Pakistan overturns Christian couple’s blasphemy death sentences

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A Pakistani court has overturned a death sentence handed down to a Christian couple for blasphemy, citing a lack of evidence. Shagufta Kausar and her husband Shafqat Emmanuel were convicted in 2014 for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. But on Thursday, the couple’s lawyer Saif ul Malook said the Lahore High Court had acquitted them. A prosecution lawyer told the Reuters news agency that the latest ruling would be challenged. Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan, and though no-one has ever been executed for it, dozens have been killed by mobs after being accused.(BBC)…[+]