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Amina Lawal - No Longer Sentenced
to Death By Stoning in Nigeria
For Having A Baby Outside Of Marriage
Amina Lawal was sentenced to
death by stoning by a Regional Court in Katsina State, Nigeria for having
a child outside marriage. Her sentence was announced on 23 March 2002. She
has since been spared the death penalty thanks to the international outcry.
Visit her webpage for more information on her case, links to her official
support page set up by Amnesty International in the U.K. Nigerian government contacts to send
letters of protest to, as well as international news about the case.
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Ahmadu Ibrahim and
Fatima Usman - Sentenced to Death
By Stoning in Nigeria
For Having An Affair !
The couple, Ahmadu Ibrahim
and Fatima Usman, both 30, were sentenced to death by a court in the central
town of New Gawu. Usman became pregnant with Ibrahim's child
while she was married to another man... Ibrahim and Usman had originally
been sentenced to five years in prison in May after pleading guilty to adultery
but protested to a higher court that the sentence was too harsh.
Their appeal backfired on them
when the court ruled instead that their sentence was too lenient
sentencing them instead to
death by stoning ! The state's Shariah laws prescribe death as punishment
for adultery. Visit the webpage for more information on the case, and contact
information of Nigerian officials to register your protest of this barbaric
practice, and demand that this be stopped !
CONTACT NIGERIAN OFFICIALS:
APPEALS TO:
His Excellency
Ibrahim Samiru Turaki
(APP)
State Governor
Government House
Dutse
Jigawa State, Nigeria
Telegram: State Governor,
Jigawa State, Nigeria
Salutation: Your
Excellency
His Excellency
Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)
State Governor, State
House
35000 Minna
Niger State, Nigeria
Telegram: State Governor,
Niger State, Nigeria
Salutation: Your
Excellency
Alhaji Sule Lamido
Minister of Foreign
Affairs
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Maputo Street, Zone
3, Wuse District
PMB 130, Abuja, Federal
Capital Territory, Nigeria
Telegram: Foreign Affairs Minister,
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
Fax: + 234 9 523
0208
Salutation: Dear
Minister
Minister of Justice
and Attorney General
His Excellency Kanu
Agabi
Ministry of Justice
New Federal Secretariat
Complex, Shehu Shagari Way
Central Area District
Abuja, Federal Capital
Territory, Nigeria
Telegram: Minister of Justice, Abuja,
Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
Fax + 234 9 5230660
Salutation: Your
Excellency
Other Nigerian Death Row Prisoner Pages - Resources
Amnesty
International Merton Group
Amnesty
International Norway page
Sign The Petition
for Ahmadu Ibrahim and Fatima Usman online
AMNESTY'S
PRESS RELEASE ON THE CASE OF AMINA LAWAL
Portuguese page
from Amnesty International in support of Amina
Amnesty's Sample Letter
to the Governor of Katsina, Nigeria
Amnesty's Open Letter
to the President of Nigeria
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