Humanists International, Freedom Now, and Freedom House, with the support of Dechert LLP, today jointly filed a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to free Mubarak Bala, an advocate for freedom of religion or belief serving a 24-year sentence in a Nigerian prison. The filing coincides with the 3-year anniversary of Bala's arrest for expressing secular views on social media and leaving Islam. The son of an Islamic scholar and a chemical engineer by training, Bala began exploring religion in his youth and spoke openly about leaving Islam.

https://freedomhouse.org/article/ngos-file-un-petition-free-nigerian-humanist-mubarak-bala-3rd-anniversary-his-arrest

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