Zimran Samuel MBE was a TrialWatch Expert on behalf of the Clooney Foundation for Justice in major report on Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan

Zimran Samuel MBE was a TrialWatch Expert on behalf of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, in a major report released today on Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan.

Zimran stated:

“This report shows a process fraught with significant delays and unfairness, exacerbating the widespread climate of misuse, discrimination and intimidation that has developed around Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Pakistan’s blasphemy provisions in their current form and as they are being implemented are in urgent need of reform and reconsideration.

The blasphemy laws and the climate around them have seemingly crossed a Rubicon in Pakistan. It remains unlikely that Pakistan will repeal its blasphemy laws. Based on forensic, data-driven analysis, TrialWatch’s new report makes a number of key recommendations regarding better safeguards, which will be key to mitigating ongoing abuse of these laws”