Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu was convicted of adultery last October by an Islamic court in the town of Gwadabawa, in the northern Sokoto state.
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Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu, 35, was convicted of adultery last October by an Islamic court in Gwadabawa, in the northern Sokoto state.
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Hussaini's plight was later recorded in the book, " Safiya Hussaini Tungar Tudu : I, Safiya " ( 2004 ).
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Their appeal was on behalf of Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu, whose case was due to be reviewed Monday by an Islamic court in northern Nigeria.
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Under the court ruling, Corrie wrote, Tungar-Tudu would be buried with only her head and chest above ground, then stoned until dead.
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In another argument, Tungar-Tudu's lawyers said her child had been conceived before Shariah law was officially imposed in Sokoto state in January 2001.
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Tungar holds the current Indian National record for 10 km road running with a mark of 34 : 32, set at the Sunfeast World 10K in Bangalore.
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In another argument, Tungar-Tudu's lawyers said her child had been conceived before Shariah law was officially imposed in Sokoto state in Jan . 2001.
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Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu was convicted by an Islamic court in northern Nigeria in October and sentenced to be stoned to death while buried up to her waist in sand.
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While no one in Tungar Tudu will speak out publicly for fear of retribution, the villagers appear to support her; if they did not, they would have expelled her.
