Asieh Amini

Amini is a poet, journalist, and women's rights activist, and one of Iran's most effective campaigners against the death penalty, particularly stoning and juvenile executions. She was awarded Human Rights Watch's Hellmann/Hammett award in 2009. She was the guest writer in Trondheim City of Refuge from 2010 to 2012.

Read the personal portrait of Asieh Amini in the New Yorker from December 2015: War of Words. A woman's battle to end stoning and juvenile execution in Iran.