As an Iranian lawyer and a human rights defender, I am writing to you to
ask you to help me save the life of a woman sentenced to death by stoning! Asharf Kalhori, who is currently in Evin prison in Tehran, is scheduled to be stoned to death by the end of July 2006 for the crime of having "sex".
I am voluntarily representing Ashraf, the mother of four children of ages 9 to 19 to save her from stoning. She had an extramarital affair because she never loved her husband, but her request for divorce had been rejected by the court based on the fact that she had children and, therefore, had to resume living with her husband. Therefore, some women whose divorce requests are denied opt for extramarital affairs.
If you believe that stoning is not an appropriate punishment for a woman
having sex with a man other than her husband, if you believe that having sex is not a crime and does not turn a person into a criminal, and if you
believe that Ahsraf Kalhori does not deserve to die for having had sex, then please express your opposition to stoning.
Your voice counts! I am asking you to please raise your voice against
stoning Ashraf Kalhori by signing the petition addressed to the Iranian Head of the Judiciary and the Iranian Parliament representatives. We can save Ashraf's life and, furthermore, together demand a ban on stoning for ever!
Please sign this petition
http://www.petitiononline.com<wbr>/AshrafK/petition.html
and let the Iranian Head of Judiciary and the Iranian Parliament know that there exists grand opposition to stoning women for having sex, and that we all appose stoning as the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.
Please forward this letter to others who may be interested.
Warm Regards,
Shadi Sadr
Attorney at Law
Tehran, Iran
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ABSOLUTELY! Last week, Malak Ghorbany's sentence was commuted and her case will be re-evaluated. (I personally got the confirmation from the officials at the Iranian embassy in Paris.). About a month or so ago, we were also able to save the Life of Nazanin, a 17 year old girl who was sentenced to public hanging for defending herself when she was being raped. Before that, there was another woman who had also killed a man in self defence as he raped her, and we got her sentence commuted and she is now back with her husband and two children. So, yes, these petitions, along with all of the other international noise that is created about these cases really DO WORK!
The Iranian government has a lot of big plans right now, and the LAST thing it needs is international fuss over its human rights violations. They are trying to get concessions out of EU and the US about their nuclear program and they are very concerned about how human rights issues might impact those talks. I've dealt with these guys for a long time and I have a pretty good understanding of how they work. That is why I am trying to raise as much fuss about their crimes against humanity now when I know they are paying close attention.
By all means! Thanks so much.
Much love and admiration - Sveta
God bless you