Zahid Mahmood Akhtar

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Charge:	Blasphemy
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	2
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Year Convicted:	1995
Year Cleared:	1997
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pakistan
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Zahid Mahmood Akhtar was wrongly convicted of blasphemy against the Koran. Zahid Akhtar's blasphemy conviction was overturned in 1997. Akhtar was stoned to death on July 6, 2002 after a panchayat (a group of honourable citizens or decision-makers) in his village, Chak Jhumra, decreed that he should be killed. The government immediately arrested around 30 members of the panchayat."
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Innocence Proved By:	Zahid Akhtar's blasphemy conviction was overturned in 1997.
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Information Source 1:	"Pakistan: Another person sentenced to death under blasphemy law, Asian Human Rights Commission, August 1, 2002"
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Zahid Mahmood Akhtar

Charge:

Blasphemy

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

1997

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pakistan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Zahid Akhtar's blasphemy conviction was overturned in 1997.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

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"Pakistan: Another person sentenced to death under blasphemy law, Asian Human Rights Commission, August 1, 2002"

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http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2002/286/

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