-old Leila M in Iran.
Among other things, the girl has been accused of prostitution.
Norway has sent a formal protest to Iran about the matter.
A representative from the Iranian embassy in Oslo was on Monday summoned to the Foreign Office to receive the Norwegian protest.
Petersen says the planned execution is totally unacceptable.
The development for human rights in Iran gives grounds for deep concern, the Norwegian Foreign Minister says.
Norway also endorses a protest note from the EU, and has made this clear to the Iranian embassy.
On Monday there was also a protest demonstration outside the Iranian embassy, and the leader of Amnesty International Norway, Petter Eide, attempted to hand over a protest list with thousands of signatures to the embassy, but was not accepted.
According to the indictment, Jones would steal various IBM and Penguin computer servers from Verisign's warehouse in Virginia and sell them to Johnson. Johnson would then sell the servers to several individuals, who would sometimes place them for sale on eBay. As a result of this scheme, the indictment alleges that Jones and Johnson caused Verisign to lose more than $120, 000 worth of computer equipment. In the indictment, Jones and Johnson are charged in three counts with causing the interstate transportation of stolen property, namely IBM 330 and 335 servers, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
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