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Christian Entity Rallying for Protests against Harsh Sentencing of Nigerian Activist

Apr 27, 2022

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a UK-based human rights agency, is appealing to people who support the right to freedoms of expression and religion to participate in an ongoing protest against what the entity has referred to as a harsh sentencing of an activist in Nigeria.

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Christian Entity Denounces Sentencing of Nigerian Activist, Says “excessively punitive”

Apr 9, 2022

A High Court in Nigeria’s Kano State has sentenced the president of the Nigerian Humanist Society to 24 years behind bars on blasphemy charges, a decision that Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has described as a “gross violation” of the right to the freedoms of expression.

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