Pagan News Media Release
Wednesday, February 27, 2008



Wiccans, Druids, and other Pagans are part of an international coalition
of religious leaders and others who have signed a letter to King Abdullah
bin Abd al-'Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia pleading for the release of a
Saudi Arabian woman, Fawza Falih, who has been condemned to death for
"witchcraft."  She was accused for "bewitching" a man and making him
"impotent."  She was imprisoned and beaten, her confession was coerced,
the limited appeals process is now exhausted, and she is awaiting
execution, a public beheading.

The coalition seeking her pardon and release also includes Muslims, Jews,
Christians, Hindus, Native Americans, Buddhists, and those of other faith
traditions.  The letter will be delivered soon to the Saudi ambassadors to
the United Nations and the United States.

ACT NOW -- sign the petition to save Fawza Falih's life:
http://www.petitiononline.com/AIDFAWZA/petition.html

SPREAD THE WORD -- encourage others to sign the petition and to help get
the word out.

MORE INFO:

BBC News:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7244579.stm

CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/02/15/verjee.saudi.witchcraft.cnn

Human Rights Watch
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/02/14/saudia18051.htm

HuffingtonPost:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/14/saudis-to-execute-a-woman_n_86642.html


This release adapted from Circle Times: Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Circle Sanctuary
PO Box 9, Barneveld, WI 53507 USA
(608) 924-2216
http://www.circlesanctuary.org