Amnesty International is gravely concerned at today's decision by a Sharia court of appeal in Funtua in Katsina State, Nigeria, to uphold the sentence of death by stoning imposed on Amina Lawal, a young Nigerian woman who is alleged to have had a child out of wedlock.
This is not the first case many women have been giving death by stoning for having children out of wedlock and the men responsible walk away free in Nigeria. This is heartbreaking. Amina Lawal has now been granted 30 days to appeal against the decision. Also, she has 30 days because she is nursing her baby still.
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/nga-010902-action-eng
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