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Tag Archives: Nigeria
Nigerian Court Overturns Stoning Adultery Sentence
In September, 31-year-old Amina Lawal saw a Nigerian court overturn her sentence to be stoned to death for adultery. Lawal became an international cause celebre in 2002 after she was convicted of adultery by an Islamic Sharia court in the … Continue reading
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Nigerian Man Avoids Death By Stoning for Rape
A man who plead guilty to committing rape in Nigeria recently had his death by stoning set aside after his lawyers plead insanity. Salimu Mohammed Baranda admitted that he committed the rape of a nine year old girl and apparently … Continue reading
Human Rights Watch Report on Nigerian Riots
Nigeria erupted into riots in November 2002 after a reporter opined that Mohammed would likely not only have approved of the Miss World beauty pageant, but would likely have taken one of the contestants for his wife. Nigerian President Olusegun … Continue reading
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Nigerian Journalist Gives Obasanjo, Others an Earful
The journalist whose article sparked the Miss World riots in Nigeria that ended up killing 220 people gave an interview to the BBC in March in which she lashed out at Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and others who often seemed … Continue reading
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Nigeria: Adultery Death Sentences Will Be Stopped
Reacting to negative attention it has received on the subject ahead of the Miss World pageant, the Nigerian government this month reiterated that it will not allow death sentences to be carried out against woman convicted of adultery. Twelve states … Continue reading
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Nigerian Couple Released on Bail After Being Sentenced to Death
A Nigerian couple recently sentenced to death by stoning for committing adultery were released on bail by a sharia court in order for the woman, Fatima Usman, to give birth to her child. Usman and her lover, Ahmadu Ibrahim, were … Continue reading
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Boycotting Miss World
What if they held a beauty pageant and nobody came? That is the question organizers of Miss World, scheduled for November, are wondering as several contestants have announced they will boycott the contest due to the death sentences passed on … Continue reading
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Nigeria Will Hold Off on Stoning Until at Least 2004
An Islamic court in the Nigerian state of Katsina this month postponed the execution by stoning of Amina Lawal, 30, until at least January 2004. Lawal was convicted of adultery after she gave birth to a baby girl more than … Continue reading
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Nigerian Woman’s Adultery Death Sentence Thrown Out
A sharia appeals court recently overturned the death sentence of Safiya Husaini, 35, who had been ordered stoned to death after being convicted of adultery. Safiya’s case had become a worldwide cause and an embarrassment to Nigeria’s government. The sharia … Continue reading
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Nigeria Sentences Woman to Death for Having Sex
A woman, Safiya Hussaini, was recently sentenced to death in the Nigerian state of Sokoto — which is one of a growing number of Nigerian states to adopt an Islamic law code. Here crime? She had premarital sex. Not surprisingly, … Continue reading
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