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Imminent execution

IRAN

Kobra Rahmanpour (f), aged about 25

It is feared that Kobra Rahmanpour is at imminent risk of execution
for murder. The Office for the Implementation of Sentences, which
carries out executions, has set a deadline of 12 October for the
family of the murder victim to agree to forgo their right to have
Kobra Rahmanpour executed, and accept the payment of diyeh (blood
money) instead. If they continue to ask for the execution to be
implemented, it is likely to be carried out soon after 12 October.

Kobra Rahmanpour was arrested on 5 November 2000 and was sentenced
to death by Branch 1608 of Tehran's Criminal Court in January 2002
for killing her mother-in-law. In 2003 the sentence was upheld by
the Supreme Court. She claimed she had acted in self-defence after
her mother-in-law had tried to attack her with a kitchen knife.
Kobra Rahmanpour was allegedly forced into marriage against her will
by her parents, due to the poverty of her family, and was subjected
to domestic violence during her marriage. She did not have access to
a lawyer until the beginning of her trial.
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Kobra Rahmanpour has been detained in Evin prison for nearly six
years, for four of which she has been under sentence of death. In
September 2006, she wrote an open letter, published on the internet,
in which she said:
"I am a human like you. I don't want to die. But right now I am more
like a lifeless body who has forgotten happiness and laughter scared
of the execution rope...I am only a step away from death. I, like
all of you, am scared to die. Help me so this wouldn't be my last
letter. So many times I think with myself, wishing my life would
follow a different path. Wishing I could finish my pre-university
course. Wishing I wouldn't be forced to work and to serve my
husband's family. Wishing I wouldn't reach the borders of madness.
But I have suffered so much. I am really a victim. And it is this
victim who they are going to hang to death. This is not a destiny
that I deserve. In these days of fear and horror, I come to you
again. I thank all the media, papers and people who supported me and
said that "Kobra shouldn't be executed". This time, maybe for the
last time, I want to ask you to do your last efforts for me so I am
not executed and have a chance to be free. In my dreams I always
think of freedom and a good life after that. I have suffered enough.
Help me so this horrible nightmare that has so many times chased me
in sleep and has made me wake up and scream, won't come true. Help
me to be away from death. Do whatever you can, there is little time.
These days would be gone too, and for me, every click of the clock
is a sign that death is near. Please help me! I am scared of death
and execution. I hate the execution rope and the crane. I want to
live. All other ways are closed to me. Nobody is here for me. My
only hope lies in people and my fellow humans. I want to hug my
father and mother. In the end, I'd like to thank my family and
everybody who struggles to save me, for their efforts."

For more info go to amnesty's home page here

Kyrgyzstan: Bride-Kidnapping, Domestic Abuse Rampant Despite Progressive Laws, Violence Against Women Goes Unpunished

(Bishkek, September 27, 2006) – Kyrgyzstan’s government is allowing domestic violence and the abduction of women for forced marriage to continue with impunity, Human Rights Watch said today in its first report on human rights violations in this Central Asian country.

"Police in Kyrgyzstan have an obligation to ensure that perpetrators of domestic violence and bride-kidnapping are brought to justice," said Holly Cartner, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "But more often than not, they simply don’t treat these as serious crimes."

The 140-page report, "Reconciled to Violence: State Failure to Stop
Domestic Abuse and Abduction of Women in Kyrgyzstan," concludes that
although Kyrgyzstan has progressive laws on violence against women,
police and other authorities fail to implement them. As a result, women remain in danger and without access to justice.

Based on in-depth, firsthand interviews with victims of violence, the
report tells the stories of women who have been kicked, strangled,
beaten, stabbed and sexually assaulted by their husbands. The report also tracks what happens when women seek help from the authorities. Instead of attaining safety and access to justice, they are encouraged to reconcile with their abusers.

A 38-year-old woman, "Elmira E." told Human Rights Watch about being
beaten by her husband for years and hospitalized, once for a knife
wound and another time for a concussion after he kicked her in the head. "The situation was so bad that I thought it would be better if he killed me," she said.

For more information read Human Right's Watch report here