Pressure Mounts On Sudan Over Girl's Flogging

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SHE is a shy and naive 16-year-old who, like many girls, was duped into a relationship with a married man by his promises of a brighter future. But unlike her counterparts in most countries, Intisar Bakri Abdulgader will pay for her mistake in a most horrifying manner unless her story's impact on the West can save her life.

Abdulgader, from Sudan, is due to face 100 lashes next Friday for having sex outside marriage under the uncompromising Sharia law with which the Islamic Sudanese government rule.

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Pressure Mounts On Sudan Over Girl's Flogging

It is more than likely that this public flogging will kill the teenager, a prospect which has left her terrified and unable to eat properly since being sentenced last July.

But as worldwide appeals for a pardon rain down on Sudan, Abdulgader's plight now presents a dilemma for President Omar al- Bash...

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