Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu was convicted last October by an Islamic court in the northern city of Sokoto of adultery, an act punishable by death in some cases under Shariah law.
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Tungar-Tudu's alleged sex partner was acquitted by the same court, which Human Rights Watch said concluded that it lacked sufficient evidence to prosecute him for the alleged sexual indiscretion.
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Sufiya lives in Tungar Tudu, a village some 20 miles from Sokoto, which in the 19th century was the capital of an extensive African Islamic empire and is now a sleepy, poverty-stricken backwater.
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Immediately after the sentencing, Sufiya ran away from Tungar Tudu, but she was eventually caught and taken back to the village, where she is allowed to remain with her family until her appeal is heard.
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Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu, 35, was convicted last October by an Islamic court in the northern city of Sokoto of adultery, an act punishable by death in some cases under Islamic law, or Shariah.
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LaShawn Jefferson, an official with New York-based Human Rights Watch, called the ruling against Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu a cruel infringement of women's " basic right to control their sexual autonomy ."
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In a letter released to journalists on Monday, 77 members of the European Parliament asked Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo _ whose government has financially backed Tungar-Tudu's legal defense _ to prevent the ultimate penalty from being carried out.
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In a letter released to journalists on Monday, 77 members of the European Parliament asked Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo _ whose government has financially backed Tungar-Tudu's legal defense _ to prevent the death penalty from being carried out.
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During a brief appearance marking the outset of Tungar-Tudu's appeal in an Islamic court in Sokoto, her team of 10 defence lawyers argued that prior to the conviction, the court failed to determine whether she had ever been " legally married, " a prerequisite for adultery.
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