Religious Freedom Coalition » Christianm Shaukat http://www.religiousfreedomcoalition.org Promoting Religious Freedom and Family Based Legislation Fri, 24 May 2013 16:14:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Accused falsely of blasphemy a young man dies in Pakistani prison http://www.religiousfreedomcoalition.org/2011/07/20/accused-falsely-of-blasphemy-a-young-man-dies-on-pakistani-prison/ http://www.religiousfreedomcoalition.org/2011/07/20/accused-falsely-of-blasphemy-a-young-man-dies-on-pakistani-prison/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:56:47 +0000 wjmurray http://www.religiousfreedomcoalition.org/?p=1212 LAHORE: A blasphemy convict, said to be mentally challenged, died in Lahore Camp Jail after what police said was a brief ailment.

Shaukat Ali, 35, was imprisoned in 2007 under blasphemy charges. His family rejected the claims of jail and police authorities and said the death may have been caused by some other reason.

There have been several incidents in jails where those accused of blasphemy have been killed by inmates.

Hameed Ahmed, father of the deceased, told The Express Tribune that they had no information about his poor health and were shocked by the news of his son’s death. He said it is premature to say anything about the death but that the family was sure that he was not unwell. Read more

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