Press release

Fatemeh&#= 8217;s Execution postponed

W= e must continue our campaign till Fatemeh is freed

= 13/10/04

Fatemeh Haghighat-Pajouh, a 33-ye= ar-old woman has been sentenced to death (an eye for an eye) for killing her husba= nd 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 representati= ves of EU’s Human Rights Commission, Charles Whitley and May Ann Ramsey regarding Fatemeh’s case. By contacting the representative of the Hum= an 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 als= o 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.peti= tiononline.com/OWLI/petition.html

2-= Send the sample lett= er of protest (below) to the Iranian authorities. Send your letters of condemna= tion to: Khatami@president.ir=

3-= Send your letters condemning the execution of Fatemeh to your government, European Union (ewl@womenlobby.org), United Nation= s (daw@un.org) and Human Rights organisations= .

4-= Ask your organisatio= n to sign our petition and send it to us.

5-= Support our campaign= to save Fatemeh. Send your donations to:

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Medusa, Lloyds TSB, Cheshunt Branch, 8 Manocroft Pde, College Rd, Cheshunt, Herts, EN8 9LR, UK=

Account= number: 0972959 S= ort code: 30-99-86

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 dea= th penalty

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To: Khata= mi, president of Islamic republic of Iran,

To: the U= nited Nations,

To: the E= uropean Union,

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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. <= o:p>

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I/We stro= ngly protest against the execution of Fatemeh. I/We condemn the Iran= 217;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. <= o:p>

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Regards