Mentally challenged woman accused of blasphemy: ‘Woman not presented in court for 13 years’
— Pakistan Daily Times reports:
— “A mentally challenged woman, accused of blasphemy, has not been produced in any court of law for 13 years, her counsel told the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday.”
— “The LHC sought a report from the Punjab home secretary on a petition seeking the release of mentally challenged blasphemy accused Zebunnisa. The court directed the home secretary to submit the report until September 29.”
— “The court sought the report while hearing a petition seeking release on medical grounds of a blasphemy accused woman, detained in jail for the last 13 years.”
— “The petitioner’s counsel Aftab Bajwa said in 1996, Islamabad Mahala Police had registered a case under Section 295-B of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) against Zebunnisa on charges of desecrating Quranic verses. She has been behind bars since then. He said the accused had been mentally retarded since the allegations were leveled against her.”
Day: September 17, 2009
Nebraska: Trooper ‘sorry’ for KKK ties
Nebraska: Trooper ‘sorry’ for KKK ties
— Omaha World-Herald reports: “In his first public statements, a former Nebraska state trooper said Wednesday that he made a “stupid” mistake six years ago when he joined a white supremacy group affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan.”
— “Although that mistake cost Robert Henderson his job with the State Patrol, he and his attorney have asked a state panel to not revoke his state certification to work for other law enforcement agencies in Nebraska.”
— “Attorney Tom Stine said Henderson did not make an idle mistake when he joined the Knights Party, a group affiliated with the KKK, in 2004. The group’s tenets of “white power” were clearly visible on its Web site, Stine said, and Henderson has previously told investigators he knew that joining the organization would ‘degrade’ the reputation of the State Patrol.”