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Insulting Islam Got Him a 24-Year Sentence - The Story of Mubarak Bala
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25:15Now PlayingIn a case that sparked global condemnation of Nigeria's blasphemy laws, the 24-year prison sentence of Mubarak Bala - president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria - was reduced to 5 years by an appeals court on May 13th. Bala had been convicted in April 2020 under Kano State's draconian laws that criminalize insults to Islam, specifically for violating "Section 210 of Kano State's Penal Code and Section 26 (1)(c) of the country's Cybercrimes Act of 2015." While his lawyer James Ibor celebrated the reduction, stating "we were grateful the court agreed with us that the sentence was against the law," he vowed to appeal further on grounds of "lack of jurisdiction," the judge's "predisposition to convict," and Bala's allegedly coerced guilty plea. Human rights groups like Humanists International decried the initial "duress-induced" conviction as a horrific violation of Bala's "peaceful exercise of his rights to freedom of religion or belief, and expression." The case spotlighted the harsh criminalization of blasphemy and dissent in deeply religious parts of Nigeria.
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