The Nigerian police swiftly acted on fanatic islamic demands and arrested Mubarak Bala. Our initial concerns were twofold: retaining legal representation for Mubarak and preventing him from being moved to Kano state, where sharia law rules. Mubarak has to face justice as prescribed in sharia law and he will be facing execution.


So, the bad news is that we did get confirmation that Mubarak was moved to Kano a day ago. Here is a statement from Leo Igwe, Mubarak's fellow activist on the ground in Nigeria,


While the police authorities in Kano have confirmed that Nigerian Humanist Mubarak Bala is in their custody, they have not granted him access to a lawyer. He has been held incommunicado. The police arrested Mubarak in Kaduna three days ago following a complaint of insulting prophet Muhammad that some lawyers in Kano filed at the State Police Command. Mubarak was detained in Kaduna for a night before being transferred to Kano two days ago. Since taken to Kano, the police authorities have not allowed him to see his lawyer. The police authorities have been blocking efforts to understand the details of the complaint. This is in breach of Mubarak's human rights.

There are reports that Mubarak is being beaten and tortured while in detention. There are also concerns over the state of his health, especially with the outbreak of a strange disease in Kano. In the last 48 hours, there has been no independent confirmation that Mubarak is alive and well, there is no confirmation that he is not being maltreated and that his rights are not being violated. Given the nature of the allegation, there are serious concerns over Mubarak's health. According to family sources, Mubarak is hypertensive. Many people are worried on hearing that Mubarak will be killed while in detention given the several death threats that he has received.

Please kindly help draw the attention of the Nigerian authorities to the case of Mubarak.

Ask the police authorities to grant Mubarak access to his lawyer today.

Urge the police to charge him in court formally or release him unconditionally.

Mubarak is also receiving an enormous amount of death threats online, which represents a whole other problem he faces even if we succeed in securing his release.


Today, we have received word from Leo Igwe that three lawyers have been secured with retainer funds donated by International Humanists. The problem now is that the authorities in Nigeria are denying Mubarak's right to speak with his lawyers. We also do not have confirmation that he is alive and healthy. For all we know, he may have already been killed. We don't want to think about that but this is a very real possibility.

https://www.internationalatheists.org/post/update-on-mubarak-s-case-death-penalty-seems-inevitable-we-must-fight

Reuters

I wonder the Kind of god that mere humans fight for....

How on Earth do humans fight for god??

You guys should leave this young man! Let the god that he Insulted fight for himself

Lots of people insult GOD and prophet Muhammad everyday,has that reduced Muhammad's Blessings.And if we ask them where they get all this Sharia law of Blasphemy from,they will start to quote some Hadith, anything that has to be a major/Capital punishment has to be from Qur'an or else it's invalid

This is uncalled for , in this century and Age ...is this what we should be concerned with as a nation ... Nigeria matter just tire person.

Can someone tell me what he said Verbatim.

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Can someone tell me what he said Verbatim.

Bala, the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, was arrested by the police on Wednesday afternoon at his residence in Kaduna State, Jalige disclosed.

Although Jalige did not speak about the reason of the arrest, it is not unconnected to Bala’s recent outburst against Islamic Prophet Muhammad (SAW) in a Facebook post.

On Monday, April 27, Mubarak compared popular Lagos pastor and president of Synagogue Church of Nations Prophet TB Joshua to Prophet Mohammed.

“There’s no difference between prophet TB Joshua (S.A.W) of Lagos and Muhammadu (A.S.) of Saudi Arabia, it is better for our Nigeria to be terrorism,” Bala said.

https://m.guardian.ng/news/police-speaks-on-mubarak-balas-arrest-for-blasphemy/

Humanism in an inhumane environment?

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“There’s no difference between prophet TB Joshua (S.A.W) of Lagos and Muhammadu (A.S.) of Saudi Arabia, it is better for our Nigeria to be terrorism,” Bala said.

https://m.guardian.ng/news/police-speaks-on-mubarak-balas-arrest-for-blasphemy/

That's a weird post though.

This people wey dey should kill kill, make corona go visit them, make them taste hw killing dey be.

Dis country need to divide

Omg I can't believe this

Free Mubarak

Atheist dominated nation is just as bad as islamic nation, the concept of human right and liberty originated from Christianity, American who championed liberty and freedom for all men had Christianity at her foundation.

The mistake many make is to assume because Christianity promotes liberty and human rights, therefore, it must be so in other religion/cultures.


Let all men be liars and Jesus Christ be true.
Jesus is Lord!

Fight for God or His prophet. why not them fighting for us. ppl to serve them and still fight for them. chaiiiiiii, i will never worship or follow there way