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A teen in Nigeria had his 10-year sentence for a blasphemy conviction overturned, according to his lawyer.
Nigeria teen had his blasphemy conviction overturned on appeal
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Nigeria Court Acquits a Teen Sentenced for 10 Years in Prison Due to Blasphemy Freedom! Omar Farouq Bashir (The Minor) is released after 11 months in prison custody. He is grateful to everyone who fought for him
Omar Farouq s sentence was set aside by the Kano State High Court s appellate division because he did not have any legal representation during his first trial, Kola Alapinni, Omar s counsel, told CNN.
Three New Reports Expose China’s Human Rights Violations
News Analysis
The international community has recently released three human rights reports. All three directly point to the Chinese communist regime for violation of basic human rights and freedom of belief.
On Jan. 13, the British Conservative Party Human Rights Commission issued a report calling on the British government to take the lead in responding to a human rights crisis in China.
The report is titled, “The Darkness Deepens: The Crackdown on Human Rights in China 2016-2020” and pointed out that human rights violations in China are intensifying.
“The use of abhorrent practices such as the imprisonment and torture of dissidents, mass surveillance, organ harvesting, and the use of slave labour shows the Chinese Communist Party for what it is,” the report said, urging the UK government to “lead the free world by sending a clear message that China must stop these abusive behaviours.”
Economic ties may strengthen further, in the absence of overtly personal vested interest and a long-term vision replacing a short-term, mercantile approach
Photo: RFA US declares China committed genocide against Uyghurs and Vietnam s Communist Party Congress
China’s repression of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic minorities in its northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), including its use of internment camps and forced sterilizations, amounts to “genocide” and “crimes against humanity,” the U.S. State Department said Tuesday.
Chinese policies in the XUAR aim for “the forced assimilation and eventual erasure of a vulnerable ethnic and religious minority group,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, announcing a designation that Uyghur exile groups and human rights experts have advocated since the revelation in 2017 of mass re-education camps that have held as many as 1.8 million Uyghurs.