{"id":13895,"date":"2022-12-16T09:41:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T09:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=13895"},"modified":"2024-02-16T10:08:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T09:08:29","slug":"nigeria-european-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/nigeria-european-parliament","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s death-for-blasphemy laws slammed at European Parliament as musician brings case to Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13895\" class=\"elementor elementor-13895\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01f3c94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01f3c94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1cab19\" data-id=\"d1cab19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dc0b37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7dc0b37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>MEP Carlo Fidanza calls for overturn of Sharia-inspired blasphemy laws that violate fundamental rights of religious minorities<\/li><li>Fidanza brings attention to Nigerian musician\u2019s appeal to the Supreme Court of Nigeria, which challenges the constitutionality of the blasphemy laws under which he faces the death penalty<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab3a5b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab3a5b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brussels, Belgium<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (16 December 2022) \u2013 While a Sufi-musician waits to hear if he\u2019ll face the death penalty for his \u201cblasphemy\u201d in a high-profile case at the Nigerian Supreme Court, Italian MEP Carlo Fidanza has called attention to the persecution of religious minorities internationally through the criminalisation of \u201cblasphemy\u201d in countries such as Nigeria.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The politician highlighted the case of musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was sentenced to death by hanging in August 2020 for posting song lyrics to WhatsApp that were deemed blasphemous.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">With support from ADF International, Yahaya\u2019s case has been appealed to the Supreme Court of Nigeria, challenging the constitutionality of the Sharia-based blasphemy laws.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe welcome the remarks of Carlo Fidanza and others calling attention to the egregious violations of fundamental rights that we are seeing in countries like Nigeria. For decades, human rights advocates have been waiting for an opportunity to overturn blasphemy laws in Nigeria and safeguard the fundamental right to freedom of speech that is protected by international law. Yahaya\u2019s case could be the catalyst for change we have been hoping for. We are supporting Yahaya\u2019s case because nobody should be persecuted for what they believe in, and as a result we hope that blasphemy laws will be eradicated in Nigeria once and for all.\u201d said Dr. Adina Portaru, Senior Counsel for ADF International in Brussels.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multimedia.europarl.europa.eu\/it\/webstreaming\/event_20221215-0900-PLENARY?start=20221215083215&amp;end=20221215083323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the speech at the Plenary of the European Parliament here (Italian).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fidanza, who serves as the Co-Chair of the European Parliament\u2019s Intergroup on Freedom of Religion and Belief and Religious Tolerance, noted that there are seven countries in the world where a person can be sentenced to death for blasphemy, including Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Brunei, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, and Nigeria. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">The Member of the European Parliament called for blasphemy law in Nigeria to be overturned, calling them \u201ccontrary to the human rights of religious minorities, international law and Nigeria\u2019s commitments to its treaties.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Fidanza continued: \u201cthis would be an important signal internally, against the Islamist militias that are bloodying the country, and internationally, towards all states that use anti-blasphemy laws to target religious minorities.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">For more on Yahaya\u2019s case, visit&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #8c2021;\">https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/nigeria-blasphemy-laws\/<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c4475 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a1c4475\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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