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ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court has acquitted a Christian man sentenced to death for blasphemy in a rare judgement that was hailed as “daring.” Sawan Masih, a road sweeper from the eastern city of Lahore, was acquitted on Monday after spending more than six years on death row, Syed Muddasar Hussain, a spokesperson for Lahore High Court, told DPA on Tuesday.
“I must say the Lahore High Court has given a daring judgement [in Sawan’s case],” Joseph Francis, the head of the centre that provides legal assistance to Christians facing blasphemy charges, told dpa. This is the second case in which a Christian has been acquitted, after Asia Bibi, on blasphemy charges in the country. There are at least 12 more Christians whose appeals against death sentences on blasphemy charges are pending, Francis said. (DPA)
“I must say the Lahore High Court has given a daring judgement [in Sawan’s case],” Joseph Francis, the head of the centre that provides legal assistance to Christians facing blasphemy charges, told dpa. This is the second case in which a Christian has been acquitted, after Asia Bibi, on blasphemy charges in the country. There are at least 12 more Christians whose appeals against death sentences on blasphemy charges are pending, Francis said. (DPA)
