Junaid Hafeez, a former university lecturer and Fullbright scholar was thrown in prison 13 years ago under Pakistan's strict blasphemy laws for comments he allegedly made on Facebook. After a trial that spanned years, a court in 2019 sentenced him to death . Last week, a high court in Lahore began hearing Hafeez's appeal, raising hopes his conviction could be overturned. "I want to see my son free and back home. We are fighting a very difficult battle," Junaid Hafeez's father, Hafeez-un-Naseer, told DW. Naseer said he met with his son in prison last Thursday through a glass window, speaking to him by phone. Saif-ul-Malook, a lawyer representing Hafeez, said the academic has read thousands of books during his years in prison. "He is an intellectual.
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