MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2548(RSP))
On Continuing detention and risk of the death penalty for individuals in Nigeria charged with blasphemy, notably the case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu
B-10-2025-0101
on behalf of The Left Group · Rapporteur: Merja Kyllönen
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The resolution concerns the continued detention and death sentence of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu in Nigeria for blasphemy, and calls for his release, a moratorium on the death penalty, and the repeal of blasphemy laws.¶¶¶ It also urges Nigeria to end impunity for mob killings, stresses the importance of secularism and freedom of conscience, and calls on EU member states to repeal similar laws.¶¶¶
Key points
- Urges Nigerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Yahaya Sharif-Aminu and drop the appeal against the quashing of his conviction.¶
- Strongly recommends establishing an immediate moratorium on the death penalty as a step towards full abolition and commuting all sentences until then.¶
- Invites national authorities to end impunity and ensure prompt investigation and prosecution of perpetrators of mob killings related to blasphemy.¶
- Calls on Nigerian authorities to swiftly repeal blasphemy laws, as they are inconsistent with the constitution and international human rights obligations.¶
- Stresses that legal systems based on religious prescriptions are incompatible with freedom of conscience, and that secularism guarantees equal freedom for all.¶
- Stresses that freedom of conscience includes the freedom to believe or not, practice or not, and change religion; calls on Nigerian authorities to strengthen these rights.¶
- Recalls that some member states still have blasphemy laws and urges them to repeal all such laws.¶