Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:47:10 +0800
From: scratchy-AT-iinet.net.au (Jennifer Armstrong)
Subject: Re: Fwd:plight of nigerian woman


Are you sure that this is genuine-- not just the form of some chain letter/hoax?




At 5:51 PM 18/2/02, Mike Reynolds wrote:
>-- george kurian <megeorgekurian-AT-yahoo.com> wrote:
>  Note: forwarded message attached.
>
> __________________________________________________
>
> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822
> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:56:05 -0800 (PST)
> From: neecia majolly <neeciamajolly-AT-yahoo.com>
> Subject: Fwd:
> To: megeorgekurian-AT-yahoo.com, nalinisu-AT-hotmail.com,
> annbritto-AT-yahoo.com
>
>
> --- demello <demello-AT-vsnl.in> wrote:
> Reply-to: "demello" <demello-AT-vsnl.in>
> From: "demello" <demello-AT-vsnl.in>
> To: "neecia" <neeciamajolly-AT-yahoo.com>
> Subject:
> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 19:58:01 +0530
>
> This message I just received from a friend.
> This is about asking you to write a letter to the
> nigerian authorities in favour of Safya HUSSEINI
> TUNGAR-TUDU, a young nigerian girl who has been
> sentenced to death in her country for expecting a
> baby without having a husband. This fact is
> considered as a serious offense in the eyes of the
> fundamentalistic Islamic law - which  is the penal
> code there.
> Unless strong international   pressure intervenes
> within  a very short time, Safya    will be placed
> in a pit, , half buried and finally lapidated to
> death by the people of her village.
> For the moment she is locked up in her house where
> she feeds the child that is synonym to her
> condamnation to death. She will be able to feed
> him
> a few weeks more, then she will be taken to the
> pit
> and will be massacrated. (this has been confirmed
> by
> Amnisty International)
>
> We can do something by writing to the Nigerain
> Embassy  asking the President of the Nigerian
> Republic to  spare her life.
> We need many letters, that is the reason why I ask
> you to please transfer this appeal to your
> friends.
> ( to those who have and do not have an e-mail
> address...) and to write immediately to the
> Ambassy.
>
>
> If you do not do this rapidly the risk is great
> that
> we'll be too late.
>
> A last detail:  As often with this kind of thing,
> the father of the child has been  set free, for
> lack
> of proof.
>
> "We cannot stand beside the pit and contemplate
> the
> ultimate offence of intolerance, ignorance and
> lies"
>
>
> So please write  the following letter to :
> Embassy of Nigeria
> Att. Mr. Ambassador
> 173 Ave. Victor Hugo
> 75116 PARIS
>
> or fax it: 00.33.(0)1.47.04.47.54
> e-mail: embassy-AT-nigeriaparis.com
> More information on the  website:
> http://encorefeministes.free.fr
>
> Mr. Ambassador,
> Please ask the President of the Republic of
> Nigerai
> to save the life of Safya Tungar-Tudu
> Thank you!
> Signature.
>
> PS: we ask you to send this to at least 20 of your
> friends and acquaintances.
> Concidence: the Nigerian Embassy is on the Ave.
> Victor Hugo, the man that fought   the death
> penalty
>  all of his life!
>
> To forward the message please use 'copy and stick'
> 'rather than 'transfer' so as not to make the
> message to long and heavy.
> IT IS URGENT!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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