Por: ABC News World April 28, 2023
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A Chinese national who was arrested in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy has been released from a high-security prison after a court granted him bail, a defense lawyer and local police said Friday.Atif Khan Jadoon, the lawyer for the man who has been only identified as Mr. Tian said the Chinese national was granted bail by a judge in the northwestern city of Abbottabad on Thursday. Tian was released after he filed a surety... + full article
ABC News USA World April 19, 2023
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A Pakistani court has ruled that a Chinese national arrested on blasphemy charges be held in jail for two weeks, pending trial, a police officer said Tuesday. Under Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws, anyone convicted of blasphemy can be sentenced to... + más
Op-Ed: How blasphemy laws are used to serve political ends | Los Angeles Times
Chinese Worker in Pakistan Is Arrested on Blasphemy Charges | The New York Times
The New York Times USA World April 17, 2023
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Chinese worker on a dam project in northern Pakistan has been arrested and imprisoned on accusations of blasphemy, in a rare case of a foreigner being swept up in Pakistan’s harsh and controversial blasphemy laws.The Chinese man was identified in a... + más
Pakistan strengthens already harsh laws against blasphemy | The Boston Globe
ABC News USA World February 11, 2023
LAHORE, Pakistan -- Hundreds of Muslims descended on a police station in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province Saturday, snatched a blasphemy suspect from his cell and took him outside and lynched him, police said.Senior police officer Babar Sarfaraz Alpa said a man identified... + más
ABC News USA World February 06, 2023
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan’s media regulator said Monday it blocked Wikipedia services in the country for hurting Muslim sentiment by not removing purportedly blasphemous content from the site. Critics denounced Islamabad’s action, saying it was a blow to digital rights.Under... + más
Wikipedia Has Spent Years on a Barely Noticeable Redesign | Slate
Pakistan blocks Wikipedia, says it hurt Muslim sentiments | Fox Business
Los Angeles Times USA Opinion February 03, 2023
On Jan. 17, Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously voted to expand the country’s laws on blasphemy, which already carried the death penalty for insulting the prophet Muhammad. Now anyone in Pakistan deemed to have insulted the prophet’s companions, which could include... + más
Pakistan Strengthens Already Harsh Laws Against Blasphemy | The New York Times
The Boston Globe USA World January 22, 2023
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, which can already mean death for those deemed to have insulted Islam or the Prophet Muhammad, can now also be used to punish anyone convicted of insulting people who were connected to him.The move this past week by Parliament to further... + más
Pakistan, New Zealand aim for much-awaited test win | Associated Press
The New York Times USA World January 21, 2023
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, which can already mean death for those deemed to have insulted Islam or the Prophet Muhammad, can now also be used to punish anyone convicted of insulting people who were connected to him.The move this week by Parliament to... + más
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