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please read below, visit the website
http://www.amnesty.org.au/e-card/petition.asp and sign petition
Appeal denied - woman to be stoned to death in Nigeria 25th
September
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. The married man who raped Amina denied any wrongdoing and faces no charges. 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 e-mail 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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John Quigley
www.CosmicTraveller.com