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Help stop the execution of an Iranian woman

Dear friends,

After a grossly unfair trial, Zeinab Sekaanvand, an Iranian woman, faces imminent execution for the murder of her abusive husband — a crime she says she did not commit.

She could be hanged within days.

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Phillip Luther, Amnesty's Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa says, "This is an extremely disturbing case. Not only was Zeinab Sekaanvand under 18 years of age at the time of the crime, she was also denied access to a lawyer and says she was tortured after her arrest by male police officers through beatings all over her body."

Zeinab Sekaanvand was 17-years-old when she was arrested for the murder of her husband, whom she had married at the age of 15.

She was held for the next 20 days in the police station, where she has said she was beaten by male police officers. She "confessed" to them that she stabbed her husband, who had been abusive.

Zeinab was denied access to a lawyer during her entire pre-trial detention period and only met her state-appointed lawyer for the first time at her final trial session. It was at this session that she retracted her "confession."

She told the court that her husband's brother, who she said had raped her several times, was responsible for the murder and had coerced her into confessing.

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Thank you.

Margaret Huang
Executive Director