Dozens rally in Pakistan after Christian man sentenced to death for blasphemy

Members from Pakistan’s minority community and civil society chant slogans during a demonstration against the conviction of a Christian man on charges of blasphemy and to condemn the country’s blasphemy laws (Fareed Khan/AP)

Dozens of members from Pakistan’s civil society rallied on Tuesday in the southern port city of Karachi against a death sentence handed down to a Christian man on blasphemy charges, nearly a year after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the country.

Several Christians also joined the rally which comes a day after a court in Sahiwal in the Punjab province announced the death sentence to Ehsan Shan after finding him guilty of sharing “hateful content” against Muslims on social media.