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Publication: Amnesty International
Date: September 25, 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 25 SEPTEMBER 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.
