The plight of a mother sentenced to death by stoning...

The plight of a mother sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Nigeria drew bipartisan condemnation from female MPs in the New South Wales parliament.
In a rare show of unity, Liberal MP Kerry Chikarovski and Labor Minister for Women, Sandra Nori, shared their anger at the death sentence imposed on Amina Lawal Kurami for bearing a child out of wedlock.
Nori congratulated Prime Minister John Howard in parliament for raising the issue with Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo.
"We hold dear the principle that women are free and equal individuals with a right to control their own lives," Nori told parliament.
Chikarovski said all MPs needed to join forces in sending protest messages to Nigeria.
"In this particular instance, it is certainly the case that we as members of parliament have an obligation to one of our international sisters," she told parliament.
"The concept of stoning a woman to death because she's had a child out of wedlock must be regarded as totally and completely unacceptable."
Kurami is the second woman to be sentenced to death for bearing a child outside marriage since 2000, when sharia law was first adopted in Nigeria.