Tag: 13-YEAR OLD CHILD
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UNICEF issues statement on sentencing of 13-year-old child to 10-years’ imprisonment for blasphemy
UNICEF today expressed deep concern about the sentencing of 13-year-old Omar Farouq to ten years’ imprisonment with menial labour by the Kano State Sharia Court at Feli Hockey, Kano, in northern Nigeria. The sentence was handed down after he was convicted of blasphemy on 10 August 2020. “The sentencing of this child –…