Islamic Jihad News
Pakistan: Christian already serving life sentence for alleged ‘blasphemy’ is given death sentence
According to Missions Box, “Somebody used his mobile to send a text against the Prophet. This became a blasphemy case against him. Insulting Mohammed means anyone can kill him. His guard attempted to kill him and somebody gave him poison.”
Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are the foundation of human rights abuses of monstrous proportions. The world yawns.
“Christian man sentenced to death in Pakistan on blasphemy charges,” by Jennifer Lee, Christian Today, January 6, 2022:
A Christian man has been sentenced to death in Pakistan a decade after he was charged with blasphemy.
Zafar Bhatti, 58, was accused of sending blasphemous text messages from his phone.
He has always denied the accusations but was charged with blasphemy in 2012, and in 2017 he was sentenced to life in prison.
An appeal was lodged by the Christian NGO, the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS-PK), which has been supporting Bhatti throughout his ordeal.
Last October, the case was referred back to a trial court by Mr Justice Abdul Aziz who said Bhatti should have been given the death sentence instead of life imprisonment.
Bhatti has now been sentenced to death by the Pakistan session court of Rawalpindi and is being held under high security due to threats to his life from extremists.
CLAAS-PK has called for Bhatti, a diabetic, to be granted bail and released from prison on medical grounds after he suffered a heart attack in prison last October, but the request was refused.
The charity says his health is continuing to decline behind bars.
Nasir Saeed, director of CLAAS-PK, said Bhatti is a victim of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.
“Since the promulgation of the blasphemy law in Pakistan, the law is oppressive and frequently misused,” he said….
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