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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

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

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