Mar252019

Lectures & Panels Speak No Evil: Blasphemy Laws & the Supreme Court in Pakistan

12:00-13:00

WCC 1015

photo of woman with tape on her mouth

Beena Sarwar, human rights lawyer, Yasser Latif Hamdani and LL.M. ’19 student, Orubah Sattar discuss Pakistan’s history with and struggle against its blasphemy law and those that support it.

Event Overview

Join HLS Advocates to welcome a panel consisting of journalist and activist, Beena Sarwar, human rights lawyer, Yasser Latif Hamdani and LL.M. ’19 student, Orubah Sattar as they discuss Pakistan’s history with and struggle against its blasphemy law and those that support it. The discussion will revolve around the Pakistan Supreme Court’s recently lauded decision to overturn the death sentence of a woman convicted under the law in 2010.

Co-sponsored by the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World and the Human Rights Program.