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Nigeria: Rights Experts Denounce Death Sentence Against Nigerian Singer Who Posted On WhatsApp
UN News, 28 September 2020
Independent UN human rights experts have called on the Government of Nigeria to immediately release a singer sentenced to death over an allegedly blasphemous song he performed and… Read more »
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Nigeria: UN Experts Urge Nigeria to Release Musician Sentenced to Death
This Day, 29 September 2020
The United Nations human rights experts have called on Nigerian authorities to immediately release a 22-year-old singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, sentenced to death over an allegedly… Read more »
UN Rights Experts Urge Nigeria to Lift Singer's Death Sentence
U.N. rights experts have asked Nigeria to release 22-year-old singer Yahaya Aminu Sharif, who was sentenced to death for an alleged blasphemous song. The singer was found guilty of using derogatory expressions against Prophet Mohammed in a song shared via WhatsApp in March 2020. The experts are calling for Sharif-Aminu's sentence to be overturned and for Nigerian authorities to guarantee his safety and follow due process while he appeals his conviction.
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Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano State, has vowed to sign the death warrant for the execution of Yahaya Aminu Sharif, a man convicted of blasphemy. Ganduje said he ... Read more »
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Yahaya Aminu Sharif has been found guilty of using derogatory expressions against the Prophet Mohammed in one of his songs circulated via WhatsApp in March. Sharif can appeal ... Read more »
