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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8280

22 August 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/nigeria
Confirmation of death sentence by stoning for Amina Lawal creates storm of protest

Brussels, 21/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - Confirmation of Monday by the Islamic Court of Appeal in Katsina (Nigeria) of the death by stoning of the 31 year old Amina Lawal Kurami, accused of adultery, has caused a storm of protest. The Commissioner Nielsen's spokesperson, Michael Curtis, indicated that the European Commission was following the case very closely and that the authorities were being approached as they had been in the past. Mr Curtis also referred to the commutation of the death...

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