Nigerian Atheist Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years In Prison For Blasphemy

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On April 2nd, Mubarak Bala, the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, was sentenced to 24 years in prison for his alleged crime of blasphemy. On April 25th, 2020, Mubarak on Facebook that the Prophet Muhamad was a terrorist. Three days later he was arrested. Prosecutors in Kano High Court accused Bala of insulting the Prophet Muhammad, which “caused a breach of the public peace” to which Bala responded by maintaining his innocence and denounced the charges against him. Bala was not granted access to a lawyer until five months after he was arrested. In March 2021, a hearing was made for his charges without him present in court. His first court appearance was in February this year. In court, Bala requested to change his plea to guilty, to the surprise of his legal team. Leo Igwe, the founder of the Nigerian Humanist Association, said Bala changed his plea because of the “It was impressed on him by authorities in Kano that the only way his family could be safe was if he admitted that he was guilty.” With Bala’s conviction, atheists and humanists in Nigeria are now in danger of being thrown into jail just for expressing their views.

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Nigerian Atheist Mubarak Bala Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison for Blasphemy

Location: Nigeria