Brazil Offers Asylum To Iranian Woman Sentenced To Stoning Death

[Amerigo Vespucci]

SAO PAULO — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva offered on Saturday to provide refuge to a woman who has been sentenced to death in Iran following her conviction for committing adultery.

The case created an international outcry when Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani initially was sentenced to death by stoning. Iran withdrew that part of the sentence earlier this month, but the mother of two could still face execution by hanging.

During a campaign rally for his party's presidential candidate, Silva appealed to Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, "to allow Brazil to grant political asylum to this woman."

"If she is causing problems there, we will welcome her here," Silva added, according to Brazil's official news service, Agencia Brasil.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/31/brazil-offers-sakineh-moh_n_666374.html

[snagglepuss]

1. According to an international org that is trying to end stoning there are

something like 8 women sentenced to be stoned in Iran. The reason that we don't hear about the others is that their families have disowned the women for dishonoring the family. It is just so sickening. It's such an unbearble nightmare. How can humans do this.