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  1. #1
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    Can you help ?

    This is not a joke, I've been to the website and signed their petition. It's not the first one unfortunately ..... If you could take a minute of your time to sign it you might save her life. Thanks.

    We've have just learnt that the Nigerian
    > > supreme court have upheld the death sentence
    > > for Amina Lawal, who was condemned for the
    > > crime of adultery.She is to be buried up to
    > > her waist and stoned to death. This barbarity
    > > has been postponed for one month so that she
    > > could continue to nurse her baby.
    > >
    > > Amina's case is being handled by the Spanish
    > > branch of Amnesty International, who are
    > > attempting to assemble enough signatures
    > > to make the Nigerian government rescind the
    > > sentence. A similar campaign saved another
    > > Nigerian woman, Safiya, condemned in
    > > analogous circumstances.
    > >
    > > The petition has thus far (30th April)
    > > accumulated over 4,100,000 signatures.
    > > It will only take you a few seconds to sign
    > > up. Go to web page
    > >
    > > http://www.amnistiaporsafiya.org/
    > >
    > > Enter your given name in the space marked
    > > 'nombre', surname ('apellidos'), then county,
    > > province or (Germany) Land ('provincia'), and
    > > then the country from the drop-down box.
    > > Then click on 'Seguir' and go to the second
    > > page.
    > >
    > > There you have the option of entering your
    > > e-mail 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
    > > list.
    > >
    > > Please sign NOW, then forward this
    > > message to everyone in your address book.
    > >
    > > Anne Shingleton / Robert Ulrich Held
    > >
    > > Praeterea censeo Islam delendam esse.

  2. #2
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    I checked this out, because I always check things like this out. According to Snopes.com it's true.

    Link to Snopes.com

    Leigh
    "Mommy, Can we Please, Please, Please have spinach for dinner?" DD2(age 6) Hidden Content

  3. #3
    Join Date
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    I signed the petition

    I am sorry the appeal did not go through. I signed the petition. (It's a good thing I can understand Spanish, however, for the link brings you to a page in Spanish.)

    If you read Snopes, they don't hold out much hope.

    This sort of thing makes me appreciate very profoundly the fact that I am very blessed NOT to be living in lands like that, and while I am acutely aware of the problems my country (USA) has, something like this is a bit of a wake-up call.

    God help her!
    Nothing in the history of mankind can foul things up quicker than a computer
    ......with the possible exception of tequila and handguns.
    --Anonymous

  4. #4
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    This is so horribly sad. No child should be deprived of his or her mother under circumstances like this! I hope that she can be saved.
    Wouldn't you like to be a Susan, too?

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