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Opinion: Holocaust Historian Offers To Serve 10-Year Sentence Of Nigerian Boy

Piotr Cywinski, the director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, has offered to serve part of the 10-year sentence of a teenage boy in Nigeria, who was allegedly punished for blasphemy. Markus Schreiber/AP hide caption

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Opinion: Holocaust Historian Offers To Serve 10-Year Sentence Of Nigerian Boy

October 3, 2020 • Piotr Cywinski of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial has suggested Nigeria's president allow 120 adults to each serve a month of a boy's 10-year prison sentence.

Opinion: Holocaust Historian Offers To Serve 10-Year Sentence Of Nigerian Boy

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Jakarta's Christian Governor Sentenced To 2 Years For Blasphemy

Jakarta Gov. Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama (center) talks with his lawyers after his sentencing hearing Tuesday in Indonesia's capital city. Bay Ismoyo/AP hide caption

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Jakarta's Christian Governor Sentenced To 2 Years For Blasphemy

May 9, 2017 • The Indonesian court's decision has cheered Muslim conservatives and crushed the hopes of advocates of a more pluralistic and tolerant path for their nation.

Facing Blasphemy Charges, Indonesian Politician 'Happy That History Chose Me'

Residents and reporters follow Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the first Christian, ethnic Chinese governor of Jakarta, as he campaigns for election in an East Jakarta neighborhood. Yosef Riadi for NPR hide caption

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Facing Blasphemy Charges, Indonesian Politician 'Happy That History Chose Me'

February 7, 2017 • The case against Jakarta's Christian, ethnic Chinese governor has raised serious concerns about religious and ethnic tolerance in a country that claims to be the Muslim world's most moderate.

Facing Blasphemy Charges, Indonesian Politician 'Happy That History Chose Me'

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In Pakistan Death Row Case, A Rare Glimmer Of Hope

At the jail where she was held in 2010 after being sentenced to death for blasphemy, Asia Bibi affixed her thumbprint as signature on a mercy petition to Punjab's provincial governor, Salman Taseer, at right. Taseer had expressed support for Bibi and was assassinated two months later. EPA /Landov hide caption

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In Pakistan Death Row Case, A Rare Glimmer Of Hope

July 22, 2015 • Asia Bibi, a 50-year-old mother of five sentenced to death in 2010 for insulting Islam, has been granted a reprieve — for now. Pakistan's Supreme Court will hear her appeal, but no date has been set.

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Iceland's Pirate Party Wins Repeal Of Blasphemy Law

July 3, 2015 • The insurgent political movement, which has just three members in parliament, led the rollback of the 75-year-old law that made it a crime to "ridicule or insult" religious teachings.

More Than 100 Charged In Mob Killing Of Christian Couple In Pakistan

Pakistani human rights activists condemn the killing of the Christian couple for alleged blasphemy during a demonstration in Islamabad, Pakistan, in November. B.K. Bangash/AP hide caption

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Christian Girl Accused Of Blasphemy Cleared By Pakistani Court

November 20, 2012 • When Rimsha Masih was accused of burning pages from the Quran and arrested, the case drew international attention because the evidence against her was scant and she is said to be "mentally impaired." Today, a court threw out the charge. Her accuser awaits trial for allegedly planting evidence.