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June 14th, 2017 
Awake Goy Raza’s defence lawyer said he’d become embroiled in an argument about Islam on the social media site with a counter-terrorism official posing as a stranger.
He will be able to appeal the decision at Lahore High Court and then, if necessary, Pakistan’s Supreme Court.
Amnesty International recently published a damning criticism of the existing blasphemy laws in Pakistan, saying:
[They] enable abuse and violate the country’s international legal obligations to respect and protect a range of human rights, including freedom of religion or belief and of opinion and expression.
Once someone is charged, they can be denied bail and face lengthy and unfair trials.
A court in Pakistan temporarily blocked local access to Facebook seven years ago after a contest to draw images of the Prophet was promoted across the social network.
Source Article from https://worldtruth.tv/man-sentenced-to-death-over-facebook-posts/
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