pug306boy
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>>Subject: PETITION TO SAVE A LIFE
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>>The Hearing on AMINA LAWAL SENTENCED TO BE STONED SET FOR - 25
>>SEPTEMBER 2003
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>>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.
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>>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
>> N igerian 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.
TO SIGN THE PETITION Go to the web page (cut and paste)
>> >>
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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Gambit
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do u reckon it'll make a difference, personally i dont
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pug306boy
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it worked once
why not again?
and in any case would it kill you to sign the petition anyway, if you dont sign it and her execution goes ahead then you haven't lost anyhting however if you do sign it and it saves an innocent womans life then you still haven't lost anything it costs nothing.
sign it! it might help this woman and if it doesnt well at least you tried to help
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Dan
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she obviously deserves it otherwise they wouldnt do it!
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Gambit
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i already have about a month ago, still i dont think it will make a difference, your just delaying the inevitable
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pug306boy
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quote: Originally posted by xhale2007
she obviously deserves it otherwise they wouldnt do it!
why does a woman who was raped deserve to be stoned to death, and the man who raped her get away scot free your view on this disgusts me.
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R Lee
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quote: Originally posted by pug306boy
quote: Originally posted by xhale2007
she obviously deserves it otherwise they wouldnt do it!
why does a woman who was raped deserve to be stoned to death, and the man who raped her get away scot free your view on this disgusts me.
thats their culture...
this is a tough debate. fair enough i dont agree with stoning her to death, but on the other hand we shouldnt interfere too much in other country's culture. men are a lot more powerful than women in that country arent they?
death sentence for being raped????? very very harsh
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