In 2022, the Kano State High Court in Nigeria sentenced Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, to twenty-four years in prison. The court convicted him of eighteen counts of causing public disturbance in connection with Facebook posts he is alleged to have made in April 2020 that were said to have insulted the Prophet Muhammad.
Humanists International, of which the American Humanist Association (AHA) is a member organization, is working tirelessly to free Bala from imprisonment. Humanists International is encouraging supporters across the globe to send a message of solidarity to him and his family to give him strength for the challenge ahead.
The AHA is proud to join and support Humanists International in their work to #FreeMubarakBala. Here in the United States, the AHA is in close contact with Congress, the State Department, and the United States Commision on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to ensure that Bala’s situation is uplifted and that the U.S. government maintains Bala’s plight as a top-of-mind concern.
