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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Nigeria: case of Amina Lawal2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030313.8.4-158"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-13-Speech-4-1592
lpv:speaker	lp:Jules Maaten2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in September last year Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the sentencing to death of Ms Amina Lawal. Since then there has been strong international pressure from all sides to help Ms Lawal, and rightly so. Of course, her case is exceptionally harrowing: a mother facing the death penalty. The Lawal case been seen as a test case in and outside Nigeria. Nigeria has no state religion and that is how it should remain. Carrying out this death sentence would be a signal that different laws apply to Muslims in Nigeria than to Christians and that cannot be allowed. The impression must also not be allowed to be created that violation of human rights and the death penalty are acceptable. The Nigerian Government must ensure that they comply with international obligations in the area of human rights. In less than two weeks Ms Lawal’s appeal against her inhuman punishment comes up. Hopefully she will win that appeal, but if not, I would like to remind President Olusegun Obasanjo of his own words. In January of this year, at the time of the riots around the Miss World contest, he said and I quote: ‘no one will be stoned in my country’. My appeal to him is simple: keep your word. The Nigerian Government has sufficient means to prevent this case from ending in tragedy. We wait to see how the Nigerian Government will act after the appeal on 25 March. We in Parliament regard human rights as a cornerstone of good relations between the European Union and other countries. I express the hope now that the Lawal case will not bring dark clouds over relations between the Union and Nigeria. Finally, Mr President, President Obasanjo was grateful to receive the Freedom Prize of the Liberal International a few years ago before he became president of that country. Let him now continue to behave in keeping with that."@en1

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