UK must secure return of mentally ill Briton shot by Pakistani prison officer

A 70-year-old British man from Edinburgh is in critical condition after being shot in a Pakistani prison by a police officer or prison guard earlier today. Mohammad Asghar, who suffers from severe mental illness, was being held in Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, after receiving a death sentence under Pakistan’s blasphemy law in January this year. Judges … Continue reading UK must secure return of mentally ill Briton shot by Pakistani prison officer