“No grounds for Supreme Court review”, says Asia Bibi’s lawyer, having fled country
World Watch Monitor The lawyer who defended the Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi against blasphemy charges and secured her acquittal at the Supreme Court says he does not expect a review of her case to take place. As part of its agreement with an Islamist political party to stop its violent protests, the government is reported to […]
Pakistan court acquits 20 in case of Christian couple burnt alive
World Watch Monitor An Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore, Pakistan, on Saturday acquitted 20 men suspected of involvement in the murder of a Christian couple burnt alive at the kiln where they worked in November, 2014, after it was alleged that they had set fire to some pages from a Quran. Previously, in April, 2016, the ATC allowed […]
Pakistani Christian boy, 16, charged with blasphemy for discussing his faith
World Watch Monitor A 16-year-old Pakistani Christian boy has been charged with blasphemy for talking with a colleague about his belief in Jesus, the second such incident in a month. The news agency reported that Shahzad Masih, 16, a cleaner at a hospital in the city of Dinga (near the religiously conservative city of Gujrat), […]
Thirteen men sentenced in Pakistan for lynching Christian couple in 2014
World Watch Monitor (with DAVID ADAMS) An anti-terrorism court in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday sentenced five men to death for the murder of a Christian couple who were burned alive in November 2014 for setting fire to some pages from a Qur’an. A mob of about 600 people beat to near-death Shahzad Masih, 26, and his five-months-pregnant […]