blasphemy Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/blasphemy/ 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. Thu, 10 Jun 2021 03:26:38 +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 blasphemy Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/blasphemy/ 32 32 59910430 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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