Human Rights Watch (HRW) has told BBC about court hearing in Nigeria where a man was sentence to death via the zoom app.
The court ruling was in Lagos state and was held using Zoom app.
After which rights watchdog commented saying ruling must be“fair, transparent and effective”.
All but urgent court sittings in the country have been suspended, In a bid to stop the spread of covid-19.
Presiding over the internet court hearing, Judge Mojisola Dada sentenced Olalekan Hameed to death by hanging for murdering his employer’s mother.
Proceedings lasted almost three hours and were watched by a number of lawyers and judges, including the attorney general.
The defendant pled not guilty.
Under Nigerian law, state governors approve death sentences before they can be carried out.
HRW said the creation of the online court during the coronavirus outbreak shows a commitment to accessing justice. But the group has described the death-by-hanging sentence as “inherently cruel and inhumane.”
Credit : BBC
