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Pakistani Academics Leaving Positions Due to Retribution for Criticizing Administration and Religious Philosophies

July 22, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, Pakistan, Pakistan Tagged With: abbas, Ali, Ammar, Hoodbhoy, Jan, Pervez, professors, university, Zaigham

Literature Professor in Pakistan University Charged With Blasphemy

July 18, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, Pakistan Tagged With: Arfanah, arrested, blasphemy, Mallah, Sajid, Shah Abdul Latif, Soomro

UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Responds to CCS Letter Supporting Junaid Hafeez

December 28, 2019

The Committee of Concerned Scientists wrote the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights concerning the egregious case of Junaid Hafeez and his sentence to death for blasphemy in Pakistan.  The News Release that was issued by the OHCHR is below. Pakistan blasphemy death sentence for Junaid Hafeez is “travesty of justice”- UN experts GENEVA (27 December 2019) – UN human rights ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Highlights, Pakistan, United Nations Tagged With: blasphemy, Death Sentence, Hafeez

Hafeez Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy Charge

December 24, 2019

A gifted scholar was arrested for Blasphemy in Pakistan and spent six years in jail awaiting  trial.  His first attorney was threatened in open court by the prosecutor, saying he would  not live for the next hearing.  Shortly, thereafter, an assassin entered his office and killed him.  Following the murder, getting a new attorney to take the case was difficult, and getting a judge to hear the case ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Board, CCS Cases, Highlights, Pakistan, Prominent Cases Tagged With: blasphemy, Death Penalty, Hafeez, Pakistan

Pakistan Academic Still Incarcerated for Blasphemy for the Past Five Years

October 14, 2019

Junaid Hafeez has been confined in solitary confinement for the past 5 years on a charge of blasphemy for posting he made on Facebook. He is in danger while confined - so much so that his first attorney was murdered for defending him, threatened by the prosecutor of the case. The case has been continued and transferred from one court to another for the past five years. CCS has written the ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Pakistan Tagged With: blasphemy, Facebook, Hafeez, Junaid, Junaid Hafeez, solitary confinement

Dr. Hasan Arif, 70-year-old Retired Philosophy Professor, Detained in Pakistan

January 12, 2017

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Dr. Hasan Zafar Arif has been detained in Pakistan for allegedly "inciting public disorder". He has not had legal representation or medical care since his arrest at the Karachi Press Club in October 2016. Dr. Arif has a heart condition, and his health is at risk. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Pakistan Tagged With: Academics, Hasan Zafar Arif, Mamnoon Hussain, Pakistan

Lecturer and Fulbright Scholar in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy, Lawyer Murdered

June 1, 2016

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Junaid Hafeez, a lecturer of English Literature at Bahauddin Zakariya University, respected writer and scholar, has been jailed for the past three years and charged with blasphemy. The charge carries the possibility of a death sentence. During the trial his attorney was threatened by the prosecutor in open court; and was actually murdered. Hafeez’ new lawyer has requested the trial be moved to a ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Pakistan Tagged With: Academics, Junaid Hafeez, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Rashid Rehman

2014 Annual Report

March 9, 2015

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During 2014, the Committee of Concerned Scientists continued to advocate on behalf of scientists, academics, engineers and physicians. We wrote in concern for more than 30 individuals or groups of individuals, located in 11 countries. We generally addressed our letters to the heads of state, as well as to the ministries or local authorities with jurisdiction over the case when we were able to ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Annual Reports, CCS Cases, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Vietnam Tagged With: China, Egypt, Fatih Hilmioğlu, Ilham Tohti, Iran, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Omid Kokabee, Russia, Turkey, Uyghur Language, Xia Yeliang

CCS Calls for Immediate Investigation of Assassination of Counsel in Blasphemy Case

May 28, 2014

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After repeated threats called to the attention of Pakistani authorities, attorney and human rights advocate Rashid Rehman was assassinated on May 7, 2014. Rehman was defense counsel for Junaid Hafeez, an adjunct lecturer at the Bahuddin Zakariya University, who had been detained on blasphemy charges for over a year. CCS called for immediate investigation of the unknown assailants and further ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Pakistan Tagged With: Human Rights, Human Rights Activists, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan, Scholars at Risk

Pakistani academic murdered

June 2, 2010

Nazima Talib, assistant professor of media and journalism in the Department of Mass Communications at the University of Balochistan in Questta, Pakistan, was killed in a drive-by shooting on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, and died before she could receive medical attention. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a nationalist organization seeking secession from Pakistan, has reportedly claimed responsibility ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Pakistan Tagged With: Academics

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