If so you should consider helping Delara Darabi (and other women): a twenty year old young woman, and artist, currently on death row in Iran. You can get involved by contacting Ali Eteraz.
I have sent Ali an e-mail already, please consider doing the same.
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I had my fingers on the keyboard to send an E-mail, when a thought struck me: Could support from overseas, particularly the US, be used against her and her supporters?
Doma: that is a good question but I think that the ones who are involved already know best. They did not say that you have to be Muslim or Iranian, etc. Of course, if that is the case, they will say so. I am sure that if it will hurt her case, Ali et alia would not try to get the support from people like yourself. I sent an e-mail - if it hurts the case, they will say so and then I will do what I can by simply drawing attention to the case every now and then, but… I think that this is a true “all help is useful” case.
I am already very busy but I thought… I cannot sit by and let this happen without trying to do something. You know, you’re 80 years old looking back at your life and have to think to yourself “well, poor girl, but I was too busy you know”.
Okay.