20-Year-Old Pregnant Woman Faces Death by Firing Squad in Laos

Samantha Orobator, a 20-year-old British woman faces death by firing squad for allegedly carrying 1.1 pounds of heroin into Laos. To make matters worse, she is pregnant. Doctors attest that she must have been impregnated after her capture; Orobator’s mother fears that she was raped in prison. CNN has more.
Amnesty International has some crucial background information on Laos and its ongoing human rights violations, mostly involving the persecution of indigenous people and censored media. On prison conditions:

Lack of access by independent human rights monitors prevented an accurate assessment of the number of political prisoners and prison conditions, but reports continued of ill-treatment, lack of food, overcrowding and inadequate medical care.

While Orobator is not a political prisoner, I think we can surmise that she is not receiving adequate medical treatment, especially in terms of maternity health. The fact that she’s young, female, and a woman of color indicates that the injustice she’s enduring is likely colored by the Laos government’s long history of race-based and gender-based oppression.
Contact human rights group Reprieve, who is trying to make sure that Orobator receives a fair trial and that her right to bodily integrity is protected.
Thanks to multiple readers for the heads up.
UPDATE: Orobator will not be executed, but will she receive a fair trial?

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