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I just found out she is safe and the execution is not happening and my hands are actually shaking while typing this because I honestly did not know if we would get here. People kept telling me to be quiet but look at what actually happens when we refuse to …

February 14, 2007

Save Fatemeh Haghighat Pajouh from execution

Save Fatemeh Haghighat Pajouh from execution

🏆 Won — 852 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 20 years, 3 months ago
UA: IRAN 28 March 2006 More news on UA 281 /04 Fatemeh Haghighat-Pajouh reportedly was scheduled to be executed on or before 1 April 2006. She was sentenced to death for the murder of her husband. IMMINENT EXECUTION IRAN * FATEMEH HAGHIGHAT-PAJOUH (F) The stay of execution granted to Fatemeh Haghighat-Pajouh on 12 October 2004 was rescinded by the Supreme Court. Her execution was reportedly scheduled to take place on or before 1 April 2006. Fatemeh Haghighat-Pajouh was sentenced to death for the murder of her husband. She alleged that her husband was a drug addict who had tried to rape her daughter from a previous marriage, who was 15 years old at the time. Apparently he had previously told her that he had lost the girl in a gambling match. Amnesty International does not know when she was arrested, but she may have been tried in 2002. The Head of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, had stayed Fatemeh Haghighat-Pajouh\'s execution after reading a letter written to him by her daughter, entitled \"Don

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Reached 500 supporters

January 12, 2007

July 9, 2006

I honestly did not think we would gain this much traction so quickly when I first started writing this out in my kitchen late at night. Seeing the way people are responding to Fatemeh's story and the sheer weight of her daughter's plea really hit me today. It feels like the tide is finally turning but we have to keep that energy going because the clock is just ticking away so fast.

April 14, 2006

One hundred people just put their names down and I am honestly shaking a little because I truly did not expect this to move so fast. It is wild to see that many people caring about Fatemeh while she is sitting there waiting in that awful uncertainty and I just hope she knows people are watching now.

Reached 100 supporters

April 13, 2006

April 11, 2006

I see the numbers tick up and it makes my head spin but we really need to hit that hundred mark before the window closes on Fatemeh. Just grab a few people you know and get them to look at this because it feels like time is running through my fingers like sand right now.

6 Comments

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Mike Verma
20 years ago Featured

Unbelievable. The justice system over there is absolutely broken.

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Sarah Pratt
20 years ago Featured

this is sickening. she was protecting her child from a monster. stop this execution now!

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David Fisher
20 years ago Featured

What a nightmare situation. Nobody should be put to death for defending their family against someone like that.

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Jessica Palmer
20 years ago Featured

SO WRONG. HOW CAN THEY IGNORE THE TRUTH??? SAVE FATEMEH.

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Elena Rodriguez
20 years ago Featured

PLEASE spare her life. She was only trying to save her daughter from a horrible man.

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Robert Phillips
20 years ago Featured

Praying for her safety. This is just heartbreaking.

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