Sunday, July 25, 2010

Sakine Mohamadi Ashtiani Day. 24th July 2010. London, Trafalgar Square.




This was part of an international day of protests organised to publicize the case of Sakine who has received 99 lashes and has spent the last 5 years in prison waiting to be executed for adultery. Originally condemned to death by stoning, the international outcry means that she will now probably be hung instead. Maryam Namazie, above, organised yesterday's protest. It was sunny and a lot more signatures were added to the petition demanding that Sakine be set free and that stoning be banned in Iran and the Islamic world in general. A shrouded woman enacted a stoning.
Main link for more information is at the Sakine Campaign.

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