Nigerian Women to Appeal Death by Stoning
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A court in northern Nigeria has sentenced two women to death by stoning for allegedly committing adultery, and both will soon appeal the sentences, a human rights group said Friday.
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A young Nigerian mother sentenced to death by stoning for having sex outside marriage was acquitted and discharged by an Islamic appeals court on Thursday.
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A woman who claims she was wrongly convicted of killing two of her babies is given leave to appeal.
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'Beaten, denied a fair trial, sentenced to death' Campaigning group Human Rights Watch has petitioned King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to halt the execution by beheading of a "witch" who in 2006 was convicted of "witchcraft, recourse to jinn [supernatural beings], and slaughter of animals".â¦
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Pakistani rights activists called on   the government on Sunday to suspend Islamic laws on rape and   adultery until controversy over them is settled.
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The sign in the city center warns women that they'd better adhere to Muslim teachings or face the penalty. And all around the Iraqi city of Basra, women are showing up dead -- many beaten and beheaded. Some have been strangled to death, their faces disfigured; others beheaded. All bear signs of torture.
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A local authority is asking the High Court if a chronically ill woman can be helped to travel abroad for an assisted suicide.
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A rights group urges Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a woman convicted of witchcraft.
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Pope Benedict XVI appealed Tuesday for mutual respect for religious beliefs as he mourned an Italian nun slain in Somalia in an attack possibly linked to Muslim anger over his recent remarks about Islam.
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The Crimewatch programme will make appeals over two very different murders on Tuesday.
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Rizana Nafeek, a 19-year housemaid from Sri Lanka, is on death row because the baby in her care died while she was bottle-feeding him. If her appeal is turned down, she will taken to a public square to be publicly beheaded.
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A last-minute attempt is made to halt the deportation of a Belfast-based Nigerian woman and her family.
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An Islamic appeal court in Nigeria today overturned a sentence of death by stoning handed down to a 29-year-old pregnant woman for having sex out of wedlock.
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A man is due in court over an alleged attack on a Teesside woman who lay dying on her doorstep.
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The killing by Nigerian security forces of a British oil worker during an attempt to free seven foreigners held hostage in the Niger Delta, has drawn widespread condemnation and focused attention on the deteriorating security situation in the nation's oil hub.
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The Indian Supreme Court upholds death sentences on two women convicted of murdering children.
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The family of a BBC man who was stabbed to death in a 'random attack' are to make an appeal to catch his killer.