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Category: Umar Farouk

Posted on February 6, 2021October 19, 2021

Umar Farouk Starts New Life

Umar 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 …

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Posted on January 25, 2021October 19, 2021

Umar Farouk Released

Umar 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 …

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Posted on January 22, 2021October 19, 2021

Yahaya and Umar II

The 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 …

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Posted on November 26, 2020October 19, 2021

Yahaya and Umar I

In the Kano High Court, Nigeria our legal team argued appeals against blasphemy convictions for Yahaya Sharif-Aminu and Umar Farouk.

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Posted on September 10, 2020October 19, 2021

Umar Farouk

Umar 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 …

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