A Pakistani court has asked prosecutors to justify the admissibility and authenticity of the digital evidence used to convict Junaid Hafeez, a former lecturer on death row for blasphemy since 2019, whose appeal has been pending since 2020.
In September alone, one Ahmadi was shot dead and two others were wounded in Pakistan's Punjab province, with no arrests reported. Meanwhile, the country's Federal Constitutional Court found the time to uphold a ban on the community's sacred texts. Priorities.
Two Christians in Pakistan have been charged under the country's blasphemy laws, including Section 295-C, which carries the death penalty. One case involves alleged remarks about Muhammad, the other a social media video.
Samuel Arif, a 26-year-old Christian, has been arrested and placed on judicial remand in Lahore on blasphemy charges, after a mob beat him and police took him into custody. His family insists he was framed over a personal feud.
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