GENEVA (24 July 2020) – UN experts* have called on the Nigerian authorities to immediately release prominent humanist and rights defender Mubarak Bala, detained without charge on accusations of blasphemy, a potential capital offence. “We are deeply concerned over the serious lack of due process in Mr. Bala’s case. He has reportedly not had access to a lawyer nor been allowed family visits and has been transferred and detained in Kano state, without charge, since his arrest in neighbouring Kaduna on 28 April 2020,” the human rights experts said.
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 24 July 2020. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
