GENEVA (27 December 2019) – UN human rights experts* have condemned the death sentence handed down by a court in Pakistan to university lecturer Junaid Hafeez, who had been charged with blasphemy. The sentence came despite a landmark Supreme Court ruling in last year's Asia Bibi blasphemy trial, and an urgent appeal by UN experts to the Government, raising concerns about the legal merits of the case.
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 27 December 2019. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
