Mubarak Bala, attivista laico-umanista nigeriano, è ormai in carcere da più di tre anni per “blasfemia”. Ora anche il gruppo di lavoro delle Nazioni Unite sulla detenzione arbitraria, dopo la denuncia di Humanists International e altre organizzazioni, prende atto dell’ingiustizia subita da Bala, oggetto di un processo farsa e recluso senza le garanzie minime di uno Stato di diritto nel nome del confessionalismo islamista. 👇 #FreeMubarakBala
https://humanists.international/it/2024/07/nigeria-un-working-group-concludes-bala-detention-is-arbitrary/
Nigeria: il gruppo di lavoro delle Nazioni Unite conclude che la detenzione di Mubarak Bala è arbitraria

Il gruppo di lavoro delle Nazioni Unite sulla detenzione arbitraria ha concluso che la Nigeria ha violato il diritto internazionale detenendo Mubarak Bala

Humanists International

Nigeria: Court of Appeal reduces sentence of Mubarak Bala
https://humanists.international/2024/05/nigeria-court-of-appeal-reduces-sentence-of-mubarak-bala/

"Emitting their judgment today, the presiding judges reportedly unanimously agreed that the sentence handed down to Bala in April 2022 was excessive and in contravention of the law. The court reduced Bala’s sentence to five years in prison. As a result, Bala has one year left to serve. The state has the right to appeal."
#FreeMubarakBala
#EndBlasphemyLaws
#HumanistsAssociationOfNigeria
#humanistsinternational

Ormai da tre anni Mubarak Bala, attivista laico-umanista nigeriano, è in carcere con l’accusa di aver offeso l’islam. Deve scontare una pena di 24 anni: assieme a Humanists International‍ e altre organizzazioni continuiamo a chiederne la liberazione!
#FreeMubarakBala
https://humanists.international/2023/04/ngos-file-un-petition-to-free-nigerian-humanist-mubarak-bala-on-the-3rd-anniversary-of-his-arrest/
On 5 April 2022, President of the #Humanist Association of #Nigeria, #MubarakBala, was sentenced to 24 years in prison by a Kano state court, having pled guilty to charges of ‘conducting himself in a manner likely to cause breach of public peace’ in connection with a series of Facebook posts deemed ‘blasphemous’ by some.
Held without charge for more than a year, it is also understood that he was subjected to pressure in order to secure a guilty plea.
#FreeMubarakBala
https://humanists.international/2023/04/nigeria-one-year-on-from-sentencing-let-mubarak-know-that-he-is-not-forgotten/
Nigeria: one year on from sentencing, let Mubarak know that he is not forgotten

5 April marks one year since Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala was sentenced to 24 years in prison. Send him a message of support #FreeMubarakBala

Humanists International
L’attivista laico-umanista Mubarak Bala è ormai da mille giorni detenuto in Nigeria con l’accusa di aver offeso l’islam, dopo anni di persecuzioni da parte delle autorità. Un caso emblematico delle pesantissime discriminazioni che subiscono i non credenti nel mondo: con Humanists International chiediamo la liberazione di Mubarak Bala e il rispetto dei suoi diritti e della sua dignità.
#FreeMubarakBala #EndBlasphemyLaws
https://humanists.international/2023/01/nigeria-1000-days-without-mubarak-bala/
Nigeria: 1,000 days without Mubarak Bala

Today, 23 January 2023, Mubarak Bala spends 1000th day in a cell. Humanists International calls on the authorities to #FreeMubarakBala

Humanists International
Mubarak Bala, the President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, was arrested on April 28, 2020 following allegations that he insulted the Prophet Muhammad. He was previously detained in 2014 on the grounds that he was an atheist.

His legal team has been unable to access Mubarak and are asking authorities to clarify where he’s being held.

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Humanist Association of Nigeria

A group for discussing and sharing humanist issues in Nigeria. Open to all Humanists, skeptics and rationalists.