Save a Boy Sentenced for Blasphemy in Nigeria
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Atheist Alliance International is increasing its legal presence in Kano, Northern Nigeria, after a 13-year-old boy was sentenced to 10 years in prison for allegedly insulting Allah in a heated argument with a friend. Umar Farouk was just 12 years old when he allegedly made the remark, but the judicial official of Kano’s Islamic Shariah Court, Ibrahim, sentenced the young boy in early August 2020. Atheist Alliance International will be employing our lawyers who have already lodged a formal appeal to stay the execution of Yahaya , the 22-year-old Islamic gospel singer accused of singing a song that the Shariah Court in Kano found to be blasphemous and worthy of execution.
If you do not believe that a 13-year-old boy should serve 10 years in prison for a mere remark, if you believe in human rights, children’s rights, and if you want to help AAI fight this charge, we call on you to help us fund his defence. At this stage we only need $1000 dollars to fund his appeal, but if the case is successfully appealed we will need to extend this fundraiser to see this case all the way through to the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Please help Atheist Alliance International fight for the human rights of this innocent child!
Media Links That Mention Umar Farouk:
Minor given ten years in prison for blasphemy on the same day singer sentenced to death on similar charges - https://www.csw.org.uk/2020/08/12/press/4765/article.htm
Nigerian Singer Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy - https://www.voanews.com/africa/nigeria-singer-sentenced-death-blasphemy
Blasphemy: Kano court sentences 13-year old boy to ten years in prison - https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/blasphemy-kano-court-sentences-13-year-old-boy-to-10-years-in-prison/ar-BB186yVp
More information about Atheist Alliance International: Atheist Alliance International works toward a secular world where public policy, scientific inquiry, and education are not influenced by religious beliefs, but based upon sound reasoning, rationality and evidence, and where individuals who lack religious beliefs enjoy free speech, freedom of association and freedom to participate openly in public life.
If you do not believe that a 13-year-old boy should serve 10 years in prison for a mere remark, if you believe in human rights, children’s rights, and if you want to help AAI fight this charge, we call on you to help us fund his defence. At this stage we only need $1000 dollars to fund his appeal, but if the case is successfully appealed we will need to extend this fundraiser to see this case all the way through to the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Please help Atheist Alliance International fight for the human rights of this innocent child!
Media Links That Mention Umar Farouk:
Minor given ten years in prison for blasphemy on the same day singer sentenced to death on similar charges - https://www.csw.org.uk/2020/08/12/press/4765/article.htm
Nigerian Singer Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy - https://www.voanews.com/africa/nigeria-singer-sentenced-death-blasphemy
Blasphemy: Kano court sentences 13-year old boy to ten years in prison - https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/blasphemy-kano-court-sentences-13-year-old-boy-to-10-years-in-prison/ar-BB186yVp
More information about Atheist Alliance International: Atheist Alliance International works toward a secular world where public policy, scientific inquiry, and education are not influenced by religious beliefs, but based upon sound reasoning, rationality and evidence, and where individuals who lack religious beliefs enjoy free speech, freedom of association and freedom to participate openly in public life.
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Michael Sherlock
Organizer
Scotts Valley, CA
Atheist Alliance International
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