UK Group Urges Release Of Nigerian Humanist Leader Mubarak Bala

Humanists UK has made an urgent appeal to the United Nations at the 56th Session of the Human Rights, for the immediate release of Mubarak Bala, President of the Nigerian Humanist Association, who has been imprisoned in Nigeria since 2020.

Bala was arrested and convicted on 18 counts of “causing a public disturbance” under the Kano Penal Code, for his social media posts, deemed controversial by authorities. He was initially sentenced to 24 years in prison, later reduced to five years on appeal.

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