Iran: Fear of imminent execution/fear of flogging, Leyla M

Index AI : MDE 13/048/2004
Date de publication : 10 décembre 2004
Catégorie(s) : Iran, Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord

"Leyla M", who has a mental age of eight, is reportedly facing imminent execution for "morality-related" offences arising from her being forced into prostitution as a child. According to a Tehran newspaper report of 28 November, she was sentenced to death by a court in the central Iranian city of Arak while she was 18, and the sentence has now been passed to the Supreme Court for confirmation.