Something EveryOne Needs To Hear

This has nothing to do with fashion but every1 needs to hear this.I was reading my Seventeen mag. and i saw this artical. It really was powerful to hear this story about Nazanim Fatehi. Here is the artical:

Nazanin Fatehi is 18 years old and the eldest of 5 siblings. Her eldest sister passed away at age 21. Her family is very poor and live in a semi-ruined house, where six of them live in the same room. Nazanin’s father has serious health issues that have prevented him from working in the past 7 years. He has been in and out of hospital and has undergone 4 major operations on his liver, kidney and other vital organs. His health is a serious problem for the already impoverished family.
Nazanin’s mother Maryam supports her family by cleaning homes and used to wash rugs; however due to exposure of harsh chemicals over the years, she too has developed health problems and no longer does this type of work.
The Fatehi family is Kurdish form the area of Sanandaj but they live in Karaj (a suburb of Tehran where the offence took place). Nazanin needed to stay home and take care of the household and as a result she could not attend school and has the equivalent to a grade 2 education.

On January 3, 2006, 18-year-old Nazanin Mahabad Fatehi was sentenced to death for murder by court in Iran after she stabbed one of three men who attempted to rape her and her 15-year-old niece in a park in Karaj (a suburb of Tehran) in March 2005. She was seventeen at the time. Iran is signatory to international treaties, which forbid them to execute anyone under the age of 18; however they continue to do so.The injustice of this case propelled Nazanin Afshin-Jam to take immediate action and start a petition to help save the life of her namesake. The petition now has over 330 000 signatures from around the world.Since initiating the Save Nazanin Campaign with Mina Ahadi- the Head of the International Committee Against Execution and Stoning- and through the help of other human rights groups and individuals, they have been able to engage the UN, Canadian Parliament, the EU, Amnesty International and others to pressure the Iranian Officials to spare the life of this child.
On June 1st 2006, the Head of Judiciary Ayatollah Shahroudi announced a stay of execution and the call for a complete new retrial. This trial took place on January 10th, 2007 (20th of Dey 1385 in the Iranian calendar). The five judges that reviewed her case determined that the act was unintentional and was indeed a case of self-defense. As a result she was exonerated from the charge of murder, however the court also has ruled that disproportionate force was used by Nazanin while trying to defend herself and her 15-year old niece. Accordingly they have asked Nazanin to pay "dieh" retribution (blood money) to receive a pardon from the family of the deceased before she can be released from prison.Nazanin's lawyers, Shadi Sadr and Mr. Mostafaei, intend to appeal the payment of blood money but since this may take several months, they also have requested bail so that Nazanin may be released from prison immediately. The court has set bail in the amount of 400,000,000 Rials (over US$40,000).At this point, because Nazanin's family is very poor and unable to make payment of the bail or blood money your generosity is urgently requested to secure Nazanin Fatehi's freedom as soon as possible. The Nazanin Fatehi Trust fund has been set up.

Think about it. Imagine her your sister. What would you do? Imagine it was you in her shoes, would you let yourself get raped(you would be stoned or worse in Iran) or would you defence yourself and your niece. Think about it. This story hit close to home because my mother's side is from Iran and it feels like she is my sister. But aren't we are sister?

If you want more info go to, http://helpnazanin.com/. You can help. If we all did a little, we could change the world, one girl at a time.