Apparently, this is not an Amnesty generated e-mail. Amina Lawal is in fact living back in her village and is awaiting the second appeal of her sentence (the first was refused) she is in no immediate danger of being stoned and this e-amil petition may in fact be damaging her case at the moment.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND IT ON AND IF YOU ALREADY HAVE, PLEASE FORWARD THIS MAIL TO EVERYONE SO WE CAN STOP IT.
The Guardian newspaper has recently written an article about the confusion, this is the lead to the article:
Five million people signed a petition to save this Nigerian woman from being stoned to death next month. But, say experts, the protest is mistaken and may even harm her cause. Libby Brooks investigates.
For the full explanation please check out the article that the Guardian have done on this at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gender/story/0,11812,951471,00.html
Tara O'Brien
Disability Policy & Development Unit
FAS
01-6077447
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Craig [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 02 May 2003 18:59
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [refed] FW: [Fwd: FWD: Please do this] <fwd>
> Dear Friends,
> >
> > I have just learned that the Nigerian supreme court has upheld the
death
> sentence for Amina Lawal, who was condemned for the crime of
adultery.>
> She is to be buried up to her neck and stoned to death. Her death has
> been
> postponed for one month so that she can continue to nurse her baby.
> >
> > 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.)
> >
> > The petition has so far (as of April 7th) amassed over 4,100,000
> signatures. It will only take you a few seconds to sign Amnesty's
online
> petition. Go to the web page
> > <http://www.amnistiaporsafiya.org/> enter your first name in the
space
> marked 'nombre', last name ('apellidos'), county/state ('provincia'),
and
> country from the drop down box - choose Reino Unido (UK), Estados
Unidos
> (USA), or whichever is appropriate. Then click on 'Seguir' and go to
the
> second page. There you have the option of entering your email address
if
> you
> wish to receive follow-up information. In any case, be sure to click
on
> 'aceptar' to have your name added to the petition list. Please sign
the
> petition now, then forward this message to everyone in your address
book.
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Gary Craig
Professor of Social Justice,
University of Hull
Hull, HU6 7RX
Email: [log in to unmask]
tel. 01482 465780
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