Spear members, please can you spread this story on your blogs so that it can receive more press.
The Times have reported that Samantha Orobator, the Nigerian girl from London, has been given a life sentence for alledgely smuggling drugs 680grams of heroin into the country.
Samantha in custody at her trial this week
Survivors of Phanthong prison, where Orobator has been held since August, recently described the horrors of incarceration in the notorious jail where malnutrition, disease, abuse and torture are part of everyday life.
More description of the horrors that lie ahead
Kay Danes, an Australian who survived ten months in the same cell block where Ms Orobator is being held, said: “If she goes into early labour or starts miscarrying, nobody will come however much she screams,” she said.
“I’ve heard all the prisoners yelling at the top of their lungs, shouting for the guards when one of the inmates was dying, and nobody comes. Nobody ever comes.”
Samantha Orobator is due to give birth in October. There is a possibility that she may be extradited to the UK to serve out her sentence.
Edit @ 13.20PM: The Guardian is reporting that if moved to the UK for the case, she may be eligible to be out in a few years as it is her first offence and the defence of duress may apply.
Stay tuned at Afrospear for more news of the story as it develops.
WOW! At least she didn’t get executed. I pray she gets extradited to the UK.
It always amazes me how Justice works on some,and others get away with serious crimes like wars,Genocides.Take the example of Environmental Nigerian Activist Saro Wiwa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Saro_Wiwa) killed as Corporation like Shell felt threatened in their interests,who will sue this big corporation?
The arms that fuel wars in Africa, traced as far as Eastern Europe (Ukraine,Russia) and China,who will sue them?
When Justice is biased, we cannot call it “Justice” anymore but rather “Mutual protectionism and arrangement” between the powerful.
This is a freakin’ outrage. If she is given the Life Sentence then there must be world wide demonstrations at every Laos embassy. The sentence is obviously bogus and so we should be prepared to launch a global protest. Please update if you have further information on this story….