{"id":14724,"date":"2023-02-01T19:59:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T19:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=14724"},"modified":"2023-10-13T08:53:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T07:53:03","slug":"this-is-about-saying-no-to-all-forms-of-discrimination-and-persecution-of-religious-minorities-nigerian-human-rights-defender-appeals-to-international-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/irf-summit-2023-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Human Rights Defender Appeals to International Community to Speak Out to Save Yahaya"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14724\" class=\"elementor elementor-14724\" 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>Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a Sufi musician sentenced to death for a WhatsApp message, is challenging the constitutionality of one of Nigeria\u2019s most egregious blasphemy laws.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Yahaya\u2019s attorney appeals to international community at International Religious Freedom Summit to \u201cspeak up loudly on Yahaya\u2019s behalf&#8221;<\/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\">WASHINGTON, DC<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (2 February 2023) \u2013 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Delegates from all over the globe were present at the 2023 International Religious Freedom Summit\u00a0in Washington, DC over the last two days. Kola Alapinni, counsel for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/nigeria-blasphemy-laws\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Yahaya Sharif Aminu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a Nigerian Sufi musician who was sentenced to death for charges of blasphemy, appealed to the international community for urgent attention to egregious abuses of religious freedom in Nigeria.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">During a session titled \u201cIRF Will Take Us All\u201d, Alapinni said \u201cThe Nigerian Constitution protects freedom of religion or belief, and the African Charter and international law does the same. All of you here know these basic facts of international law. That is why it is so important for everyone gathered here to speak up loudly on Yahaya\u2019s behalf.\u201d <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alapinni continued, saying \u201cthis is not just about one individual case&#8230;but this is about saying no to all forms of discrimination and persecution of religious minorities and people who wish to freely discuss and share their beliefs about one of the most fundamental aspects of human experience.\u201d <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kelsey Zorzi, Director of Advocacy for Global Religious Freedom for ADF International, stated: \u201cYahaya\u2019s case presents a long-awaited opportunity to overturn the oppressive and draconian blasphemy law of Kano State, Nigeria. It is imperative that the international community speak out in defense of Yahaya, and against the blasphemy laws throughout the world that so deeply imperil fundamental human rights. We are hopeful that the Supreme Court of Nigeria will hear this case and bring justice for Yahaya and the millions of people that live in fear under these laws\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Case Summary\u202f<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">As a member of a minority faith in Nigeria, Yahaya was targeted under the law for expressing his beliefs. His imprisonment, charges, and death sentence constitute religious freedom violations of the greatest severity.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yahaya initially was convicted without a lawyer and sentenced to death on 10 August 2020 by the Hausawa Filin Hockey upper-Sharia court. The conviction was overturned, and a new trial ordered in January 2021 based on procedural irregularities. Yahaya appealed the retrial order, arguing that the case should be dismissed entirely, and the blasphemy law be ruled unconstitutional. In August 2022, a Court of Appeal upheld the constitutionality of the blasphemy law and affirmed the retrial order.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yahaya remains in prison without bail while awaiting the retrial, where he still faces a potential death penalty.\u202fYahaya filed a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/nigerian-musician-sentenced-to-death-for-blasphemy\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">notice of appeal<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> with the Supreme Court of Nigeria in November 2022.<\/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\" 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