A Turkish woman launched a 600-kilometer march to back...

A Turkish woman launched a 600-kilometer march to back international appeals for the release f a Nigerian woman under sentence of death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock. Nazmiye Halvasi a 46-year-old former politician, plans to complete her march from the capital of Ankara to Istanbul in 20 days. "Stoning is murder and brutality. Its acceptance is inhumane. I am marching to condemn all kinds of murders," she said in a message on her web page. In August, a Nigerian court threw out an appeal by 30-year-old Amina Lawal, ordering her to be put to death under the strict Islamic Sharia law once her eight-month-old daughter is weaned.