Subject: Amnesty International Dear all Please do if you can. Love Rebekah Kx 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. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/cjB9SD/od7FAA/uetFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
