Mauritania Facebook Blogger’s Death Sentence for Apostasy
Mauritania : death sentence for apostasy must be quashed AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Mauritania must immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender Mohamed Mkhaïtir, who has been sentenced to death for criticizing the use of Islam to justify discriminatory practices against minority ethnic groups in the country, Amnesty International said ahead of his appeal trial. The case of Mohamed Mkhaïtir, who was sentenced to death in December 2014 for a “blasphemous” post he made on Facebook, will be heard…
