Guest guest Posted August 15, 2003 Report Share Posted August 15, 2003 AMINA LAWAL SET TO BE STONED TO DEATH ON 27 AUGUST 2003 The Nigerian Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for Amina Lawal,condemned for the crime of adultery on August 19th 2002, to be buried up toher neck and stoned to death. Her death was postponed so that she couldcontinue to nurse her baby. Hearing on her Execution is now set for 27AUGUST 2003. If you haven't been following this case, you might like to know thatAmina's baby is regarded as the 'evidence' of her adultery. Amina's case isbeing handled by the Spanish branch of Amnesty International, which isattempting to put together enough signatures to make the Nigerian governmentrescind the death sentence. A similar campaign saved another Nigerian woman,Safiya, condemned in similar circumstances. By March 4th the petition hadamassed over 2,600,000 signatures. It will only take you a few seconds tosign Amnesty's online petition. Please sign the petition now, then copy this message into a new email andsend it to everyone in your address book. http://www.amnesty.org.au/e-card/petition.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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