The story, like so many others, has a familiar theme though the characters are different.

An 18 year old woman, Nazanin, and her friend living in Iran fall prey to rape. Nazanin refusing to accept the violent act responds and murders her assailant. Her crime? Acting to protect her virtue. Her right to security of person was violated and the ruling to deciding her death is suspiciously attributed to her sex, a crime unto itself.

If you feel compelled, and I hope you do, please participate in this small act of kindness and sign the petition.

http://www.petitiononline.com/Nazanin/petition.html

Here's the link to The Centre for Women's Global Leadership & Womens' Human Rights Net.
http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/
http://www.whrnet.org/

Link to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

All the best,

KC