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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As somebody pointed out on another list, even if
they were all guilty of adultery, nobody deserves to be killed for
it!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Gail</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 12, 2010 12:28 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [feministaction] Fw: Save Sakineh</DIV></DIV>
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size=2 face=Tahoma>----- Forwarded Message ----<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Alice Jay - Avaaz.org <<A
href="mailto:avaaz@avaaz.org">avaaz@avaaz.org</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> "<A
href="mailto:hjbishop17@yahoo.co.uk">hjbishop17@yahoo.co.uk</A>" <<A
href="mailto:hjbishop17@yahoo.co.uk">hjbishop17@yahoo.co.uk</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sat, 10 July, 2010
15:36:07<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Save
Sakineh<BR></FONT><BR><FONT size=-1><I>Make sure Avaaz alerts reach your inbox:
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Friends, <BR><BR>Yesterday an Iranian woman, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, <B>was
saved by global protests from being stoned to death.</B> <BR><BR>But she may
still be hanged -- and, meanwhile, execution by stoning continues. <B>Right now
fifteen more people are on death row awaiting stoning</B> in which victims are
buried up to their necks in the ground and then large rocks are thrown at their
heads. <BR><BR>The partial reprieve of Sakineh, triggered by the call from her
children for international pressure to save her life, has shown that if enough
of us come together and voice our horror, <B>we may be able to save her life,
and stop stoning once and for all.</B> Sign the urgent petition now and send it
onto everyone you know -- <B>let's end this cruel slaughter NOW!</B> <BR><BR><A
href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_stoning/?cl=655382630&v=6768"
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<BR><BR>Sakineh was convicted of adultery, like all the other 12 women and one
of the men awaiting stoning. But her children and lawyer say she is innocent and
that she did not get a fair trial -- they state her confession was forced from
her and, speaking only Azerbaijani, she did not understand what was being asked
of her in court. <BR><BR>Despite Iran's signing of a UN convention that requires
the death penalty only be used for the "most serious crimes" and despite the
Iranian Parliament passing a law banning stoning last year, stoning for adultery
continues. <BR><BR>Sakineh's lawyer says <B>the Iranian government "is afraid of
Iranian public reaction and international attention" to the stoning cases</B>.
And after Turkey and Britain's Foreign Ministers spoke out against Sakineh's
sentence, it was suspended. <BR><BR>Sakineh's brave children are leading the
international campaign to save their mother and stop stoning. <B>Massive
international condemnation now could finally stop this sickening punishment.</B>
Let's join together today across the world to end this brutality. <B>Sign the
petition to save Sakineh and end stoning here:</B> <BR><BR><A
href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_stoning/?cl=655382630&v=6768"
rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_stoning/?vl</A>
<BR><BR>In hope and determination, <BR><BR>Alice, David, Milena, Ben and the
whole Avaaz team <BR><BR><BR>SOURCES:<BR><BR>Iranians still facing death by
stoning despite 'reprieve', The Guardian: <BR><A
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/08/iran-death-stoning-adultery"
rel=nofollow
target=_blank>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/08/iran-death-stoning-adultery</A><BR><BR>Britain
condemns planned Iran stoning as 'medieval', AFP:<BR><A
href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hjVdkvkzicGeInqw2R10rCKrqs3A"
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