Sudanese mother Laila Ibrahim Issa Jamool, accused of adultery by her husband, will likely be executed by stoning unless those intervening on her behalf can convince a Sharia-based court to review her case.
The 23-year-old woman was convicted on July 10 in the capital Khartoum, and is currently being kept in prison with her six-month old baby, Sky News reported. It was not made apparent if or when the stoning would take place, however.
"The appeal is understood to take not less than one-and-a-half months before a response can be got from the court of appeal," said the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA), a women's rights group that is working hard on the case and trying to save Jamool's life.
"During all this time, Mrs Jamool will still be shackled in Omdurman women's prison together with her six-month-old child," the statement added. Read more
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