Amina Lawal, the Nigerian woman who has been sentenced to death under the Sharia law in northern Nigeria for the crime of adultery, was scheduled to have her appeal heard today.
Amnesty International is reporting that the appeal has once again been postponed, this time to September 25 (Amina Lawal's hearing of her appeal in Katsina state, northern Nigeria was once more postponed to 25 September).
The Cape Times is reporting that the appeal was heard, and that judgment is scheduled for September 25 ("The court has heard both sides in this case and hereby adjourns until September 25 for judgement," said trial judge, Grand Khadi Aminu Ibrahim, the highest Islamic legal authority in Lawal's home state, Katsina.)
News24 out of South Africa seems to be reporting that the September 25 date is just a sentencing/judgment phase as well.
I don't know enough about how the appellate process in Sharia Courts works, of course, but I think this means that they just still haven't decided anything. This poor woman. I'd also like to add my disgust that my Google news search turned up only one U.S.-based news source for this--and that was AmnestyUSA. Sheesh. (See my earlier coverage dating back to last October, right as I was starting klyjen.blog.)
[ETA: TalkLeft has this today as well.]