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> Please goto Oprah's website and send a letter to help Amina Lawal.
>Tanja
> > >
> > >Subject: Fw: Please help this woman..she doesn't deserve to die.
> > >
> > >Last Friday, the Oprah show covered a story of a Nigerian woman, Amina
> > >Lawal, who has been sentenced to death by stoning because she had a
>baby out
> > >of wedlock. She has tried to appeal the decision but has been
>unsuccessful,
> > >thus far. The head of Nigeria disagrees with these stonings but has so
>far
> > >done nothing--partly because of the fear of not being re-elected. I
>should
> > >also note that the father of the baby denied fathering the child and,
>hence,
> > >has escaped any form of punishment.
> > >
> > >Amina Lawal's stoning will occur as soon as she is finished nursing her
> > >child. She will be buried up to her neck in dirt and townsmen will
>throw
> > >stones at her head until they kill her--which has been known to take
>hours.
> > >I send out a plea to all the women receiving this e-mail and to all the
>men
> > >raised by women to join me and many others to help prevent this
>horrific
> > >and inhumane event from occurring.
> > >
> > >All you have to do is visit the Oprah website: http://www.oprah.com
> > > . Click on the Amina Lawal pop up screen or search
> > >using Amina's name and you will see a pre-written letter addressed to
>the
> > >Nigerian Ambassador. Just fill out your information on the bottom of
>the
> > >page and send it. It's as simple as that.
> > >
> > >You can even go one step further and forward this e-mail to your
>friends so
> > >they can be part of the mission to save Amina Lawal. It's your chance
>to
> > >save one woman's life.
> > >
> > >
> >
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