Press release
Fatemeh’s
Execution postponed
We
must continue our campaign till Fatemeh is freed
13/10/04
Fatemeh Haghighat-Pajouh, a
33-year-old woman has been sentenced to death (an eye for an eye) for
killing her husband who had lost her 15-year-old daughter in a gambling
match and had planned to rape her. Fatemeh was supposed to be executed
this week. It was announced
today that her execution has been postponed.
Following the report of the news
of her execution, a series of protest actions by Amnesty International and
Organisation for Women’s Liberation-Iran (OWL) got on the way. An
international campaign was organised by OWL to save fatemeh’s life. On
Monday Mina Ahadi, the international secretary of OWL met with
representatives of EU’s Human Rights Commission, Charles Whitley and May
Ann Ramsey regarding Fatemeh’s case. By contacting the representative of
the Human Rights Commission of the German Parliament, Mina urged these
international bodies to condemn the execution and put pressure on the
Islamic Republic of Iran to abolish the death penalty.
An international campaign has
also been organised to gather signatures on a petition to protest against
violation of women’s rights and execution of Fatemeh. This campaign
continues till Fatemeh is released.
Sign our online petition. Help
us to put an end to the death penalty in
Iran
. Help us to save Fatemeh.
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What
you can do:
1-
Sign our petition on line:
http://www.petitiononline.com/OWLI/petition.html
2-
Send the sample letter of protest (below) to the
Iranian authorities. Send your letters of condemnation to: Khatami@president.ir
3-
Send your letters condemning the execution of
Fatemeh to your government, European Union (ewl@womenlobby.org),
United Nations (daw@un.org) and
Human Rights organisations.
4-
Ask your organisation to sign our petition and send
it to us.
5-
Support our campaign to save Fatemeh. Send your
donations to:
Medusa,
Lloyds TSB, Cheshunt Branch, 8 Manocroft Pde, College Rd, Cheshunt,
Herts
,
EN8 9LR
,
UK
Account
number: 0972959
Sort code: 30-99-86
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The Organisation for Women’s Liberation-Iran
PO Box 42300
,
London
N12 0WY
,
England
Tel: +44-7789801250
Fax: +44-8701358385
m.kousha@ukonline.co.uk
Please
see below for the Letter/Petition:
Letter
of protest against Fatemeh Haghighat-Pajouh’s death penalty
To:
Khatami, president of Islamic republic of Iran,
To:
the United Nations,
To:
the European Union,
I/We
have been informed by the Organisation for Women’s Liberation –
Iran
of the distressing news of a 33-year-old woman being condemned to death by
the Supreme Court in
Iran
.
I/We
strongly protest against the execution of Fatemeh. I/We condemn the
Iran
’s Supreme Court’s decision and demand Fatemeh’s immediate release.
Fatemeh is the victim of violence against women and young girls. She must
be freed immediately and the sentence of death penalty be abolished in
Iran
.
Regards
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