'ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A judge in the Pakistani city of Peshawar ordered police on Friday to open an investigation into the organisers of a march marking International Women’s Day over allegations they committed blasphemy.
Police in Islamabad had previously refused to open a case, saying the allegations were based on fake social media posts after doctored images and video from the March 8 event went viral...
...Protests calling for vigilante violence against the march organisers followed the social media storm and on March 12 the Pakistan Taliban issued a statement threatening the activists.'
Source: Pakistani judge orders blasphemy probe against organisers of Women's Day march
The doctored clip of the women's march has been widely debunked, but it seems that those who are calling for blasphemy charges have no interest in truthfulness whatsoever in my opinion.
I think whoever first released the doctored images and clip on social media should be charged with slander and hate speech.
Police in Islamabad had previously refused to open a case, saying the allegations were based on fake social media posts after doctored images and video from the March 8 event went viral...
...Protests calling for vigilante violence against the march organisers followed the social media storm and on March 12 the Pakistan Taliban issued a statement threatening the activists.'
Source: Pakistani judge orders blasphemy probe against organisers of Women's Day march
The doctored clip of the women's march has been widely debunked, but it seems that those who are calling for blasphemy charges have no interest in truthfulness whatsoever in my opinion.
I think whoever first released the doctored images and clip on social media should be charged with slander and hate speech.