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The Mauritanian Government has vowed to apply death penalty for blasphemy and apostasy, few days after a blogger, accused of the punishable crime, managed to secure his release. “Every Muslim, man or woman, who mocks or insults Mohammed, his angels, books… is liable to face the death penalty, without being asked to repent. They will […]
The parents of Cheikh Ould Mohamed Ould Mkheitir, a Mauritanian blogger condemned to death for apostasy, have filed asylum application in French embassy in Senegal arguing that their life has become a real hell for them in the North African country since the moment their son has been charged. Both mother and father of Ould […]
A Mauritanian court Thursday confirmed death penalty against the 33-year old blogger sentenced to death one year ago after publishing an alleged blasphemous article on Prophet Mohamed. The court upheld the sentence but handed the case over to the Supreme Court after finding him guilty of unfaith. Cheikh Ould Mohamed Ould Mkheitir also known as […]