A woman from Pakistan was sentenced to death today, Wednesday, for sending a text and sketches of the Prophet Muhammad, considered “blasphemous”, to the messaging service WhatsApp.
THE Aneeka Ateek, 26 years old, was arrested in May 2020 and was prosecuted for posting on “WhatsApp” blasphemous content “, including sketches, according to a summary of the decision published by the court, writes AFP.
The verdict was announced by a court in the city Rawalpindi (in the north of the country), which ordered Aneeka Ateek to be “hanged” while he also sentenced her to 20 years in prison, as broadcast by APE BPE.
About 80 people have been imprisoned in Pakistan for blasphemy, half of whom have been sentenced to life in prison or at the end of their sentences, according to the US Commission on Religious Freedom.
Human rights defenders say blasphemy allegations are often made abusive with the aim of settling personal disputes, according to the same sources.
In December, An angry mob lynched and eventually killed the manager of a factory in the country, burning him after he was accused of blasphemy.
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