Born in Tehran during the
turmoil of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Nazanin’s family was
forced to leave all their worldly possessions behind and flee
to freedom, when her father had been jailed and tortured by the
Revolutionary Guard under the new regime. Awaiting execution,
it was the family's escape to Europe that saved them from political
persecution.
Faced with adversity so
early in life, the revolution impacted her core.
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About David Etebari
(USA)
As the co-founder and the campaign director of the Stop Child Executions campaign, David Etebari works closely with Nazanin Afshin-Jam to stop child executions worldwide. He was born in Tehran, Iran and has lived in the USA for nearly 30 years. David has written many articles for major internet sites and blogs. He has also created video collages such as those on YouTube, Google and myspace. Since the early days of the campaign to save Nazanin Fatehi, David spent countless hours bringing worldwide awareness to the plight of minors facing execution in Iran. He initiated the myspace site for Nazanin Fatehi which was viewed by more than 100,000 visitors. He later created the myspace page for Delara Darabi. The two sites have been among the most interactive internet sites to address the issue of minors facing execution. David was also responsible for research, news updates, translations and other articles of these campaigns. He also initiated the wikipedia pages for Nazanin, Delara and the Stop Child Executions Campaign.
David has played a major role in planning, organization and coordination of the SCE campaign as well as research and editorial of the SCE news updates. David is the VP of business development of a company in Los Angeles, California.
About Kristian
(Norway)
Kristian
is a Norwegian university student who began working on
human rights after he read the story of Nazanin Fatehi in a newspaper.
He was extremely moved by her story and tried to raise public
awareness about Nazanin by writing to newspapers and internet
blogs with limited success. Kristian decided to try another approach
and made the Support
Nazanin website which managed to raise a great amount of attention.
Synchronicity played a part as the creation of the website coincided
with the start of Nazanin Afshin-Jam's petition for Nazanin Fatehi.
Kristian decided to write to Nazanin Afshin-Jam and told her about
his website. Once they had made contact and realized their common
goal, they began to work together. Today Kristian continues
to work with Nazanin Afshin-Jam's human rights efforts and
brings his experience to the team and the Stop Child Executions
Campaign. He also manages the SCE website and is in charge of public communications.
About D.W. Duke (USA)
D.W. Duke is a principle in the California law firm of Giardinelli & Duke, APC. He received his Juris Doctorate from Washington University School of Law. Mr. Duke is a noted lecturer on various legal matters and has published several books on legal topics including Principles of Liberty, a Practical Guide to Constitutional Law, Understanding and Avoiding Medical Malpractice and California Insurance Law. D.W. assists SCE Campaign with legal research with respect to international convention and obligations and also contributes articles and reports on the subject of Child Executions.
About Dave Rea (USA)
Born in California, Dave grew up in Alabama where he currently makes his home. After watching a film about Atefah Rajabi, a young girl who was executed at the age of 16 in the Islamic Republic Of Iran, he learned the story of Nazanin Fatehi, another young girl facing execution. Being deeply moved with compassion, he knew he had to do something to help in any way he could. He now campaigns to help raise awareness and get others involved in saving the lives of Delara Darabi, Reza Alinejad and more than 80 other minors who sit on death row awaiting execution. In addition to campaigning, Dave Rea is the SCE volunteer coordinator and also manages the Stop Child Executions sites at care2.com as well as SCE and Delara Darabi pages at myspace.
About
Donna Greene (Australia)
Donna is a family woman,
musician & entertainer, graphic artist & web designer from
Australia running her own artwork & design business with husband
& Australian music artist, Graham Greene.
As well as being a member
of Artists for Human Rights, Donna has been involved with the
plight of 'street-kids' and their shortcomings from a very young
age and has always endeavoured to help to guide them where ever
possible through any medium she is involved with. Having
been involved through her artistic and musical submissions to
the MySpace 'Save Nazanin' and 'Help Delara' campaigns, she now
lends her talents to the greater cause and is a contributing artist
& website designer for the Stop Child Executions Campaign.
About Aubrey Harris (Canada) (Amnesty International Liaison)
Born in England, Aubrey moved to Canada with his family when he was 2 years old. Aubrey lives and works in Toronto, Ontario and is the Coordinator for the Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty for Amnesty International's Canadian Section (English-Speaking Branch). He holds an honours degree in philosophy from the University of Western Ontario and is also active with the Australian Football in Canada. In 2005 Aubrey was a member of Northwind, AFL Canada's national football team, traveling to Australia for the International Cup. He is also a former Royal Canadian Sea Cadet who trained and worked as a medical assistant in British Columbia and achieved the ranks of Chief Petty Officer Second-Class and Regulating Petty Officer at his corps.
As the liaison with Amnesty International Canada, Aubrey works with Stop Child Executions and Amnesty International to help coordinate and communicate the efforts of both organizations to end child executions everywhere. Amnesty International works to end all forms of executions as a violation of articles 3 and 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
About Aida (Canada)
Aida was born 7 years after the 1979 revolution in Iran. Being political activists and in fear of their
lives, Aida's parents were forced to flee Iran when Aida was only 6 months old. After a long journey Aida
eventually arrived in Canada at the age of 5 but her father had passed away before they completed their journey.
"I am here now and following in his footsteps...I want Iran to change for the better," Aida says.
She is now attending college and is planning to finish her studies in Political Science and International relations.
After hearing about Nazanin Fatehi's campaign and petition, Aida helped gather signatures and created a Nazanin Fatehi support group
on Facebook. Aida has been a supporter of the campaign to stop child execution and is currently managing the SCE site on Orkut.com, as well as the SCE group on Facebook.
About Lucy Biltz (USA)
A true family woman with strong morals and values, Lucy is a single mom with two sons. She lives in Warsaw, Indiana and is moving through life with physical disabilities. Lucy is a humble and loving person who is admired and respected by all who know her. Lucy raised her two boys, Zach and Chris and managed to get them through school working at an established golf club as a Pantry Chef. Lucy's sons are still her main focus of her life and through her own struggles and the love for her own children and her family has come to recognize the importance of the work being done by the Stop Child Executions Campaign. As a mother, Lucy is driven by the simple fact that she cannot imagine what it must be like to have a child awaiting execution. Lucy has been an active supporter of the SCE, Nazanin Fatehi and Delara Darabi campaigns on myspace. Lucy brings her support, compassion and friendship to help enrich the lives of those around her and most importantly to her, to help the minors on death row and their families.
