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UN experts demand ‘justice’ for blasphemy convict in Pakistan
In a joint statement, they described Hafeez's condemnation by a lower court last week as a 'travesty of justice' and said senior judges
United Nations human rights experts called on Pakistan’s high court on Friday to clear Junaid Hafeez of blasphemy charges and overturn his death sentence.
In a joint statement, they described Hafeez’s condemnation by a lower court last week as a ‘travesty of justice‘ and said senior judges should acquit the former university lecturer on appeal. “We urge Pakistan’s superior courts to promptly hear his appeal, overturn the death sentence and acquit him,” said the independent experts who include UN investigators on freedom of religion, unlawful killings and arbitrary detention.
Hafeez’s family and lawyers released a statement saying the trial had been marked by a ‘;wave of fear’ and intimidation after Hafeez̵7;s initial defence lawyer, Rashid Rehman, was shot and killed in 2014 after agreeing to take on the case.
International law permits the death penalty only in exceptional circumstances, and requires incontrovertible evidence of intentional murder, the UN experts said. “The death sentence imposed on Hafeez has no basis in either law or evidence, and therefore contravenes international law. Carrying out the sentence would amount to an arbitrary killing,” they said.
