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25/03/02 E' STATA ASSOLTA

Safiya Hussaini Tungar - Tudu Nigeria 30 anni

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Safiya, di 30 anni, condannata a morte dalla corte di Gwadabawa, nello Stato di Sokoto, con la lapidazione (quando era ancora incinta) per aver avuto rapporti sessuali fuori dal matrimonio.

La difesa ha presentato appello al Tribunale Federale e l�esecuzione � stata sospesa. 

Se la sentenza sar� 

Foto: BBC

confermata, Safiya Tungar-Tudu dovr� essere sotterrata fino al collo e colpita con le pietre fino a che non morir�.

 

 Per questo vi invitiamo ad inviare al Presidente Nigeriano ed alle altre autorit� competenti (eventualmente inoltrandolo tramite le ambasciate del Paese africano - Ambasciata Nigeriana a Roma - fax: 06.6832528) un appello umanitario per salvare la donna e il suo bambino dall�esecuzione

 

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APPEAL TO STOP THE EXECUTION OF  SAFIYA HUSSAINI TUNGAR-TUDU

 

• President Olusegun Obasanjo
  Presidential Villa
  Aso Rock
  Abuja
  Nigeria

• Ambasciata Nigeriana a Roma - fax: 06.6832528

• Governor of SokotoState

• Attorney General of Nigeria

• Attorney General of Sokoto State

Your Excellency,

 

We are writing to express our deep concern over a ruling by a court in northern Nigeria that sentenced Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu to death by stoning after finding her guilty of pre-marital sex.

 We urge you to intervene on her behalf to prevent this cruel and inhuman punishment from being meted out against her.

 We oppose the death penalty in all circumstances and in all the countries, because of its inherent cruelty.

Based on the information we received, on October 9, 2001, the Islamic court in Gwadabawa, Sokoto State, in northern Nigeria sentenced Ms. Tungar-Tudu to death after finding her guilty of having pre-marital sex and  Ms. Tungar-Tudu got a stay, after presenting an appeal to the Federal Court.

 We understand that the court's ruling is pending approval by the governor of Sokoto State, after which a date to mete out the punishment will be fixed.

 We implore and urge you to ensure that this cruel and inhuman sentence is not carried out.

 

Sincerely,