Pakistan Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/pakistan/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Wed, 21 Feb 2024 22:52:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Pakistan Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/pakistan/ 32 32 59910430 Pakistani Academics Leaving Positions Due to Retribution for Criticizing Administration and Religious Philosophies https://concernedscientists.org/2020/07/pakistani-academics-leaving-positions-due-to-retribution-for-criticizing-administration-and-religious-philosophies/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:57:25 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8563 The post Pakistani Academics Leaving Positions Due to Retribution for Criticizing Administration and Religious Philosophies appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 8563 Literature Professor in Pakistan University Charged With Blasphemy https://concernedscientists.org/2020/07/literature-professor-in-pakistan-university-charged-with-blasphemy/ Sun, 19 Jul 2020 01:59:30 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8559 The post Literature Professor in Pakistan University Charged With Blasphemy appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 8559 UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Responds to CCS Letter Supporting Junaid Hafeez https://concernedscientists.org/2019/12/un-high-commissioner-on-human-rights-responds-to-ccs-letter-supporting-junaid-hafeez/ Sat, 28 Dec 2019 22:31:01 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7776 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 […]

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]]> 7776 Hafeez Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy Charge https://concernedscientists.org/2019/12/hafeez-sentenced-to-death-for-blasphemy-charge/ Wed, 25 Dec 2019 04:59:07 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7767 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 […]

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]]> 7767 Pakistan Academic Still Incarcerated for Blasphemy for the Past Five Years https://concernedscientists.org/2019/10/pakistan-academic-still-incarcerated-for-blasphemy-for-the-past-five-years/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 22:27:05 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7615 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 […]

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]]> 7615 Dr. Hasan Arif, 70-year-old Retired Philosophy Professor, Detained in Pakistan https://concernedscientists.org/2017/01/dr-hasan-arif-70-year-old-retired-philosophy-professor-detained-in-pakistan/ Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:11:52 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5771 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. January 11, 2017 The Honorable Mr. Mamnoon Hussain President of […]

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]]> 5771 Lecturer and Fulbright Scholar in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy, Lawyer Murdered https://concernedscientists.org/2016/06/lecturer-and-fulbright-scholar-in-pakistan-charged-with-blasphemy-lawyer-murdered/ Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:56:04 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5235 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 […]

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]]> 5235 2014 Annual Report https://concernedscientists.org/2015/03/2014-annual-report/ Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:52:28 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4040 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 […]

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]]> 4040 CCS Calls for Immediate Investigation of Assassination of Counsel in Blasphemy Case https://concernedscientists.org/2014/05/ccs-calls-for-immediate-investigation-of-assassination-of-counsel-in-blasphemy-case/ Wed, 28 May 2014 14:59:27 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3417 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 […]

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]]> 3417 Pakistani academic murdered https://concernedscientists.org/2010/06/pakistani-academic-murdered/ Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:47:39 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/redesign2011/?p=489 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 […]

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