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posted by martyb on Monday June 12 2017, @06:03AM   Printer-friendly

From Reuters:

A Pakistani counter-terrorism court has sentenced to death a man who allegedly committed blasphemy on Facebook, a government prosecutor said on Sunday, the first time someone has been handed the death penalty for blaspheming on social media.

[...] Shafiq Qureshi, public prosecutor in Bahawalpur, about 500km (300 miles) south of provincial capital Lahore, said Raza was convicted for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad, his wives and companions.

"An anti terrorism court of Bahawalpur has awarded him the death sentence," Qureshi told Reuters." It is the first ever death sentence in a case that involves social media."


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @06:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @06:32PM (#524572)

    I suggested things like trade sanctions, and basically these things should be done on the world level not by one country. I did not advocate invasion or anything. Isolate them, let them do whatever they want, they can come back to the world community once they stop their bullshit. Does that satisfy your requirements?

    Also, they were much more liberal in the 50s/60s, but then their extremists were propped up by world powers because the destabilization was politically useful. We fucked their shit up in a bad way, I'm advocating we actually try and help without all the deceptions.

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