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Blasphemy laws
October 6, 2021Blasphemy laws are an anachronism that violate fundamental human rights, encourage intolerance and promote violence. They have no place in modern society....Read more
Mubarak Bala: Direct appeal to President Buhari
September 27, 2021In an open-letter, we asked President Buhari to intervene in the case of Mubarak Bala who has been detained for 517 days without charge....Read more
Mubarak Bala illegally imprisoned
April 28, 2021One year ago today Mubarak Bala was arrested in Northern Nigeria because of a Facebook post. He has been detained without charges and without trial....Read more
Umar Farouk Starts New Life
February 6, 2021Umar Farouk Safe at Last As previously reported, on January 25, our lawyers collected Umar Farouk from a courtroom in Kano after a judge set aside his blasphemy conviction. With Kano's history of mob violence, it was essential to keep … Continue reading "Umar Farouk Starts New Life"...Read more
Umar Farouk Released
January 25, 2021Umar Farouk is Free! Today, prison guards escorted Umar Farouk to a Kano court where he was handed over to our lawyers. Sixteen-year-old Umar had been found guilty of blasphemy in a Kano magistrates court on August 10 and was … Continue reading "Umar Farouk Released"...Read more
Yahaya and Umar II
January 22, 2021The court decides Our lawyers were in court yesterday to hear the Appeal Court’s decision in the cases of Yahaya Shariff-Aminu and Umar Farouk. These two young men, 22 and 15 years old respectively, were accused of blasphemy and, in … Continue reading "Yahaya and Umar II"...Read more
Yahaya and Umar I
November 26, 2020In the Kano High Court, Nigeria our legal team argued appeals against blasphemy convictions for Yahaya Sharif-Aminu and Umar Farouk....Read more
Freedom of expression
November 4, 2020Freedom of expression is a fundamental right that is a sign of a healthy society that promotes tolerance and diversity....Read more
Umar Farouk
September 10, 2020Umar Farouk's sentence appealed A Shari’a court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of Kano City in Kano state, northern Nigeria, has sentenced a minor to 10 years in prison with menial labour for blasphemy.Umar Farouk, 15, was found guilty … Continue reading "Umar Farouk"...Read more