Please Sign this Petition..
 

Subject: Amina Lawal
If there is one email you send on this year....make it this one! If you think actions like this can't make a difference - think about the effect doing nothing has.
You have probably heard about Amina Lawal, the Nigerian woman
convicted of adultery and having a child outside marriage, who has
been sentenced to death by stoning by the court.
It is particularly shocking that the judge has decided that she should
be stoned to death as soon as her eight month old daughter is weaned -
what a tragedy for her and for her baby.
Amnesty International has organized a petition which you can sign
online and which will be forwarded to the President of Nigeria - you
can sign it by clicking here:
http://www.mertonai.org/amina/
I hope that you will sign it, and pass this on to other people - it
seems the least we can do.
More news about Amina is at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2202111.stm

Oh my God. I can't believe that is happening in 2002!

I signed the petition and will encourage others to do so as well. Thank you so much for posting this!!

I signed it. I hope that it helps.

Every signature counts. Thanks you guys.

Eventhough it is an unfortunate act and very strange in the year 2002, it is the law of the land there. I cannot sign the petition as I do not have a place in telling them what to do in their own country.

Nice to see you again SigmaChiGuy. Where's neicy81?

Violence against women must end!!! I make fun of you, but don't want you dead, then have no one of whom to make fun. :(

I signed the petition. I think we need to step in and let them know this is not highly looked upon-why not? other countries do it to us and in ways that are not as nice as a letter. Please keep us updated on the situation.

Neicy81? Who's Neicy81?

PS, I am not condoning these actions by any means, but I feel as though their rules are their rules. I can sign all the petitions in the world, but either way it won't matter. All it will say is there are about 20,000 people sticking their noses into a place where it is unwelcome.

but........maybe it will help

Read and be outraged:
http://www.africaonline.com/site/Articles/1,3,48610.jsp

Sigma Chi Guy [or anyone else]

First of all, there is world wide support for this protest.
Second, I RESPECT your decision NOT to sign but dont come on here with the negativity. I posted this for SUPPORT and for people to try to make a bad situation into something positive. RESPECT my decision to try to help.

Thank you.

NP.

I signed it but I have a question.
The heading of the letter says "End Death By Stoning" and the letter calls for the end of this cruel and inhumane punishment. It does not call for the repeal of the sentence as a whole. Can't this petition be turned around and used to change her death by stoning to something just as horrific such as death by firing squad? :o

Hey NinjiPoo,

I don't recall bringing negativity to your table, I was just stating my opinion, which is the reason Greekchat.com is on the internet. I respect your decision 100%, but it is alright for me not to agree, and you need to respect that.

I sign it! :)

SigmaChiCuy,

I believe what NinjaPoodle (please correct me if I am wrong) is saying that this thread was created to drum up support for the petition....not to debate it.

I signed it :)

NinjaPoodle,
Thank you for posting this. I have signed the petition and have forwarded the information to my friends. You are certainly living the values of your esteemed sorority by making this action-provoking contribution to this board.
Thank you again,
violets

NinjaPoodle-Rock on! It's great that you brought this important issue to everyone's attention. Although I did not sign this particular petition, I started & sent my own for this woman this past March. Hopefully this time lapse means that her government is taking a second look at the case.

Yes, HoneyKiss1794. Thank you

SigmaChiGuy,
sent you a pm

this case has been overturned :)

http://www.msnbc.com/news/971612.asp

Thank God.

I'm not disagreeing with tkis being posted nor am I saying that violence against women is ok.

But to bring another perspective to the table, with all due respect to everyone that has signed this petition - this is not our country. It is not our culture nor is it our (American) way of life. These are some of the reasons that many people around the world despise the U.S. Some feel we try to police the world too much and other feel that we try to force our culture and values of our society onto others. But, you also do have others that feel we don't do enough at times.

What is it that makes American vaules just? What is it that makes Americans feel that we have the need to say this issue should be handled differenty? Is it because we wouldn't handle a case this way? Is it because we don't see it in our society? Is it because we are not used to this way of life? Well, it's not American justice, is it?

This is a sentence mandated by a court in another country. I'm sure it has happened before and I'm sure it will happen again.

I said what I needed to say.

If you feel you'd like to sign this petition, I'm not objecting to it, do what you feel is necessary.

D -- keep in mind that it was not just American women who signed this petition or similar ones, but Candians, various Europeans and many other countries as well.

I see what you mean, but I think there comes a point where certain issues transcend country borders. If somebody is outraged enough about something that happens in Cuba, China, or the Congo, it's perfectly within their right to try and do something about it.

However they do have to face the fact that their vote won't sway many opinions. If a Cuban tried to tell us that democracy was not the right way to run a country, would we listen?

I see what you mean, my apologies. I was thinking more along the lines of American society and the U.S. being the police of the world, but people from other countries have signed this as well.

And I agree it is someone's right to do something about it, I have nothing against that. I just tend to think that a lot of people sometimes forget that the world is home to many countries and many groups of people with even more cultural backgrounds.