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DEAR ALL, And we live in a civilized world? I apologize to all who think that this is inappropriate to forward. It will take you under two minutes to sign the petition and may help to save someone's life - not to mention to sending a message that the rest of the world does not find this to be an acceptable state of affairs - death for adultery. And you can probably bet that if the husband was the adulterer there would be no problem in the eyes of what Nigeria calls "justice." I signed the petition - please consider doing the same. /\Wendy 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'), City or State ('provincia'), and country from the drop down box - choose Etados Unido for USA or the one that is appropriate for you. 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 and then forward this message to everyone in your address book. I did.

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