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Hearing on AMINA LAWAL SET TO BE STONED 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 to her neck and stoned
to death. Her death was postponed so that
she could continue to nurse her baby.
Hearing on her Execution is now set for
27 AUGUST 2003.
If you haven't been following this case, you
might like to know that Amina's baby is
regarded as the 'evidence' of her adultery.
Amina's case is being handled by the Spanish
branch of Amnesty International, which is
attempting to put together enough signatures
to make the Nigerian government rescind the
death sentence. A similar campaign saved
another Nigerian woman, Safiya, condemned in
similar circumstances. By March 4th the
petition had amassed over 2,600,000
signatures.
It will only take you a few seconds to sign
Amnesty's online petition. Please sign the
petition now, then copy this message into a
new email and send it to everyone in your
address book.
Go to the web page
http://www.amnesty.org.au/e-card/petition.asp
Thanks for reading this. Please take the
time to sign the petition...
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