Amina Lawal

Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for allegedly committing adultery.
She is from a village called Kurami, in Katsina state. Her father, a farmer, died when she was young, and she grew up with her mother and stepfather. She has no formal education but went to Koranic School. She got married when she was thirteen or fourteen years old. She has three kids with her husband and was divorced. Her oldest child is twelve years old.



This is a picture of Nigerian Amina Lawal and her two-year-old baby Wasila at the Sharia court of appeal to hear the verdict of her appeal against the death sentence for adultery. She sits whilst lawyers stand behind her as the judge enters the courtroom in the Northern Nigerian town of Katsina.

As Lawal said that 'I ve left everything to God. I do not feel anything right now. I know God's judgment is the best and will prevail', she believe in God and have faith.

Petitions circled the world in her defense and the first petition was signed by 1.3 million people. The second by more thatn 5 million.