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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8281

23 August 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/nigeria
EU condemns confirmation of stoning to death sentence - Council of Europe re-asserts its opposition to death penalty

Brussels, 22/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - In the name of the European Union, the Danish Presidency has made the following declaration: "The Funtua Upper Sharia Court in Katisina State dismissed the appeal on 19 August lodged by Amina Lawal against her conviction in March 2002 for adultery and sentence of stoning to death. The panel of judges ruled that the original trial had been conducted properly and the verdict had been a correct one under Sharia law and the penal code. They further ruled...

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