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By Reuters LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced a Christian man to death on blasphemy charges.
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Blasphemy: Kano Musician reportedly denied access to lawyers as appeal time limit approaches
A 22-year-old Musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was sentenced to death by an Upper Sharia Court in Kano State on August 10, 2020, has been denied access to lawyers even as the 30-day deadline given to him to appeal the judgment lapses on September 9, Saturday Punch reports.
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The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria, has urged Kano State Government to execute the court judgement that found a singer guilty for blasphemy.
Read More »Amnesty wants Kano singer’s death sentence overturned
Amnesty International on Thursday called on the authorities in Nigeria’s Kano state to overturn the death sentence imposed on a singer for alleged blasphemy of Prophet Mohammed. An Upper Islamic Sharia court in the northern city of Kano on Monday ordered 22-year-old Yahaya Aminu Sharif to die by hanging for derogatory expressions against the Prophet in one of his songs. …
Read More »Eight killed in Zamfara over alleged blasphemy against Islam
No fewer than eight persons were killed on Monday in Talata-Mafara community in Zamfara State after violence erupted over alleged blasphemy against Islam by a student of Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata-Mafara.
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