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UN Wants Nigeria Singer Sentenced For Blasphemy Freed

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September 28, 2020
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UN human rights experts have called for the release of the Nigerian singer sentenced to death by hanging for blasphemy by an Islamic court in the northern state of Kano.

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Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, was sentenced on 10 August for sharing a song that he had written and performed via WhatsApp. The court ruled that the song had blasphemed Prophet Muhammad.

In a statement, 10 UN experts on human rights called for the sentence to be overturned, saying they were concerned that Sharif-Aminu – a Muslim who belonged to the Sufi Tijaniyyah order – was being held incommunicado and did not have legal representation at his initial trial.

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“Artistic expression of opinion and beliefs, through songs or other media – including those seen to offend religious sensibilities – is protected in accordance with international law. The criminalization of these expressions is unlawful. Music is not a crime,” the statement.

Reporters At Large recently reported Dr Piotr Cywiński, the Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Warsaw, Poland, as saying he and 119 other volunteers across the world are offering to be jailed in exchange for the release of a teenager imprisoned for blasphemy in Kano State.

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In an appeal letter that he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari, Cywiński, a 48-year-old historian and ecumenist, said he and the 119 others were offering to each serve a month in a Nigerian prison for Omar Farouq, whom a Sharia court in Kano State in August sentenced to 120 months in jail for blasphemy during a conversation with his friend.

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