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Sunday 8 March 2015
VIDEO: NIGERIAN LAWYER HAUWA IBRAHIM WINS 2005 SAKHAROV PRIZE FOR FREEDOM
According to the EU the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU,
which states that: “Everyone has the right to education and to have access to
continuing and vocational training” (Article 14)?
The Sakharov Prize
for Freedom of Thought has also gone to laureates fighting for gender equality,
particularly as regards the right of girls and women to education.
Hauwa
Ibrahim, the 2005 Sakharov Prize laureate, who became the first female lawyer
in Nigeria to win the prize. Today Hauwa defends people who otherwise would not
have any access to justice due to their illiteracy. Many of them are women
accused of adultery and condemned to death under Sharia law. In her statement, she said ‘’if
we invest in girls, we invest in our humanity’’.
COUPLE KILL THEIR 3-DAY OLD BABY TO COVER UP PRE-MARITAL SEX IN KANO
A17-year-old housewife,
Faiza Haruna, killed their baby with the consent of her husband, Aminu Mustapha
three days after she put to bed. It was gathered that she committed the act in
order to cover up pre-marital sex with her husband.
Faiza opened up
to Weekly Trust on why she killed the baby.
“I gave birth to
the baby and killed her myself. I did so to avoid embarrassment from members of
our community. I was impregnated by my husband before we got married,” she
explained.
When asked what
she used in killing the baby, she said:
“I didn’t use
anything; it was my bare hands that I used in killing her. I went into my room
when my husband was not around and strangulated her.”
She revealed that
her husband did not take part in killing the baby, but assisted by burying the
corpse. Her husband, Aminu Mustapha, 29, admitted to burying the baby.
Neighbours said
Faiza :“During the pregnancy, she didn’t attend any antenatal
clinic. It was we that assisted her during child labour. She delivered the baby
safely and we assisted her with all the necessary cleaning up,” a neighbor who
asked not to be named, said.
“Hours after
given birth, Faiza started telling people that the baby was sick. We advised
her to take the baby to hospital but three days later, she and her husband
returned home without the baby. We drew the attention of Hisbah officials and
they were arrested because we suspected foul play.”
It was at the
Hisbah office that Faiza confessed that she killed the baby. Hisbah commandant
in Fagge local government, Ustaz Salisu Umar, said the couple killed the baby
to cover up their premarital affairs.
Spokesman of the Kano police command, ASP Magaji Musa Majia, said the couple would be arraigned for prosecution accordingly.
Spokesman of the Kano police command, ASP Magaji Musa Majia, said the couple would be arraigned for prosecution accordingly.
“The husband is
not denying the fact that he impregnated her outside wedlock. She killed the
baby because she delivered it two months after marriage. This is a case of
culpable homicide and abetment of offender. They are in our custody and we will
charge them to court immediately after investigation,” he said.
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