Pakistan: Christian person sentenced to death under blasphemy laws
A Pakistani court has sentenced to death a Christian person on charges of blasphemy.
Having spent eight years in prison for a crime they never committed, for this Pakistani Christian couple justice has finally was served, but after a long, grueling wait, and at a heavy cost. For these eight years they were accused of committing blasphemy-- a crime punished by the death sentence in Pakistan, according to its infamous blasphemy laws.
Pakistan Christian man accused of blasphemy arrested
Islamabad: Pakistan continues to persecute its religious minorities with a Christian man arrested in the northwestern city of Nowshera under the country’s notorious blasphemy laws being the latest victim, media reports said.