A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced a university professor to death for blasphemy under a law that critics say is often used to target minorities and liberal activists.
Hafeez's sentence was announced in central city of Multan, where he was a university professor at the time of his arrest, and his counsel Asad Jamal slammed the decision as"most unfortunate".There was tight security in and outside Multan prison where the trial was held. Government lawyer Azim Chaudhry hailed the decision while fellow lawyer Airaz Ali said it was a"victory of truthfulness and righteousness.""Junaid Hafeez's death sentence is a gross miscarriage of justice and the verdict... is extremely disappointing and surprising," Amnesty's Rabia Mehmood said.
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