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Nigeria: Woman Sentenced to Death Under Sharia
(New York, October 23, 2001) Human Rights Watch today
condemned a recent ruling by an Islamic court in
Northern Nigeria that sentenced Safiya Hussaini
Tungar-Tudu to death by stoning. The court issued the
death sentence after finding her guilty of having
pre-marital sex.
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"Women have a basic right to control their sexual
autonomy. When a woman is punished so severely for
having pre-marital sex, her right to make free
decisions regarding her body is violated."
LaShawn R. Jefferson, executive director of the
Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch
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"Women have a basic right to control their sexual
autonomy," said LaShawn R. Jefferson, executive
director of the Women's Rights Division of Human
Rights Watch. "When a woman is punished so severely
for having pre-marital sex, her right to make free
decisions regarding her body is violated."
The Islamic court in Gwadabawa, Sokoto State, in
northern Nigeria sentenced Ms. Tungar-Tudu to death
after finding her guilty of having pre-marital sex, a
punishable offense under Sharia law. Ms. Tungar-Tudu,
who is pregnant, has until November 8 to file an
appeal. The court's ruling is pending approval by the
governor of Sokoto State after which a date to mete
out the punishment will be fixed. The man she
allegedly had sex with was set free by the same court
after concluding that it lacked sufficient evidence to
prosecute him for the alleged adultery.
Human Rights Watch opposes the death penalty in all
circumstances because of its inherent cruelty.
Additionally, international law strictly prohibits the
imposition of capital punishment on a pregnant woman.
In recent years, several states in Muslim-dominated
northern Nigeria have extended the application of
Sharia law to criminal offenses, imposing Sharia
punishments for theft and other crimes, and
criminalizing acts such as pre-marital sex and alcohol
consumption.
Ms. Tungar-Tudu's conviction for pre-marital sex is
the second one to be reported in northern Nigeria. In
September 2000, an Islamic court in the northern state
of Zamfara, sentenced Bariya Ibrahim Magazu, a teenage
girl, to 180 lashes for pre-marital sex and bringing
false charges against men with whom she allegedly had
sex. Despite protests by international and Nigerian
human rights groups against her sentence, officials
authorized the flogging of Ms. Magazu. Even though her
appeal remained pending, the sentence was carried out;
she was lashed one hundred times on January 19, 2001.
In another case, a Sharia court found a
sixteen-year-old boy guilty of stealing money. He was
sentenced to the amputation of his hand. Amputation is
an extreme form of corporal punishment, which is
expressly prohibited by the Convention on the Rights
of the Child. Human Rights Watch wrote to the governor
of Kebbi State on October 12, 2001, expressing its
concern over the case.
Human Rights Watch called on the Nigerian government
to protect Ms. Tungar-Tudu from the arbitrary meting
out of a harsh and unacceptable punishment, and to
ensure that the courts operate in accordance with
international human rights law and the bill of rights
in Nigeria's own constitution.
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