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Nigerian Woman Faces Stoning For Committing Adultery

Amina

Amina Lawal, a 32-year old woman from Northern Nigeria’s Katsina province was sentenced to death on March 22 last year. She was told she would be buried up to her neck in sand and stoned to death after bearing a child outside wedlock.


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