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"Mr President, Commissioner. You will understand that this is a matter that concerns us greatly and I also endorse, not only the indignation of Mrs Karamanlis because of the
organised at your bank and for which you as Commissioner are not always responsible, but I also endorse the content. Thanks to the international campaign, we were able to help Safya Hoesseini escape the stoning to which she was convicted even though she had been raped. She was, however, spared on procedural grounds and that means that the danger has certainly not gone away for Amina Lawal, who was granted an appeal on 19 August and whose sentence will probably be reconfirmed on 25 March. So you still have a little time, Commissioner.
She was convicted in Katsina, one of the twelve northern regions where Sharia has come into force during the past 3 years. The death penalty, mutilation of women and flogging and the prevailing discrimination that accompanies these things have become common practices. This immediately renders the Constitution of Nigeria, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and all other treaties that Nigeria has ratified dead letters.
Presidential elections are being held in Nigeria in a couple of weeks. Rioting associated with the introduction of Sharia has already claimed a couple of thousand victims. Recently 220 people were killed in riots surrounding a beauty contest. The atmosphere is defined by economic crisis, unemployment, lack of security and widespread corruption. There is, alas, a huge danger of civil war in this enormous and densely populated African country. And here we are voting on another resolution. Commissioner, we did that on 15 February 2001, 15 November 2001, 11 April 2002, September 2002 and the ACP did that on 21 March 2001. So now we are going to vote on yet another resolution but, like Mrs Karamanou, I call on you to take real action, not only to save the life of this unfortunate woman, but also to save this densely populated African country from bloody conflicts that could create thousands of victims."@en1
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