Miss Denmark joined a boycott of the Miss World pageant...
Miss Denmark joined a boycott of the Miss World pageant to protest against a death sentence imposed on a Nigerian Muslim woman accused of having sex outside marriage
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Miss Denmark joined a boycott of the Miss World pageant to protest against a death sentence imposed on a Nigerian Muslim woman accused of having sex outside marriage.
The pageant has come under international pressure over the case of Amina Lawal, 31, who was sentenced by a Sharia judge to be stoned to death while buried up to her neck in sand.
"I don't wish to travel there unless they reverse the sentence," said 23-year-old Majsa Juel, who won the Miss Denmark title.
Juel joined fellow contestants from Spain, France, Belgium and Switzerland in staying away from the competition which is set for late November in Abuja, Nigeria.
The pageant has come under international pressure over the case of Amina Lawal, 31, who was sentenced by a Sharia judge to be stoned to death while buried up to her neck in sand.
"I don't wish to travel there unless they reverse the sentence," said 23-year-old Majsa Juel, who won the Miss Denmark title.
Juel joined fellow contestants from Spain, France, Belgium and Switzerland in staying away from the competition which is set for late November in Abuja, Nigeria.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: AP, CNN website, 03/10/ 2002)
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