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Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 03:00
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Advocacy & campaigns [2]
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80 [3]
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Amina Lawal has been sentenced to death by stoning - she is to buried up to her neck in the ground, after which her punishers will surround her and throw rocks at her head until her skull is crushed and she dies a painful and horrible death. She has only thirty days to appeal her trial. Please go to the Amnesty International site, www.mertonai.org/amina/ [4] and sign the letter addressed to the President of Nigeria. It literally takes one minute, an...read more [5]

Amina Lawal has been sentenced to death by stoning - she is to buried up to her neck in the ground, after which her punishers will surround her and throw rocks at her head until her skull is crushed and she dies a painful and horrible death. She has only thirty days to appeal her trial. Please go to the Amnesty International site, www.mertonai.org/amina/ [4] and sign the letter addressed to the President of Nigeria. It literally takes one minute, and could help to save her life, as well as put an end to this kind of cruel and disgraceful practice.

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Advocacy & Campaigns [6]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/advocacy/10012 [7]
Country: 
Nigeria [8]

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