PAKISTAN: New escalation in blasphemy cases, no more right to be defended by a lawyer in Mansehra Mansehra district bar association prohibits members from appearing in blasphemy cases. Statistics: Imprisonment of 767 persons on blasphemy charges from 2020 to mid -2024. By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (05.06.2025) - The district