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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 15 May 2021 The United States has expressed dissatisfaction at how Nigerian courts continue to convict citizens of blasphemy, sentence them to long-term imprisonment and death. US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, stated this during the release of the 2020 International Religious Freedom Report on Thursday. He also said the Nigerian government has not brought anyone to justice for the “massacre” of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria also known a...

The United States government has criticised how Nigerian courts have continued to sentence citizens to long jail terms for blasphemy and death. The US position was disclosed by the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, during the release of the 2020 International Religious Freedom Report this week. He wondered why the Nigerian government has not brought anyone to justice for the “massacre” of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria also known as Shiites. Quoting the report, the Blinken sai...

Nigeria’s continued sentencing of citizens over blasphemy worrisome —US   The United States has expressed dissatisfaction at how Nigerian courts continue to convict citizens of blasphemy, sentence them to long-term imprisonment and death.   US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, stated this during the release of the 2020 International Religious Freedom Report this week.   He also said the Nigerian government has not brought anyone to justice for the “massacre” of members of the Islam...

Punch Newspapers Sections Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and the Nigeria Police Force, to release a Facebook user, Mbarak Bala, who was arrested in Kaduna on February 28, 2020 for alleged blasphemous posts about Islam. Delivering judgment in the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Bala, Justice Inyang Ekwo declared that his arrest and detention by the IGP and the NPF in an unknown detention centre...

Blasphemy: Court Orders IGP To Release Mbarak Detained Since February Delivering judgment in the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Bala, Justice Inyang Ekwo declared that his arrest and detention by the IGP and the NPF in an unknown detention centre since February 28, 2020 “because he expressed his option about religion on Facebook, constitutes an infraction of the applicant’s rights to personal liberty, fair hearing, freedom of thought, freedom of express and freedom of movement...