Pregnant young woman awaits stoning

International Committee against Execution

According to reports, in the prison where Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (mother of two who was sentenced to death by stoning on adultery charges) is detained, two other women await stoning. One of them is Maryam Qorbanzadeh. This 25-year-old woman was sentenced to death by stoning for having a sexual relationship outside of marriage. Maryam is pregnant and expects the world to help her.
The misogynist Iranian government has in the past few years been forced to halt the stoning sentences for at least 13 women because of international pressure and in some cases, released them after lashing them 100 times. Kobra Babayi was one of these women. After her stoning sentence was stayed, she was lashed 100 times and then released. According to reports, her spinal cord has been damaged as result and she has trouble walking. Her children say that she has severe pain from the flogging which has made their mother’s life very difficult.

مريم قربان زاده يک زن حامله محکوم به سنگسار
به گزارش کميته بين المللي عليه اعدام، در زنداني که سکينه محمدي آشتياني بسر مي برد٬ دو زن ديگر محکوم به سنگسار هستند. يکي از آنها مريم قربان زاده است. مريم ۲۵ سال دارد و به اتهام رابطه جنسي خارج از ازدواج به سنگسار محکوم شده است. مريم حامله است و از مردم دنيا انتظار دارد به او کمک کنند.
حکومت زن ستيز اسلامي٬ در سالهاي اخير در نتيجه اعتراضات بين المللي مجبور به لغو احکام سنگسار بر عليه حداقل ۱۳ زن شد و در مواردي آنها را با زدن صد ضربه شلاق آزاد کرده است. يکي از اين زنان کبرا بابايي بود که بعد از لغو حکم سنگسار٬ صد ضربه شلاق به او زدند و سپس او را آزاد کردند و طبق خبري که به کميته بين المللي عليه اعدام رسيده٬ نخاع کبرا بعد از اين ضربات شلاق آسيب ديده و او نميتواند راحت راه برود. فرزندان او ميگويند٬ دردهاي شديد و آثار اين شلاق زدن٬ زندگي مادر آنها را بسيار سخت کرده است. (کميته بين المللي عليه اعدام – 24/4/89)