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Pakistan police kill doctor accused of blasphemy in a shooting incident in southern region

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Pakistani government officials have accused police of orchestrating the killing of a doctor accused of blasphemy, with a provincial minister stating that officers lied about the circumstances of his death. The doctor, Shah Nawaz, had surrendered to police last week after being assured he would be given a chance to prove his innocence. This incident marks the second case in a week where police have killed a man accused of blasphemy, with activists suggesting that these cases have opened a new dimension in the country's blasphemy laws.

  1. PK
    Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
    1. This pattern of violence in cases of blasphemy, in which law enforcement personnel are allegedly involved, is an alarming trend.
  2. PK
    Tahira Abdullah
    1. There is no need to go to court, just a public accusation of blasphemy will gather and incite vigilante mobs to lynch the accused, without waiting for any court case.
  3. US
    Michael Kugelman
    Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars
    1. Such killings are the combination of religious intolerance, deeply influential religious forces, and the state being unwilling or unable to confront the problem.
    2. But we've seen the problem repeatedly flagged by Western governments, including the US in its annual religious freedom reports. Of course, simply flagging the problem won't make it go away, but at least it keeps the issue front and center internationally, and that's critical.
    3. We have seen throughout Pakistan's history that those who exploit blasphemy laws, and those who justify violence against alleged violators of those laws, are treated with kid gloves by the Pakistani state.
    4. International pressure can't stop rising mob killings, but it can keep the issue on the radar. And that at least puts pressure on the Pakistani government, knowing that key capitals, especially in the West, are concerned about a problem that Islamabad has been unwilling or unable to stop.
  4. PK
    Mohammed Saleh
    1. We have only one demand: those police officers who staged the killing of my son … must also be killed in the same manner.
  5. PK
    Rehmat Kunbar
    1. Those who killed my son should be punished quickly so that others learn a lesson and not indulge in extrajudicial killings in the future.

sources

  1. 1.CNN
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.DW News
  4. 4.Associated Press

perspectives

  1. 1.Islam
  2. 2.Pakistan Politics
  3. 3.Police brutality
  4. 4.Religious Freedom
  5. 5.Miscarriage of Justice
  6. 6.Blasphemy

countries

  1. 1.PakistanPK

organizations

  1. 1.Human Rights Commission of PakistanPK
  2. 2.US Commission on International Religious FreedomUS
  3. 3.Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars

persons

  1. 1.Shah Nawaz
  2. 2.Mohammad Khurram
  3. 3.Mohammed SalehPK
  4. 4.Rehmat KunbarPK
  5. 5.Syed Khan
  6. 6.Michael KugelmanUS
  7. 7.Niaz Khoso
  8. 8.Ruth Stephen
  9. 9.Salman Taseer
  10. 10.Tahira AbdullahPK
  11. 11.Wesley Rahn
  12. 12.Ziaul Hasan LanjarPK

technicals

  1. 1.Islam
  2. 2.Quran
  3. 3.Christianity
Pakistan police kill doctor accused of blasphemy in a shooting incident in southern region