Victory! Amina Lawal is released!
I am so full! Gotta love Easter dinner! It was fun spending time with the family. I just had to endure the usual vegetarian jokes...ha ha! (I'm the only veg in my family.) Anyway check out the news about Amina Lawal at Amnesty International online! Get involved too if you can! :)
ABOUT AMINA LAWAL
In March 2002, Amina Lawal was sentenced to death by stoning by a Sharia court in northern Nigeria. She had allegedly confessed to having had a child while divorced. Under the new Sharia-based penal code, which applies to Muslims only, pregnancy outside of marriage constitutes sufficient evidence for a woman to be convicted of adultery. In November 2002, The Oprah Winfrey Show aired a special segment on Amina Lawal's case. The segment kicked off a joint venture between The Oprah Winfrey Show and Amnesty International USA to send one million messages to the Nigerian government protesting the sentence. In the end, more than 1.2 million messages were delivered.
STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Stop Violence Against Women, Amnesty International's ground-breaking two-year international campaign, is calling on all governments as well as private actors, institutions and individuals to take immediate steps to put an end to violence against women and to redress the suffering it causes. Help us eradicate violence against women and help women achieve lives of equality and human dignity.
Find out how you can get more involved
ABOUT AMINA LAWAL
In March 2002, Amina Lawal was sentenced to death by stoning by a Sharia court in northern Nigeria. She had allegedly confessed to having had a child while divorced. Under the new Sharia-based penal code, which applies to Muslims only, pregnancy outside of marriage constitutes sufficient evidence for a woman to be convicted of adultery. In November 2002, The Oprah Winfrey Show aired a special segment on Amina Lawal's case. The segment kicked off a joint venture between The Oprah Winfrey Show and Amnesty International USA to send one million messages to the Nigerian government protesting the sentence. In the end, more than 1.2 million messages were delivered.
STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Stop Violence Against Women, Amnesty International's ground-breaking two-year international campaign, is calling on all governments as well as private actors, institutions and individuals to take immediate steps to put an end to violence against women and to redress the suffering it causes. Help us eradicate violence against women and help women achieve lives of equality and human dignity.
Find out how you can get more involved