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Kano Appeal Court orders Yahaya to be retried for blasphemy
Yahaya Sharif-Aminu appeal: appeal court orders retrial.
Maldives: Drop blasphemy charges against Mohamed Rusthum Mujuthaba immediately
Mohamed Rusthum Mujuthaba is an atheist human rights activist from the island of Thinadhoo, Maldives. Issues such as women’s rights, freedom of belief, and pointing out irrational aspects of rel...
Ahmed is FREE! AAI wins legal battle in the Republic of Niger
Ahmed was known in his circle in Mali for his defiance. He challenged militant Islam and Islamic doctrines with a Facebook page named Atheism. The Facebook page took on controversial issues relating ...
Mubarak Bala: Two Years in Prison Today
Arrest Two years ago today, Mubarak Bala was at home in Kaduna finishing breakfast with his housemate when he heard loud and persistent banging on his front door. Fearing an emergency, he rushed to op...
Mubarak Bala Sentenced
Some days come and go leaving a fading shadow in our minds. Other days, hit us like a jackammer and leave a deep impression that never fades. April 5, 2022, was one such day. After just shy of two yea...
Mubarak Bala Appears in Court
For the first time in the 21 months that he has been incarcerated, Mubarak Bala appeared in court yesterday. He was arrested following a frivolous complaint about a Facebook post on April 28, 2020. He...
Mubarak Bala Urgent Appeal
You can hardly have missed the case of Mubarak Bala. Mubarak is the President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria. Following complaints from a Muslim lawyer that he made posts on Facebook insulting...
International Blasphemy Day 2021
Today is International Blasphemy Day, a world-wide event introduced in 2009 by The Center for Inquiry. The date was chosen to coincide with the publication of drawings of Muhammad in the Danish newspa...