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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

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