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Amina Lawal is freed

Amina Lawal is freed

Date
25 Sep 2003
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Amina Lawal is freed

The Nigerian Islamic Appeals Court freed Amina Lawal, a young woman sentenced to death by stoning by the Bakori Sharia court in the Katsina Islamic state of Nigeria. Lawal was accused of having a child out of wedlock and subsequently found guilty by the Sharia courts. The Appeal Court's decision saved Lawal from a death sentence imposed by the lower courts. Lawal's case became an international case that highlighted the plight of women in Nigeria's northern Muslim states, which were given self-autonomous status under Nigeria's federal system. Click here to read more about the case and Sharia law. Click here to read more.

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  1. 01BBC. (2004). "Key dates", BBC Focus on Africa: Vol 15. No 1. pp 6.
  2. 02Mind Fully,(2003),'Nigerian Islamic Court Clears Amina Lawal of Adultery in Stoning Case', September 25,from Mind Fully,[Online], available at: www.mindfully.org,[Accessed: 18 September 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Amina Lawal is freed. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013545

South African History Online (2011) 'Amina Lawal is freed', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013545 (Accessed: 3 August 2026).

South African History Online, Amina Lawal is freed [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013545, (accessed 3 August 2026).

"Amina Lawal is freed." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013545. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Amina Lawal is freed." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013545.

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