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Home > NIGERIA: Sharia court frees woman charged with adultery
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Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 02:00
Categories: 
Women & gender [2]
Issue Number: 
51 [3]
Article-Summary: 

An Islamic court in the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto acquitted on Wednesday a 17-year-old woman charged with adultery, which carries a sentence of death by stoning.

Category: 
Gender & Minorities [4]
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Country: 
Nigeria [6]
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