25-year-old is sentenced to 13 years in prison over ‘religiously offensive’ Facebook post
March 6, 2016
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prison for allegedly posting “religiously offensive material” on his Facebook page
A Pakistani man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for allegedly posting “religiously offensive material” on his Facebook page, it has been reported.
Rizwan Haider, 25, was convicted in an anti-terrorism court of three charges, including promoting sectarian hatred, after he supposedly published a post referring to Prophet Mohammed (pbuh).
This case… was registered against Haider, who is a Shia Muslim by faith, in January.
He was also fined Rs250,000, Chattah said, adding he denied the charges and has the right to appeal.
His lawyer dismissed the accusations.
“He only liked it and did not post it on the page,” Shameem Zaidi said.
Pakistan tightened its hate crime laws as part of a campaign to combat extremism after a Taliban attack at a school in Peshawar in December 2014 killed 153 people, mostly children.
