Nurses offer sanctuary to Nigerian woman who was to be stoned to death

Polish nurses from Malopolska want to invite to Poland the Nigerian woman, Safiya Ykubu Hussani, who was saved from a death sentence after an Amnesty International campaign. Over 200 Malopolska nurses signed a letter to the Embassy of Nigeria and now they are offering to bring Safiya and her c hildren to Poland. "We are nurses and we are women. The fight against discrimination and violence is our duty,"said nurse Anna Grajcarek. Finding work and accommodation for Safiya and her children will not be a problem, but they are not inviting her husband. "There's no place for him here. He was responsible for her misery,"says Grajcarek. Safiya was accused of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. After Amnesty International intervened, the court cancelled the sentence on Monday. Michal Stela, who was responsible for the campaign in Poland doesn't like the nurses'idea. "She's already safe in Nigeria. I don't think she would like to come h ere,"he told Gazeta Wyborcza. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.4)A.D.