Nigeria blasphemy: Jailed 13-year-old boy wins Kano appeal
BBC Jan 21 2021
A 13-year-old boy who was handed a decade-long jail sentence for blasphemy last year will now walk free.
He was convicted by an Islamic court in August for making uncomplimentary remarks about God during an argument with a friend in northern Kano state.
But a secular appeals court overturned the sentencing on Thursday, saying the child was a minor.
Last year's ruling by a Sharia court sparked international condemnation.
The UN children's agency, Unicef, said it "negate[d] all core underlying principles of child rights and child justice that Nigeria - and by implication, Kano state - has signed on to".
In September 120 volunteers, led by the director of the Auschwitz memorial in Poland, offered to serve part of the original 10-year jail sentence given to the boy. ...
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