So I just checked out some recent news from Amnesty, andthe newest heading was "Death of Delara".
Delara Darabi was an Iranian woman that I, and so many other activists around the world, have been fighting for for many years.
Delara was said to be a really nice and caring person. She always took the blame when something bad was done, even if someone else had done it. When she was seventeen years old, she was arrested. Arrested for murderer. And she admitted to have done it at first, though later a different story came to the surface.
Her older boyfriend was the real murderer, it’s said. She took the blame because she’s underaged and they didn’t think she could get punished by death. At least that’s what the law says.
Unfortunately for Delara, they were wrong. She’s been improsoned for many years now. Activists around the world have fought for her, and time after time have we managed to postpone her execution.
Today, on May 1, they executed her without a warning. Not even her lawyer was warned. Nobody expected anything to happen before June. But it did.
I don’t understand. She never got a fair trial. And now they even executed her without anyone knowing? It makes me sad, but mostly outraged. I hope the Iranian government will get to feel this one and regret that they ever even arrested Delara Darabi.
Some facts:140 people have been executed in Iran so far this year. Two of them were children*
*Child = person below 18 years of age when crime took place.
Can’t the world just….. make Iran stop? They’re going crazy with all their executions down there.
Read more in Amnesty UK’s blog.