Nigeria court overturns teen’s 10-year prison sentence for blasphemy

In Nigeria, a 13-year-old boy who was sentenced to 10 years in jail for blasphemy has had his sentence overturned. The ruling by a Sharia court sparked outcry, after it sentenced a 22-year-old musician to death for insulting Islam in a rap song.

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