Pregnant British woman avoids Laotian firing squad

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Updated May 22, 2009 19:53:11

A pregnant British woman narrowly avoided facing Lao's firing squad.

20 year old Samantha Orobator was arrested in August last year for the possession of 680 grams of heroin. While a prisoner awaiting trial in Phonthong Prison in Vientiane, Samantha became pregnant under unknown circumstances.

Legal campaign group Reprieve says she has been denied a fair trial, and they are worried for the physical and mental wellbeing of both mother and child.

Presenter: Desmond Ang
Speakers: Jane Orobator, Samantha Orobator's mother; Australian Kay Danes, a former inmate in Phonthong Prison; another former prisoner who did not want to be identified.

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