Muhammad Mubarak Bala was held incommunicado in police custody for so long — eight months — that his wife was sure he was dead. “I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t sleep. The emotional torture was too much ...

There is no doubt that the unlawful detention of Mubarak Bala, based on alleged blasphemy, is a case of unconscionable persecution. The 37-year-old president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria has ...

A 37-year-old self-proclaimed atheist, Mubarak Bala, was during the week sentenced to a 24-year jail term after pleading guilty to an 18-count charge of blasphemy levelled against him by the Kano ...

A prominent Nigerian atheist, who has just been freed after serving more than four years in prison for blasphemy, is now living in a safe house as his legal team fear his life may be in danger.

Nigerian activist Bala Mubarak's two-year detention for blasphemy is followed up with a 24-year prison sentence. This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 11 April 2022. The Media ...

Despite four years in prison for blasphemy, Mubarak Bala defends his atheist beliefs but says he keeps a low profile now in the face of threats in his mostly conservative Muslim region of Nigeria.

KANO, Nigeria — When the megaphone called out for the daily Islamic prayers, the nonbeliever grabbed his prayer beads and ambled through the streets to join others at the mosque in Kano, northern ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian atheist released from the mental ward to which his Muslim family committed him by force said Thursday he is getting death threats for blaspheming against Islam.

“Mubarak has been honest with his statements,” Ibor said. “We don’t consider Mubarak’s posts as inflammatory, as offensive or illegal.” Kano’s attorney general, Musa Lawan, told the AP his agency ...

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