Iranian authorities have amputated fingers from the hands of two men convicted of theft, rights groups have said, in a relatively rare use of a Sharia law punishment. The two brothers of Kurdish origin each had four fingers on their right hands amputated by a guillotine machine at the prison in the city of Urmia in northwest Iran on Tuesday, …
CNN — Child rights agency UNICEF has condemned the sentencing of a teenager to 10 years in prison for blasphemy in northern Nigeria. Omar Farouq was convicted in a Sharia court in Kano State in northwest Nigeria after he was accused of using foul language toward Allah in an argument with a friend. “The sentencing of this child – 13-year-old …
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