Fati: An Innocent Woman Sentenced to Death for Terrorism After Being Falsely Accused by a Rejected Suitor

Fati: An Innocent Woman Sentenced to Death for Terrorism After Being Falsely Accused by a Rejected Suitor

On death row since 2016, Fati was falsely accused of being a member of Boko Haram by a neighbor whose advances she had spurned. Subjected to beatings, denied access to an interpreter while she was interrogated, and represented by a lawyer who never spoke to her, Fati was sentenced to death after a trial rife with human rights violations. 

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