Some 3,000 people held a vigil at the Nigerian Embassy...
Some 3,000 people held a vigil at the Nigerian Embassy in Rome to call on the West African government spare the life of a woman due to be stoned to death under sharia law
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Some 3,000 people held a vigil at the Nigerian Embassy in Rome to call on the West African government spare the life of a woman due to be stoned to death under sharia law.
Italian MPs from across the political spectrum joined media and television personalities, members of humanitarian organisations as well as a delegation from Rome's City Council in a peaceful demonstration on Xmas eve to try to save 35-year-old Safiya Hussaini.
Italian MPs from across the political spectrum joined media and television personalities, members of humanitarian organisations as well as a delegation from Rome's City Council in a peaceful demonstration on Xmas eve to try to save 35-year-old Safiya Hussaini.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: This Day, Africa News Service, 27/12/2001)
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