Iran must stop stoning women to death

Posted by on Jul 8, 2010 in updates | 8 comments I felt horror and revulsion when I read the story yesterday about the Iranian mother of two who faces stoning by death for alleged adultery. I add my strongest protest to the international campaign led by outraged Western governments and human rights groups pleading for clemency. The son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, 43, pleads her innocence. His mother has already spent five years in prison and...
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