A message from Pegah Emambakhsh

A message from Pegah Emambakhsh to all the groups and people who

are helping her.

Thanks to a wonderful person, an Iranian woman who lives in Italy and who

has been working for many years in the field of human rights, a friend we are

proud to have among the members of the EveryOne Group, we are in almost

daily contact with Pegah who is imprisoned in Yarl’s Wood prison. Today,

September 8th, 2007, Pegah has sent through this mutual friend a message for all the groups, activists, politicians and everyday people who are trying to

solve her case.

”Dear friends,

as you well know, I am having a difficult time right now, with no assurances

for the future and with a lot of pain in my soul. I cannot deny that I am still

very frightened, and the separation from my beloved children hurts so much

that at times it seems unbearable. You don’t know how much of a comfort it is

to me to know that you are out there. You don’t even know me, yet you are working

for my cause, sticking your necks out and fighting for me, you write to me and

send me wonderful flowers. I wasn’t expecting anything like this. Even many

of the Iranians I was in contact with here in the United Kingdom abandoned me

when they found out the reason I had applied for asylum. I haven’t heard from

them since, they don’t want anything to do with me.

I never imagined there were groups like you around. I hope the future offers me

the opportunity to meet each and every person who has shown me so much friendship.

I am feeling much calmer, I am happy to have all this protection, all this love that instils in me

new energy and a desire to go on living. My dear friends, I am taking good care of the

flowers you sent me. I am so proud of them! They have aroused a bit of jealousy

in the other women here at Yarl’s Wood. I read the letters and postcards you have sent

me over and over again. I have had a lot of time to think about what is happening to me and,

in spite of not feeling ready to speak in public yet, once I get out of here I want to do something

for humanity. Many thanks to you all. Pegah Emambakhsh".



Everyone Group - Roberto Malini, Matteo Pegoraro, Dario Picciau, Ahmad Rafat, Steed Gamero,

Fabio Patronelli, Arsham Parsi, Glenys Robinson, Salvatore Conte - roberto.malini@annesdoor.com