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Recently, Nigerians went to the polls to elect a new president. Voters faced violent attacks from thugs and even terrorists in addition to withstanding long delays due to election officials who showed up hours late to their polling locations. The ones who made it to the polls were the lucky ones—many were unable to even travel because of fuel shortages and chaos caused by a new currency system.
But for Nigerians, these are not new difficulties. Violence is a daily fear across the entire country, which has the largest population and economy in Africa. Corruption and incompetency on the part of government is expected. Nigerians are in desperate need of political change, and as proof of this, voter registration numbers prior to the election broke records. But once again, daily life in Nigeria conspired against the average person.
As to be expected given this degree of societal chaos, legal disputes erupted immediately between the declared winner of the election, Bola Tinubu, and his challengers, with all sides claiming victory. Follow-up gubernatorial elections were filled with brutal instances of ethnic-based violence. The post-election turmoil Nigeria now faces is but a reflection of the deep-seated tensions that plague our society.
With daily life in Nigeria so uncertain for the average citizen, and human rights so flagrantly and regularly abused, the harsh reality is that we are far from a functioning democracy.
I speak from my own experience as a human rights lawyer in Nigeria. In Northern Nigeria, twelve states have Sharia-based criminal codes that mandate the death penalty for any Muslim who says something that could be construed as insulting to the Quran or the Prophet Muhammad. These blasphemy laws are in flagrant violation of the Nigerian Constitution, as well as international treaties we have signed. And yet in our democracy, does anyone do anything to stop these laws?
I have recently represented two individuals convicted for their alleged blasphemy. One was Omar Farouq, a minor who was accused, convicted, and sentenced to 10 years in prison for alleged blasphemy against Islam. Only after years of international outcry was he freed.
But the other young man I represent, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, still sits in prison, now for three years. His “crime” was sending two WhatsApp audio messages with lyrics he composed describing the beliefs of his particular sect of Sufi Islam. Those who took offense to them burned down his home, and he was swiftly convicted without a lawyer and sentenced to death by hanging.
We were able to secure a dismissal for Omar, but the same day that dismissal came down, Yahaya was sent back for a retrial instead. Now we are appealing to the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in the first case of its kind, to overturn these vile and unconstitutional laws, and save Yahaya’s life.
Nigeria’s Constitution is supposed to protect freedom of expression and freedom of religion. We are not supposed to have any religion as an “official” religion in our federal and state governments. We have joined international treaties both with the United Nations and the African Union that are meant to protect individuals’ abilities to freely share their beliefs and live out their faith.
But if Nigeria does not honor these commitments in our actions, then these are just words on pieces of paper. If the international community does not speak out, then our leaders will get away with regularly violating our rights.
How can we say we live in a democracy that respects its citizens when such laws are on the books? How can Nigeria call itself a democracy when individuals like Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu are slaughtered by their own classmates for discussing their faith, and entire churches are gunned down while at worship? I could speak of many more human rights abuses of all sorts.
Once the legal dust of this election settles, the yearning of Nigerians for peace and justice will persist, stronger than ever. Our officials can no longer treat governance as business as usual. And I pray that the international community will come to our aid. Individuals like Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, and indeed all Nigerians, desperately need change now more than ever.
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Kristin Potter, a 38-year-old woman from Pennsylvania, was brutally killed in a dog attack while feeding her neighbor’s canines on March 16.
Potter and her son had gone to her neighbors home in Centre Township in Perry County to feed the dogs, something she had done before.
As she attempted to feed the dogs, two of the Great Danes aggressively attacked her, resulting in her death. Potter’s son, who had been present at the time of the attack, witnessed the tragedy and ran off to get help.
When emergency responders and police officers arrived, Potter had already passed away. The officers had to wait for animal control to arrive and sedate the dogs before they could approach her.
The two Great Danes responsible for the attack were put to sleep by a veterinarian. State police are investigating the incident and have yet to determine if the dogs’ owner will be charged with any crime. The owner expressed her sorrow and shock, saying she was “heartbroken.”
The American Kennel Club stated that Great Danes are usually “easygoing” creatures with a height of 32 inches, although they can be “alert home guardians.” Between 1979 and 1998, there were only seven fatal dog attacks by Great Danes.
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On Tuesday, March 27th, 2021, The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, experienced devastating violence. A single female shooter, later identified by police as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, entered the school with two assault-style rifles and a handgun, taking the lives of three children and three adults, leaving many more injured.
At about 10:13 a.m. Central Time, first responders received reports of shots fired from an upper level of the school building. Upon arrival, officers immediately set out to engage the threat and killed the assailant.
After the shooter was neutralized, three children were taken to Monroe Carel Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, where they succumbed to their wounds. Three adults have been reported dead. The police chief said Hale had reportedly been a student at the school, though it is unclear when she had attended.
Police identified the victims as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all of whom were 9-year-old students. The three adults were Mike Hill, 61, Cynthia Peak, 61, and Katherine Koonce, 60.
In the wake of this tragic violence, students of The Covenant School, ranging from preschoolers to sixth graders, were swiftly taken to Woodmont Baptist Church to be reunited with their families. Firefighters and rescuers did their best to keep the students from seeing the gruesome scene as they cleared them from the school.
The Covenant School was established in 2001 and is a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church. Its enrollment is about 200 students, with 33 faculty members on staff.
This tragedy of The Covenant School is a sharp and painful reminder of the importance of mental health awareness in combination with stricter gun control laws. Our thoughts and hopes go out to the victims and their families.
“Stopping the legislation is the right move. This is the time to begin a sincere, serious, and responsible dialogue that will lower the flames.”
By World Israel News Staff
President Isaac Herzog spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and opposition figures Yair Lapid, and Benny Gantz, urging them to begin an “immediate process of negotiation” to arrive at a “broad consensus” for the judicial reform.
Herzog called on each side to form negotiation teams to begin talks.
“Stopping the legislation is the right move. This is the time to begin a sincere, serious, and responsible dialogue that will lower the flames,” Herzog said.
“For the sake of our unity and for the sake of our children’s future, we must start talking, here and now. The President’s Residence, the People’s Home, is a space for dialogue and the establishment of consensus that is as broad as possible, that will usher Israel out of this state of crisis,” he said.
National Unity leader Gantz told Netanyahu he welcomed the prime minister’s decision to delay the reform.
Gantz called on the prime minister to reconsider his decision to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after the latter called to halt the judicial reform.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid responded to Netanyahu’s announcement by expressing hope that negotiations would end with establishing a formal constitution, but expressed doubt at Netanyahu’s authenticity.
“If the legislation really does stop, really and totally, we are ready to start genuine dialogue at the President’s Residence,” Lapid said.
“We need to sit together and write the Israeli constitution based on the values of the Declaration of Independence. We need to let the president determine a process for the dialogue and trust him to be an impartial mediator.”
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