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MOTION OF SUPPORT TO Ms. SAFIYA HUSSEINI, NIGERIA
Adopted by acclamation by the Council at its 170th session
(Marrakech, 23 March 2002)


We, parliamentarians, meeting in the context of the 107th IPU Conference, recall that the IPU has consistently taken a stand against the application of the death penalty. We further reaffirm the principle of equality between men and women enshrined in human rights and women's rights international instruments and recall that this principle, which is strongly upheld by the IPU, is the key concept of the Beijing Platform for Action that was adopted in Beijing in 1995 by the Fourth World Conference on Women and subsequently signed by the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

We strongly protest against the death sentence by stoning handed down on Ms. Safiya Husseini for adultery and exhort the authorities of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and those of the State of Sokoto to grant her pardon. We call upon the Parliament of the Republic of Nigeria to convey this urgent request to the authorities in question.


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